Director, Quality Centralized Coding

Lifepoint Health • Brentwood, TN

4d • Remote

About The Position

At Lifepoint Health, we are committed to empowering and supporting a diverse and
determined workforce who can drive quality, scalability, and significant impact
across our hospitals and communities. As a member of the Health Support Center
(HSC) team, you’ll support those that are in our facilities who are interfacing
and providing care to our patients and community members to positively impact
our mission of making communities healthier ®.

A Director, Quality & Centralized Coding who excels in this role:

Responsible for coding operations and medical record documentation
improvement operations (as applicable), ensuring timeliness, accuracy,
completeness, consistency, compliance, and standards fulfillment as defined
in expectations.
Contributes to the development of strategic direction.
Coaches and provides overall guidance to the quality team to resolve internal
and external issues; help resolve dysfunctional behavior within functional
areas; discipline and counsel staff, as necessary.
Monitors performance according to productivity and quality standards as
defined in policies and other standard documents.
Manages and motivates quality improvement operations.
Assists in the development and management of strategy, specific goals,
objectives, budgets, and performance standards for the department.
Proactively manages, including corresponding communications and escalations
paths, significant issues in the quality processes, and status of projects,
barriers, and successes.
Identifies and implements process improvements to lower costs and improve
services for stakeholders.
Stays abreast of regulatory requirements and company compliance policies,
ensuring compliant and timely staff education and training.
Monitors overall trends and communicates to others, as necessary.
Providers leadership to quality management team regarding monthly trending
analysis of performance including weekly and monthly reports.
Oversees quality review personnel, providing recommendations of hiring,
promotion, salary adjustments and personnel action where appropriate.
Responsible for ensuring employee work schedules sufficiently meet the
requirements as established.
Reviews all official data quality standards, coding guidelines, company
policies and procedures and clinical/medical resources to assure coding
knowledge and skills remain current.
Ensures all Federal, State, and Local laws pertaining to patient privacy are
adhered to.
Practices and adheres to the “Code of Conduct” and “Mission and Value
Statement.”
All other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred or equivalent experience.
• 5-7 years quality review experience, 7 years’ experience in a leadership role.
• CPC or CCS-P and CPMA required

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for coding operations and medical record documentation improvement operations (as applicable), ensuring timeliness, accuracy, completeness, consistency, compliance, and standards fulfillment as defined in expectations.
• Contributes to the development of strategic direction.
• Coaches and provides overall guidance to the quality team to resolve internal and external issues; help resolve dysfunctional behavior within functional areas; discipline and counsel staff, as necessary.
• Monitors performance according to productivity and quality standards as defined in policies and other standard documents.
• Manages and motivates quality improvement operations.
• Assists in the development and management of strategy, specific goals, objectives, budgets, and performance standards for the department.
• Proactively manages, including corresponding communications and escalations paths, significant issues in the quality processes, and status of projects, barriers, and successes.
• Identifies and implements process improvements to lower costs and improve services for stakeholders.
• Stays abreast of regulatory requirements and company compliance policies, ensuring compliant and timely staff education and training.
• Monitors overall trends and communicates to others, as necessary.
• Providers leadership to quality management team regarding monthly trending analysis of performance including weekly and monthly reports.
• Oversees quality review personnel, providing recommendations of hiring, promotion, salary adjustments and personnel action where appropriate.
• Responsible for ensuring employee work schedules sufficiently meet the requirements as established.
• Reviews all official data quality standards, coding guidelines, company policies and procedures and clinical/medical resources to assure coding knowledge and skills remain current.
• Ensures all Federal, State, and Local laws pertaining to patient privacy are adhered to.
• Practices and adheres to the “Code of Conduct” and “Mission and Value Statement.”
• All other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
• Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
• Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
• Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
• Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What This Job Offers

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