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Columbus, Georgia
ScionHealth strives to provide quality-driven, patient-centered acute and post-acute hospital solutions. The health system is focused on driving innovation, serving its communities, and investing in people and technology to deliver compassionate patient care and excellent health outcomes. Based in Louisville, ScionHealth operates 79 hospital campuses in 25 states – 61 long-term acute care hospitals and 18 community hospital campuses and associated health systems.
What do you need to be successful at ScionHealth? Here are the top traits we’re looking for:
“ScionHealth allows leaders to inspire the organization to take responsibility for creating a better future.”
Jarrell King Talent Acquisition
REMOTE POSITION
The Director of Coding will plan, organize, and manage the professional coding to meet the mission. The Director will ensure that accurate, coded data exists for optimal reimbursement by the organization and coordinate all quality and compliance monitoring of assignments for professional services.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
• Oversees the daily operations of the coding unit including workload and staffing; hiring, disciplining, and performance appraisals; training; and monitoring quality of work.
• Develops long-range and short-term goals, objectives, plans, and programs and ensures they are implemented.
• Coach and build talent by empowering and providing feedback, instruction, and development to coding staff.
Duties/Responsibilities:
• Evaluate the impact of innovations and changes in programs, policies, and procedures. Designs and implements systems and methods to improve data accessibility. Identifies, assesses, and resolves problems.
• Overseas and monitors the coding services which would include coder productivity and accuracy.
• Compares coding and reimbursement profiles with national and regional norms to identify variations requiring further investigation.
• Reviews claim denials and rejections pertaining to coding and medical necessity issues and, when necessary, implement corrective action plans (such as educational programs) to prevent similar denials and rejections from recurring.
• Interacts with a variety of people who impact the success of the coding program, and functions as a facilitator, liaison, and/or motivator.
• Driving standardization in Coding services, to ensure consistency in education programs, timely regulatory updates, and adherence to compliance initiatives.
• Trending and analysis of benchmark data to identify and remediate missing revenue due to clinical coding.
Required Skills/Abilities:
• Extensive knowledge of coding principles and guidelines.
• Extensive knowledge of hospital/technical and professional services reimbursement systems.
• Extensive knowledge of federal, state, and payer-specific regulations and policies pertaining to documentation, coding, and billing for professional and technical services.
• Strong managerial, leadership, and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Ability to travel to market locations as necessary.
Education and Experience:
• Five years of professional coding (in-patient and out-patient) experience required.
• CPC certification required. CPMA preferred.
• Strong experience in working with multi-specialty medical groups and providing direction to senior leadership.
Physical Requirements:
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift 15 pounds at times.
We support growth and development for all our employees through various means and in programs designed to foster inclusion.
Your health is important to us. We offer a comprehensive benefits program and resources to support healthy lifestyles for you and your family.
Employees can contribute to their retirement with plans that allow for pre-tax or after-tax contributions through payroll deductions.
With paid holidays and unlimited PTO, you are encouraged to take the time you need to relax and recharge with family and friends.
Work-life balance is not just a perk, it is encouraged. We believe that our employees work their best when they’re allowed to be their best selves in and out of the office.
Whether you’re looking for pet insurance, identity theft protection, or select discounts from hundreds of local and national merchants, we have a variety of benefits that help provide peace of mind.
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