Central Coding Director

Central Coding Director Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized. We are seeking a Central Coding Director for our team to ensure that we continue to provide all patients with high quality, efficient care. Did you get into our industry for these reasons? We are an amazing team that works hard to support each other and are seeking a phenomenal addition like you who feels patient care is as meaningful as we do. We want you to apply Job Summary and Qualifications The Central Coding Director is responsible for assisting in the development and evolution of the overall strategy for Parallon's Coding Physician Service Center. The Central Coding Director is responsible for overall coding compliance and daily coding operations for the Coding Physician Service Center. The Central Coding Director interprets policies and procedures, recommends changes as appropriate, and provides relevant feedback. The Central Coding Director assists the ACOO, Coding PSC, with the oversight and implementation of coding consolidation planning, practice expectation agreements, budgets, workflow processes and internal controls. This person serves as a key promoter of the Parallon Coding PSC and is responsible for setting the tone of Coding PSC as a service organization, continuously seeking to understand, meet and exceed practice expectations and needs. What you will do in this role: Responsible for CPSC central coding and medical record documentation improvement operations (as applicable), ensuring timeliness, accuracy, completeness, consistency, compliance and standards fulfillment as defined in practice expectations agreement. Contributes to the development of strategic direction of Parallon coding. Coaches and provides overall guidance to the CPSC coding team to resolve internal and external issues; help resolve dysfunctional behavior within functional area(s); discipline and counsel staff as necessary. Monitors CPSC coding performance according to productivity and quality standards as defined in job descriptions and practice expectations documents. Manages and motivates CPSC coding improvement operations (as applicable) staff. Assists in the development and management of strategy, specific goals, objectives, budgets and performance standards for the Parallon CPSC. Proactively manages, including corresponding communications and escalation paths, significant issues in HIM coding processes (e.g., coding backlogs, CPSC coding delays, abstracting backlogs, and data discrepancies), status of projects, barriers and successes. Identifies and implements process improvements to lower costs and improve service to PSG practices and various Parallon/PSG stakeholders/customers. Routinely meets with the Physician Service Group staff to review processes and collaborate on need coding related claim denials. Stays abreast of regulatory requirements and company compliance policies, ensuring compliance and timely staff education and training. Monitors overall trends (e.g., missing documentation, charge lag, coding quality) and communicates to PSG Leadership teams and others as appropriate. Provides leadership to coding management team regarding monthly trending analysis of CPSC coding performance including weekly and monthly reports. Oversees CPSC coding personnel, providing recommendations for hiring, promotion, salary adjustment and personnel action where appropriate. Responsible for overseeing performance review process for all direct and indirect reports. Responsible for ensuring employee work schedules sufficiently meet those requirements as established by the CPSC Leadership team. Oversees training and education for CPSC coding staff. Assists Parallon CPSC Education in Parallon initiatives such as the development of operational models and education programs. Assumes a lead role for innovation, knowledge sharing and leading practices identification within CPSC and among peer group. Promptly reports issues or trends to the appropriate member of the CPSC Leadership team, or other appropriate party. Stays abreast of regulatory requirements and company compliance policies, ensuring timely staff education. Reviews all official data quality standards, coding guidelines, Company policies and procedures, and clinical/medical resources to assure coding knowledge and skills remain current. Ensures that all Federal, State, and Local laws pertaining to patient privacy are adhered to. Practice and adhere to the "Code of Conduct" philosophy and "Mission and Value Statement." Other duties as assigned. Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree in Business or related field required. Degree requirement may be substituted by current enrollment in a Bachelor Degree program or equivalent work experience with CEO approval. Minimum five years' healthcare management experience with three of these years in the related area for the position. Relevant education may substitute experience requirement with Executive approval. Coding certification through AHIMA or AAPC required. Parallon provides full-service revenue cycle management, or total patient account resolution, for HCA Healthcare. Our services include scheduling, registration, insurance verification, hospital billing, revenue integrity, collections, payment compliance, credentialing, health information management, customer service, payroll and physician billing. We also provide full-service revenue cycle management as well as targeted solutions, such as Medicaid Eligibility, for external clients across the country. Parallon has over 17,000 colleagues, and serves close to 1,000 hospitals and 3,000 physician practices, all making an impact on patients, providers and their communities. HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses. "There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr. HCA Healthcare Co-Founder If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our Central Coding Director opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing - apply today We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.