Facility Coding Manager
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
- Columbus, OH
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Oversees daily operations of the Facility Coding Department, ensuring timely completion of coding tasks, continuous communication with Clinical Documentation Improvement, and prompt response to billing inquiries.
- Manages and develops staff through recruitment, training, auditing, goal-setting, and feedback sessions, fostering a conducive work environment and promoting career growth.
- Maintains up-to-date operational policies, procedures, and job descriptions, while also initiating policy development with Facility Coding and Clinical Documentation Improvement as required.
- Collaborates with Patient Accounts and other departments to identify and overcome roadblocks to effective coding practices.
- Coordinates continuing education and regular audit findings inservices for staff and medical professionals while also keeping abreast with new diagnoses, coding regulations, and challenging areas.
- Leads the effective implementation and maintenance of EMR/Coding systems and actively participates in the redesign of processes for improved performance, while managing complex projects such as system upgrades and new services.
- Assesses and prepares statistical reports regularly, forecasts upcoming annual capital and operational budgets, aligns set objectives. Presents recommendations to Director promptly, and seeks for excess fund utilization.
- Fosters customer relationships and interacts with vendors to ensure the best level of service, and actively negotiates for better contract terms and service turnaround times.
- Associates or bachelor’s degree in health information management
- Credentialed coder (RHIA or RHIT and CPC or CCS)
- Extensive technical experience in ICD-10-CM and PCS and CPT coding with solid knowledge of coding rules and guidelines and reimbursement processes and how they pertain to the support of coding and billing.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision required.
- Demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks and priorities and deadlines required.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills required in order to communicate with poise, confidence, and control.
- Effective interpersonal, customer service, and problem-solving skills required with ability to deal with physicians, employees, and other hospital staff with tact and diplomacy.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and work with sensitive employee performance, salary information, and operational material.
- 3 years of experience in a large acute care hospital setting, pediatric experience preferred.
- 2 years of management experience in a supervisory or training capacity.