Maxwell Associates, a post-acute operational consulting firm, and Gateway Coding and Consulting, a home health and hospice coding and appeals company, announced an alliance last week.

The partnership will provide a coding and recovery arm to MHA’s services and full-service home health and hospice consulting to Gateway’s lines, executives said.

“Coding is an essential task that when offloaded to external experts like Gateway, offers providers more time to work on the big picture aspects of their businesses and better serve patients,” said MHA president and co-founder Jennifer Maxwell. “After vetting handfuls of coding companies, we found Gateway to be the most aligned with MHA philosophies and processes — ensuring the best quality of services to our clients.