Coding Documentation Educator

Company: CHI Health Clinic
Location: Omaha
Posted on: May 16, 2022

Job Description:

Overview:
REMOTE WORK OPPORTUNITY!Your time at work should be fulfilling. -Rewarding. Inspiring. That's what you'll find when you join one of our non-profit CHI facilities across the nation. You'll find challenging, rewarding work every day alongside people who have as much compassion as you. Join us and together we'll create healthier, stronger communities. -What sets us apart from other healthcare organizations? How much time do you have? In short, it all starts with our current employees. They believe in living our mission to provide compassion to everyone. We, in turn, believe that growing and supporting our people allows us to deliver a higher degree of quality care to our patients. CHI advocates for all who live in the communities we serve, especially the most vulnerable. Choose an organization who will champion your talents and nurture your career. Choose CHI! -

Responsibilities:
The Coding Documentation Educator is responsible for performing new provider and annual provider chart audits. They perform these audits to ensure proper coding with an emphasis on documentation, coding improvement, and revenue capture. - Developes and presents Coding and ducmentation training to clinicians, clinical staff, coders, and other members of Revenue Cycle. Collaborates with the coding manager to support the needs of the coding department where coding expertise/education is needed. -Essential Key Job ResponsibilitiesActs as documentation and coding liaison to clinicians to include review, education, and necessary follow-up to help ensure that clinical documentation and coding services meet government and organizational policies and procedures. -Analyzes and provides education on revenue capture, clinical documentation including Electronic Health Record (EHR) requirements, coding accuracy and denial management to clinicians and clinic staff.Assists in determining educational needs based on documentation reviews, provider/staff feedback, data analysis (bell curves).Performs a minimum of an annual review of each clinician in their assigned specialties to identify clinical documentation and coding areas that require improvement and additional education. -Reviews documentation and coding for new providers for accuracy and charge capture as per standard.Prepares necessary reports and communicates results of audits to management, clinicians, and committees as appropriate. - - - -Reports areas of risk directly to the Coding manager and Division Director of Revenue Cycle -Maintains a high level of competency related to clinical documentation and coding in assigned specialty and other areas and compliance with government regulations by attending appropriate workshops and seminars

Qualifications:
-CPC or other accredited coding certificaiton requiredKnowledge of clinic operations as they relate to the assigned revenue cycle functionAbility to effectively oversee daily operations of the assigned revenue cycle function, identify compliance/productivity deficiencies and recommend timely corrective action.Knowledge of medical insurance, payer contract, CPT and ICD codes.

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