CODER- PB / LEAD

Overview:

Your Career. Our Company. Together, We Grow.

At Southern Illinois Healthcare (SIH), we realize that in order to provide our surrounding communities with excellent care, we must begin by providing our employees with that same care and appreciation. We offer rich opportunities to develop and grow professionally, an environment of excellence in patient care, and the awareness that everything we accomplish is a direct outgrowth of the superb efforts and dedication of our employees.

As a non-profit system of almost 4000 employees, we have won national acclaim for our cancer, cardiac, stroke, bariatric, breast imaging, and rehabilitation services.

$/hr minimum - $/hr maximum (range increases based on education, experience and certifications)

Responsible for monitoring and troubleshooting staffing and coding issues.

Responsibilities:

Manages processes effectively in regard to patient and employee safety.

Maintains all required records, reports, statistics, logs, files and other documents as required.

Promotes a culture of process improvement by participating in unit/department based programs that supports the system’s process improvement goals.

Actively participates on system-wide or hospital-based teams as needed.

Monitors timely filing deadline and assists management with determining priority work queues.

Provides support to coding work queues as needed.

Identifies and communicates to Health Information Coding Educator Coordinator any provider documentation trends/opportunities for improvement

Works with coding staff to reduce the volume of accounts with coding edits providing education as necessary.

Trains PB Coding staff on their assigned work queues.

Serves as a liaison between PB Professional Practice Coding Manager and coding staff.

Work with HI Professional Practice Denials Specialist to improve coding quality and reduce denial occurrences.

Qualifications:

Education

Associate degree in Health Information Technology or related field preferred.

Licenses and Certification

Candidates required to have one of the following certification requirements listed: CPC, CCS, CCS-P, or CCA credentials with previous Coding Lead experience in a group practice setting, or

RHIT

Experience and Skills

Technical Experience: Minimum 3 years professional practice coding experience required.

Extensive knowledge and application of ICD, CPT, and HCPCS codes and modifiers required.

Knowledge of health information management practices and federal and state healthcare regulations required.

Permanent