Lead Charge Capture Nurse

BHS

1d • Remote

About The Position

Baptist Health is looking for a Lead Charge Capture Nurse to join their team. This is a remote work position for candidates who reside in KY or IN Supports the day-to-day operations related to clinical charge audit and charge capture. Supports implementation and maintenance of standardized workflows developed in collaboration with the Director of Charge Capture, Special Projects Manager, and Associate Vice President of Revenue Integrity. If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now! Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. EEO Statement: Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing. NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with three years broad based acute care nursing experience.
• Associate degree in nursing including an additional five years’ experience in a revenue cycle related position.
• Valid Kentucky Licensure as a Registered Nurse.
• 3 years broad based acute care nursing experience required.
• Knowledge of medical terminology and a basic understanding of coding and payment methodologies including DRG and APC.
• Individuals working with payor audits must have a keen understanding of audit response requirements and timelines.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership on a daily basis to Charge Capture staff including mentoring employees, educating employees on new policies or payor guidelines, orienting new employees and other duties as assigned by the Director of Charge Capture.
• Provides support to all processes within Charge Capture including but not limited to scheduled/routine audits, payor audits, audits following billing edits or errors, and audits following denials or payment variances.
• Performs human resources functions typical of a lead within Baptist Health including reviewing and editing payroll, evaluating employees, assuring employee compliance with mandatory education and employee health requirements, and reviewing productivity and peer review results with employees.
• Supports the monitoring of productivity, error rates, delayed claims, and key performance indicators to identify performance gaps. Collaborates to develop and implement effective mechanisms to address these opportunities.
• Communicates effectively with staff and incorporates staff feedback to improve operations.
• Provides ongoing education to promote compliant charging and coding practices.
• Constantly works with Charge Capture staff to identify opportunities for more efficient workflow. Communicates process improvement opportunities to Director and offers suggestions to address these opportunities. Collaborates with Director to develop and implement effective mechanisms for process improvement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees