Hospital Inpatient Coding Educator (1.0)
About The Position
The Hospital Inpatient Coding Educator is a fully remote coding position responsible for developing training content and materials and conducting inpatient coding training and for the hospital inpatient coding staff. This position ensures training practices are standardized and result in consistent coding outcomes, as well as provides input regarding the content of policies and procedures. WHO WE ARE With 12 ministries and access points across Indiana and Illinois, Franciscan Health is one of the largest Catholic health care systems in the Midwest. Franciscan Health takes pride in hiring coworkers that provide compassionate, comprehensive care for our patients and the communities we serve. WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT Develops and maintains all corporate coding education, training policies and procedures, and coding reference materials. Leads training sessions and assess coder comprehension of covered materials. Makes recommendations for the development of coding resources and policy and procedure development. Assists corporate coding leadership with training and/or development of a performance improvement track for coding coworkers in the corrective action process related to quality or productivity performance. Coordinates with Coding Auditors to prepare education material based on audit results. Develops and maintains a consistent coding operations orientation program and reports the coders' progress to coding leadership throughout the orientation and training processes Maintains expert knowledge of Franciscan Alliance coding software tools. Assists with development and maintenance of software system workflow for standardization and maximum efficiency. Oversees system testing with regards to any published software updates or software functionality changes.
Requirements
- High School Diploma/GED
- 5 years of Franciscan coding experience - Required
- Associate's Degree or Certificate Health Information Management - Required
- 5 years Franciscan inpatient coding experience with CCS - Required or 5 years Inpatient coding experience with RHIT/RHIA - Required
- CCS, Certified Coding Specialist - American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) - Required
- Surgical coding experience - Required
- Proficient in Excel, Word and PowerPoint - Required
- Detail Oriented – Required
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor's Degree Health Information Management - Preferred
- 3 years Coding Manager or Trainer/Auditor - Preferred
- RHIT, Registered Health Information Technician - American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) - Preferred
Responsibilities
- Develops and maintains all corporate coding education, training policies and procedures, and coding reference materials.
- Leads training sessions and assess coder comprehension of covered materials.
- Makes recommendations for the development of coding resources and policy and procedure development.
- Assists corporate coding leadership with training and/or development of a performance improvement track for coding coworkers in the corrective action process related to quality or productivity performance.
- Coordinates with Coding Auditors to prepare education material based on audit results.
- Develops and maintains a consistent coding operations orientation program and reports the coders' progress to coding leadership throughout the orientation and training processes
- Maintains expert knowledge of Franciscan Alliance coding software tools.
- Assists with development and maintenance of software system workflow for standardization and maximum efficiency.
- Oversees system testing with regards to any published software updates or software functionality changes.
Benefits
- Franciscan provides eligible employees with comprehensive benefit offerings. Find an overview on the benefit section of our career site, jobs.franciscanhealth.org.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
