Coding Documentation Educator

CommonSpirit Health • Chattanooga, TN

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About The Position

Where You’ll Work CHI Memorial Medical Group (Mountain Management Services), a member of CommonSpirit Health, is a leading provider of comprehensive office management services for Memorial Health Partners and affiliated physicians in Southeast Tennessee and North Georgia. Our award-winning, faith-based organization is dedicated to supporting the delivery of exceptional healthcare in the region. We are proud to be consistently recognized for excellence by organizations like U.S. News & World Report, PINC AI™, CMS, Healthgrades®, Leapfrog, and as one of the Best Places to Work in Tennessee. We are honored to be your trusted ally in health, dedicated to serving our community with compassion and excellence. Job Summary and Responsibilities As an Educator, you will be a vital contributor to the planning, coordination, and delivery of essential healthcare-related educational and training programs. Every day, you will actively assist in scheduling and conducting diverse healthcare training programs. You will also provide direct coordination and/or instruction in various educational initiatives, ensuring effective learning experiences for all participants. To be successful in this role, you will combine strong organizational and presentation skills with a deep understanding of healthcare education, a passion for teaching, and the ability to effectively engage and train diverse groups of healthcare professionals and staff. Acts as documentation and coding liaison to clinicians to include review, education and necessary follow-up to help ensure that clinical documentation and coding services meet government and organizational policies and procedures. Analyzes and provides education on revenue capture, clinical documentation including Electronic Health Record (EHR) requirements, coding accuracy and denial management to clinicians and clinic staff. Assists in determining educational needs based on documentation reviews, provider/staff feedback, data analysis (bell curves). Performs a minimum of an annual review of each clinician and specialty to identify clinical documentation and coding areas that require improvement and additional education. Reviews documentation and coding for new providers for accuracy and charge capture as per standard. Prepares necessary reports and communicates results of audits to management, clinicians, and committees as appropriate.

Requirements

• High School Graduate
• High School Diploma, upon hire or High School GED, and Certified Coding Specialist, or Certified Professional Coder or Certified Professional Coder Hospital Apprentice or Certified Professional Coder Apprentice

Responsibilities

• Acts as documentation and coding liaison to clinicians to include review, education and necessary follow-up to help ensure that clinical documentation and coding services meet government and organizational policies and procedures.
• Analyzes and provides education on revenue capture, clinical documentation including Electronic Health Record (EHR) requirements, coding accuracy and denial management to clinicians and clinic staff.
• Assists in determining educational needs based on documentation reviews, provider/staff feedback, data analysis (bell curves).
• Performs a minimum of an annual review of each clinician and specialty to identify clinical documentation and coding areas that require improvement and additional education.
• Reviews documentation and coding for new providers for accuracy and charge capture as per standard.
• Prepares necessary reports and communicates results of audits to management, clinicians, and committees as appropriate.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED