About the position
Responsible for researching, managing, coordinating, and implementing Charge Description Master ("CDM") and charge capture initiatives and processes to ensure revenue management and revenue protection. Ensures the overall integrity of the CDM. Conducts audit/review activities to ensure appropriate revenue management, claims production, and coding integrity. Research and maintains compliance with state, federal, and other third-party payor billing and reimbursement guidelines. Conducts special projects and studies to facilitate revenue management as required. Works independently; performs duties requiring the exercise of discretion and independent judgment; has ability to make decisions after comparing and evaluating possible courses of action; formulates, affects, interprets, or implements management policies or operating practices; prioritizes and manages multiple tasks to meet deadlines; seeks guidance from manager as needed to clarify assignments or requests, ask questions, or seek additional information.
Responsibilities
- Researches, evaluates, and interprets guidance from a variety of sources to determine department and/or facility impact; continually reviews and monitors billing and coding changes affecting CDM and charge capture processes, including price analysis.
- Serves as a subject matter expert and in a consultative role to various levels of customers including patient accounting systems; works closely and collaboratively with other internal departments.
- Reviews CDM change requests for accuracy and appropriateness; approves additions, deletions, and modifications to charges; imparts knowledge to facilities regarding requested changes.
- Provides guidance and education related to billing and charge capture of services to multiple staff levels; facilitates proper recording of transactions in compliance with state, federal, and other third-party payor guidelines.
- Conducts special projects and special studies to facilitate revenue management as required for system conversions, new facilities/acquisitions, new departments, new service lines, changes in regulations, legal reviews, etc.
Requirements
- 5+ years of healthcare-related experience.
- High School graduate or equivalent required.
- Prior CDM or charge capture experience required.
- Advanced knowledge of the accepted principles, practices and tools relating to general healthcare billing, cost accounting and reimbursement.
- Advanced knowledge of policies, standards and methodologies pertaining to charge capture and reconciliation, reporting, documentation and general compliance.
- Advanced knowledge of the content and application of published health information management coding conventions.
- Ability to recognize, research and correct charging/documentation discrepancies.
- Advanced knowledge of the standards and regulatory requirements applicable to matters within designated scope of authority, including medical/legal issues.
- Advanced knowledge of medical terminology and abbreviations, and health care nomenclature and systems.
- Ability to use office equipment and automated systems/applications/software at an acceptable level of proficiency.
- Strong interpersonal communication and presentation skills.
Nice-to-haves
- College degree preferred.
- Applicable clinical or professional certifications and licenses such as LVN, RN, RT, MT, RPH, COC, CPC, CCS highly desirable.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and business travel insurance.
- Paid time off (vacation & sick leave) - min of 12 days per year, accrued at a rate of approximately 1.84 hours per 40 hours worked.
- 401k with up to 6% employer match.
- 10 paid holidays per year.
- Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts.
- Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program.
- Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, AD&D, auto & home insurance.
