The successful candidate will be passionate about the mission of PPGP and willing to work in a faced-paced, changing work environment. The Coding and Billing Specialist is responsible for conducting reviews of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) documentation of patient encounters to ensure coding accuracy and documentation adequacy. The professional will work collaboratively with clinical providers to improve billing and coding integrity while seeking and identifying trends and opportunities for coding optimization. The incumbent will regularly conduct coding reviews of CPT, ICD-10, and modifier utilization. He/She/They will provide feedback and focused educational programs on the results of auditing, and review claim denials pertaining to coding.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CODING AND BILLING SPECIALIST
- Coordinates schedules and performs reviews of professional services and documentation performed by medical providers.
- Evaluates the quality of clinical documentation to identify incomplete or inconsistent documentation that could impact the quality of data being reported.
- Prepares written reports of the audit findings to internal leadership, clinical leadership, and providers.
- Develops educational presentations and training material.
- Provides education for both providers for appropriate CPT, ICD-10, and modifiers based on supporting documentation and EMR charge capture support.
- Serves as a liaison point of contact for clinical coding inquiries and communication for billing revenue cycle.
- Seeks to establish collaborative relationships with physicians, clinical providers, IS, Revenue Cycle, and administrative leadership in the support of coding education and documentation adequacy.
- Assists with claim denial reports to ensure optimal reimbursement.
- Analyzes billing trends to identify areas of non-compliance and prepares regular reports on review findings to appropriate committees.
- Collaborates with PPGP’s third party billing vendor and Billing Coordinator, to ensure all invoices are submitted to insurance payors and patients in a timely manner. Complies with all legal requirements regarding coding procedures and practices.
- Under the Direction of the Vice President of Health Services, works with health center managers, to streamline process and improve efficiency, quality and timeliness of insurance verification and collection procedures.
- Remains current on trends in revenue cycle activities and ensures compliance with regulatory requirements and changes (PPFA, ARMS, Medicaid, etc.) that may impact financial viability.
- Demonstrates adherence to the “In This Together” principles when dealing with co-workers, staff and patients.
- Supports and carries out PPGP’s Mission: upholding the standard for providing high quality sexual and reproductive healthcare; providing education that promotes informed proud and authentic sexuality; changing the culture through proactive advocacy to ensure equality in reproductive and sexual decision making.
- Supports PPGP’s Strategic Plan and ensures accountability through successful implementation of assigned objectives.
- Maintains technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, and participating in relevant webinars.
- Maintains confidentiality of all agency information, employee nonpublic personal information (NPI) and personal health information (PHI), as well as records directly or indirectly identifying any person currently or formerly receiving services from PPGP.
- Accepts and uses supervision, direction, and consultation to maximize available resources in the completion of work duties.
- Additional responsibilities will be assigned as needed to maintain and improve effective functioning of the Health Services and Finance departments and to advance PPGP’s mission.
- All job responsibilities will be carried out under the direction of PPGP’s policies and procedures.