Remote Inpatient Coder

**Responsibilities**:
**Join the Southwest Healthcare Team**

**About Us**:
Creating Health and Harmony, Southwest Healthcare is a comprehensive network of care with convenient hospital and ambulatory care/outpatient locations here to serve the Southern California community. With over 6,000 passionate providers and healthcare employees, our shared goal is to provide convenient access to a wide range of healthcare services in a way that benefits you, your family, and the entire community.

**Job Summary**:
Southwest Healthcare is seeking a **Remote Inpatient **Coder** who collaborates with staff across the Region. This position is **Per Diem** and responsible for:

- Inpatient records are charged/coded in accordance to established Coding guidelines and regulations.
- Assist with other areas of coding as needed.
- Collaborates with Health Information Management (HIM) Leadership, as needed, to review charts for performance improvement initiatives and assists with the resolution of coding issues.

Qualifications:
**Experience/Training/Experience**:

- High School Graduate or equivalent required.
- Associate’s degree from an accredited College or University in Health Information Management preferred.
- Three (3) to Five (5) years of experience in coding related functions with proficiency in inpatient coding required, acute care experience required.

**Certifications/Licenses**:

- Current Registered Health Information Administrator Certificate (RHIA) or a current Registered Health Information Technician Certificate (RHIT) required, or Certified Coding Specialist (CCS). All certificates are accredited by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).

**Other Skills and Abilities**:

- Demonstrates knowledge and ensures compliance with The Joint Commission and Title 22 standards and guidelines.
- Demonstrates compliance with hospital policies and procedures at all times.
- Ability to set priorities and appropriately organize workload and complete assignments in a timely manner.
- Demonstrates ability to relate to clinical personnel and medical staff, as well as ability to interact well with the public.
- Demonstrates the ability to adhere to all Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Federal and State statute, as it related to proper and improper releases.
- Demonstrates knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, including disease processes.
- Demonstrates working knowledge of current ICD-10-CM/PCS, CPT, and HCPCS coding guidelines with working knowledge of DRG, APC and diagnosis sequencing concepts.
- Demonstrates knowledge of OSHPD requirements for Inpatient reporting.
- Proficiency in the use of all applicable software, which includes the abstracting system 3M HDM product(s) and Nuance CD One.
- Demonstrates familiarity with patient medical records.
- Demonstrates ability to perform under pressure, meet frequent deadlines, and tight schedules.
- Demonstrates excellent organizational skills and detail oriented.
- Demonstrates effective communication with all customers (i.e. medical staff, hospital staff, patients, etc.) regardless of communication method. Utilizes principles of AIDET for framework of conservations.
- Demonstrates ability to maintain positive relationships and courteous interactions with hospital staff, medical staff, and the public.

**Benefit Highlights**:

- Challenging and rewarding work environment
- Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
- Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
- 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
- SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Progra
- CEU, Certification, Licenses Reimbursement program
- Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries

Southwest Healthcare is owned and operated by subsidiaries of Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS), a King of Prussia, PA-based company, that is one of the largest healthcare management companies in the nation.

**EEO Statement**:
**Notice**:
**Salary**: Starting from $30.46 to $44.16 an hour