Job purpose
No Relocation Offered -
Provide
leadership to Coding Department including supervision of staff, reviewing of
processes, and providing recommendations for improvement of operations. Goal is to meet or exceed national coding KPI
benchmarks and client specific KPI’s. Maintain
or exceed team productivity and quality standards.
Duties and Responsibilities
Operational
Management
Plan,
organize and direct overall operations of the Coding Department as it relates
to billing, payer and client policies and protocols.
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Oversee the coding of all surgeries to ensure
accuracy and timeliness with our co-source
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Ensure that team stays current with billing/coding
regulations.
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Audit all new providers according to client needs.
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Ensure all federal and state audits are completed
timely, such as Medicare prepayment, CERT and RAC audits.
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Ensure work queues are worked timely and
accurately.
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Actively engage with and manage coding team,
including routine productivity and quality reviews.
Personnel management
and professional development:
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Provide management and supervisory duties related
to educating and training staff, evaluating staff performance and monitoring
productivity;
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Interview, hire, train, evaluate, and develop
subordinate staff, where applicable;
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Develop and maintain quality control programs,
including in-depth and individual performance reviews;
·
Orient new hires and provide in-services and
training, continuing education, and development related to those functional
areas of responsibility.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination
of education and experience
- CPC certification
- 5+ years’
experience managing and leading a physician business office/professional
services coding department
- Ability to work
well individually and in a team environment
- Must be reliable,
responsible, goal oriented and flexible
- Excellent
interpersonal, communication and organizational skills
- High degree of
integrity including ability to successfully deal with sensitive or
confidential information
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Ability to exhibit poise, composure and confidence
when confronting stressful or high-pressure situations