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Hello, We Are ruralMED!
Join our mission of supporting rural healthcare through collaboration focused on strategically tailored services, effective leadership, and industry-specific expertise.
How This Role Makes an Impact:
- Support rural healthcare facilities to achieve excellence and thrive in ever-changing landscapes
- Work alongside a team of dedicated and driven experts passionate about supporting rural healthcare with revenue cycle expertise
- Apply problem-solving and critical thinking skills in the development of processes and workflows, enhancing efficiency and accuracy
- Ensure facilities achieve accurate and compliant coding, providing the highest quality of care to patients and communities
What It’s Like Working at ruralMED:
- Elite and highly skilled professionals driven by delivering superior results, always striving for new levels of excellence
- Flexibility and autonomy with a company that understands the true value and benefits of work-life balance
- Personal and professional growth opportunities are encouraged
- Employee engagement is used as a valuable tool for achieving excellence
- Learn more about our team: https://ruralrevcycle.com/join-our-team/
Please note: you will be redirected to our partner’s job portal to continue your application.
Title: Coding Supervisor
Department: Revenue Cycle
Reports To: Coding Manager
Status: Full-time
Position Summary:
The Coding Supervisor will be responsible for organizing and coordinating the daily operations of the coding team in collaboration with the Coding Manager to ensure consistent productivity and efficient operations. The Coding Supervisor monitors productivity and coding accuracy and ensures compliance with coding job competencies. They will also perform direct coding for assigned clients along with direct coding coverage for clients and/or specialties, including professional fees, hospital outpatient, surgical, observation, and inpatient.
Qualifications:
Education and/or Experience:
• Five (5) years of medical coding experience required
• 10 years preferred.
• Associates or Bachelors degree preferred
• Current knowledge of hospital outpatient coding and professional coding required
• Knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and medical terminology required
Licenses/Certifications Required:
Certified Professional Coder (CPC) or Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) required.
General Requirements/Job Duties:
Employee must have the skills, ability and judgment to perform the following essential job duties and responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodation. Specific job duties will vary based upon client assignment. Employee will also abide by ruralMED’s policies as a condition of employment.
Direct Coding Responsibilities:
- Abstract clinical information
- Translate medical documentation into diagnoses and procedural codes while utilizing currently accepted coding and classification systems
- Sequence codes according to established guidelines
- Ensure accurate, timely, and appropriate assignment of ICD-10, CPT/HCPCS, and modifiers for the purposes of billing, internal and external reporting, and compliance with regulatory and payer guidelines
- Monitor and review client account questions in conjunction with the coding manager
- Interpret changes in the internal and external regulatory environment and stay current with corporate, state, and federal coding updates
Supervisor Responsibilities:
- Assist in oversight of coding specialists, disperse workloads, and monitor coding accuracy and productivity in conjunction with the coding manager
- Monitor and track productivity and billed hours of coding specialists
- Identify patterns of concern and/or compliance to report to the coding manager for any required revisions, updates, and changes in staffing and/or staff workloads
- Assist in monthly rounding in conjunction with the coding manager
- Assist in leading coding team meetings, educational sessions, and department meetings in conjunction with the coding manager
- Mentor staff on an individual basis to evaluate work tasks/processes
- Assist staff in developing efficient and effective processes in conjunction with the coding manager
- Coordinate any required staff training with the coding lead
- Respond to questions from coding lead and staff related to coding applications, rules, regulations, and documentation requirements
- Maintain advanced knowledge of systems and billing requirements
- Serve as an educational resource to educate staff
- Demonstrate competency annually in assigned areas of work
- Ensure all WQ are within the established turnaround times and productivity standards are met
- Perform direct coding, as needed, to ensure client coding turnaround timelines are met
- Assist in monthly and quarterly staff audits, providing feedback, education, and mentoring on an individual basis
- Develop any required follow-up for staff in conjunction with the coding manager
- Other duties as assigned
- Adhere to ruralMED’s mission, vision, and values
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to work independently
- High degree of analytic abilities
- Proficient with Microsoft Office
- Certified Coder, either Certified Professional Coder (CPC) or Certified Outpatient Coder (COC)
- Current knowledge of hospital outpatient coding and professional coding required
- Knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and medical terminology required
Security/Access:
• Remote work is expected 100% of the time unless otherwise agreed upon
• Will have access to confidential information and must abide by the organization’s privacy policies and regulations concerning this information
Equipment Used:
General office equipment to include: fax, copier, computer, printer, telephone, etc.
Patient Age Groups Served:
None.
Essential Work Environment & Physical Requirements:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
