FULLY REMOTE- Coding Manager/Team Lead

🌍 Remote, USA 🎯 Full-time 🕐 Posted Recently

Job Description

Position Summary: Manager will oversee auditing, training, communication with clients and coding as needed.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following: Other duties may be assigned.

· Develop and maintain relationships with various levels of client hierarchy, including but not limited to C-level management.

· Focus on cost effectiveness and effective utilization of manpower resources.

· Collaborates with leadership and management partners in the preparation and presentation of client performance reports and presents to client in a manner that maximizes client engagement and understanding of improvement opportunities.

· Participates/leads weekly calls with operational teams for the client and Legacy.

· Advises on opportunities to improve performance, communication, or document supporting coding activities.

· Analyze performance results of the team and implement process improvements desired skills.

· Effectively manage multiple large volume coding projects.

· Serve as a liaison between clients, coding and audit staff to ensure client needs and expectations are met.

· Ensure the team understands client specific training requirements/needs etc.

· Meet with global and stateside coders/auditors on a weekly basis to ensure coding updates and changes are communicated effectively.

· Be available to staff to answer any questions regarding coding/auditing.

· Communicate and educate coders of any updates in coding guidelines, payor policies, CPT/ICD/HCPCS/DRG changes that may impact coding and/or reimbursement.

· Assist with creating coder monthly education power point and trainings.

· Communicate with client and facility regarding DNFB accounts that cause delay in coding. Ensure DNFB are emailed to client in a timely manner daily.

· Provide education to providers regarding areas of documentation improvement that affect coding.

· Assist with developing policies/procedures and ensuring they are maintained, up to date and accurate per recent payor, coding and facility guidelines.

· Ensure 3rd level audit productivity standards and TAT are consistently being met.

Qualifications: To perform the job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education/Experience:

· Must be Coder Certified with AAPC or AHIMA coding credentials including CPC, CCS, COC, RHIA, RHIT

· Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Healthcare Administration preferred: or equivalent management background experience.

· Minimum 5 years or greater coding experience required.

· 5-year progressive coding leadership experience in a team lead, supervisor or manager role in healthcare with extensive knowledge of ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, CPT, HCPCS and documentation guidelines.

· Minimum 3 years of experience managing multiple large volume coding projects.

· Strong leadership skills. Minimum 3 years of previous Revenue Cycle Management in a healthcare setting, hospital business process preferred. Understanding of Commercial, Government, Medicare and all Managed Care plans to be able to identify and articulate errors to management and staff.

· Ability to work in fast-paced department and handle multiple tasks, work with interruptions, and deal effectively with confidential information.

· Expert level experience with Microsoft Office Products-ability to create and build spreadsheets and reports in Excel.

Job Type: Full-time