Medical Coding Supervisor

UNM Medical Group•Albuquerque, NM

8h•Remote

About The Position

UNM Medical Group, Inc. is hiring for a Medical Coding Supervisor to join our Coding Department. This opportunity is a REMOTE, full-time and day shift opening located in New Mexico. This is a work from home position that requires the selected candidate to have a permanent address and live in New Mexico or be willing to relocate to New Mexico. This position is remote, however the selected candidate would need to be available to come into the office in Albuquerque, New Mexico if they experience network or laptop issues. Minimum $60,672 - Midpoint $75,840. Salary is determined based on years of total relevant experience. Salary is based on 1.0 FTE (full time equivalent) or 40 hours per week. Less than 40 hours/week will be prorated and adjusted to the appropriate FTE. Oversees the daily operations of a medical coding team, ensuring compliance with Federal, State, and third-party billing regulations. Assists in the planning, organizing, staffing, and daily operations of the coding area to ensure timely completion of medical record coding reviews, revenue cycle initiatives, and serves as a subject matter expert on documentation and coding requirements to ensure optimal reimbursement and compliance with regulatory compliance. Develops and analyzes reports to monitor and enhance coding accuracy, operational efficiency, and equitable workload distribution. Identifies, recommends, and implements opportunities for operational improvements within medical coding processes. This position serves as a collaborative resource to other departments, providers, leadership and revenue cycle staff on organizational projects and initiatives.

Requirements

High School diploma or GED.
3 years of medical coding experience
1 year experience in a supervisory role.
Certification in at least one of the following: CPC, CPC-P, CCS, CCS-P, RHIA, or RHIT.
Completed degree from an accredited institution that are above the minimum education requirement may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis.

Responsibilities

Supervises the daily operations and performance of the medical coding team; provides onboarding, work allocation and scheduling, training, monitoring of results, and supports employee development and engagement; enforces internal procedures and controls, and problem resolution; evaluates performance issues and facilitates corrective action; motivates employees to achieve peak productivity.
Ensures that medical coding is conducted in compliance with Federal, State, and payer regulations, guidelines, and requirements.
Provides ongoing training and education to staff on new department policies, coding rule changes, and updated payer requirements; ensures that the coding team is current on coding and billing compliance for required coding specialties.
Monitors key performance indicators (KPIs), generates status reports, and analyzes data to track individual and team performance and revenue capture effectiveness; improves accuracy, efficiency, and equitable workload distribution among coding staff.
Assists in the development and implementation of coding policies and procedures, in accordance with Federal and State regulations and UNMMG policies and procedures.
Conducts quality reviews and coding audits to identify and resolve coding, process, and billing issues; collaborates with other teams to prevent and resolve denials.
Assists in the planning and implementation of improvement in operations.
Works with physicians and relevant departments to provide technical coding and billing education and communicates medical documentation policies to foster collaboration in training, needs assessment and action planning for operational improvement.
Provides feedback to providers regarding results and findings from billing/coding reviews/audits, medical records documentation deficiencies, and/or requests clarification of documentation components.
Plans, conducts and supervises billing and coding compliance reviews/audits and reports significant findings, analyzes, explains and recommends coding edits that are needed as a result.
Responsible for analyses as well as resolution of coding edits that occur.
Ensures strict confidentiality of medical records and documentation.