Hospital Outpatient Coding Educator (1.0)

Franciscan Alliance, Inc.

86d • $51,001 - $75,868

About The Position

The Hospital Outpatient Coding Educator is responsible for coordinating and conducting coding training and developing training content and materials for the Franciscan Alliance Corporate Coding Department, hospital outpatient and professional 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. This position ensures all new and existing staff members are trained and adhere to current coding policies and procedures.

Requirements

• High School Diploma/GED with 5 years of Franciscan coding experience - Required or Associate's Degree in Health Information Management - Required.
• Bachelor's Degree in Health Information Management - Preferred.
• Surgery Coding Experience - Required.
• 5 Years Franciscan outpatient coding with CCS, CCS-P, CPC - Required or 3 Years Outpatient Coding Experience with RHIT/RHIA - Required.
• 3 Years Coding Manager or Trainer/Auditor - Preferred.
• CCS - Required.
• RHIT/RHIA - Preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains all corporate outpatient 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.
• Assists Coding Manager and Supervisor with review and response to external coding audits.
• Acts as a nosologist, analyzing and interpreting disease, procedure classifications, and terminologies for the accurate translation of healthcare data.
• Applies broad guidelines to specific coding situations, independently utilizing discretion and a significant level of analytic ability.
• Serves as the subject matter expert with regards to diagnosis and procedure codes, coding guidelines, medical terminology, anatomy/physiology, reimbursement schemes, payer specific guidelines, public reporting of outcomes, quality of patient care outcome measures, and the interpretation of coded data as it relates to revenue cycle compliance.
• Participates in problem identification, performs root cause analysis and recommends a solution to Coding Management.
• 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.
• Identifies template variation within the EMR that has a negative impact on coding edits/errors.
• Escalates trends and makes recommendations for template revisions/standardization to FAIS HIM team and Coding Leadership.
• Coordinates all testing efforts with coding superusers and FAIS teams.
• Assists with annual verification of coding staff credentials.
• Orients new physicians with regards to the coding department's role in the revenue cycle, and prepare training material for coding related to physician education.
• Assists with identification and implementation of process improvements according to industry best practice standards to make the best use of resources, decrease costs and improve coding services across the specialized service lines.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees