CBO Cardiology Educator (REMOTE)

About the role

Munson Healthcare is northern Michigan’s largest healthcare system, operating eight award‑winning community hospitals that serve over half a million residents across 29 counties. The organization offers a lifestyle with freshwater lakes, scenic trails, charming downtowns, a vibrant arts scene, and endless outdoor adventures. Employees are expected to live by the values of excellence, teamness, positivity, creativity, and a commitment to creating exceptional experiences for patients and each other.

Benefits

• Tuition reimbursement, in‑person and online development, and access to a career hub for advancement.
• Full benefits package, paid holidays, generous PTO, employee discounts, and free individual retirement counseling.
• Free wellness platform for employees and families, plus personalized support for personal or family challenges.
• Opportunities to share ideas and shape the workplace through improvement huddles, employee surveys, and town‑hall meetings.

Responsibilities

• Provide education to CBO coders, physicians, non‑physician practitioners, and office staff on medical record and encounter form documentation.
• Verify and analyze documentation to determine principal and secondary diagnoses and procedures.
• Assign diagnostic codes, procedural codes, and modifiers using CMS and Munson coding guidelines.
• Perform data entry and resolve discrepancies.
• Serve as liaison between CBO and sites/departments.
• Assist in orientation and training of new employees within the coding and charge‑capture area.
• Create and maintain an internal education program for all CBO coding staff.
• Lead Coder Roundtable meetings, including agenda creation, content development, and presentation.
• Lead projects related to changes and updates to coding and documentation for professional services.
• Act as an expert resource for physicians, office management staff, and central billing staff, providing in‑person or virtual education and responding to coding and compliance questions.
• Coordinate accurate assignment of procedure codes and modifiers.
• Review office‑based electronic charges and encounter forms for completeness and accuracy of ICD‑9/10‑CM, CPT, and HCPCS modifiers.
• Code and enter charges with at least 95% accuracy.
• Interpret physician documentation of surgical procedures to assign and enter billing codes.
• Identify applicable diagnosis, procedure, and code combinations.
• Work with the central billing team to ensure charges are coded and entered within the charge lag time frame.
• Identify educational needs or compliance issues and report them to the Manager of Central Billing Office.
• Resolve coding discrepancies related to revenue capture.
• Obtain and maintain education appropriate to the position.

Requirements

• Associate’s degree in Health Record Technology or a related healthcare field.
• Five years of professional coding experience and certification as a Certified Professional Coder (CPC), Certified Coding Specialist – Physician‑Based (CCS‑P), Certified Cardiology Coder (CCC), Certified Interventional Radiology Cardiovascular Coder (CIRCC), Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), or Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA).
• Or seven years of professional coding experience with CPC certification.
• Demonstrated experience with healthcare‑related educational activities.
• Ability to problem‑solve and communicate professionally with physicians, staff, and other healthcare professionals.

Preferred Qualifications

• Seven years of cardiology coding experience.
• Experience creating and presenting information to healthcare providers and coders.
• Auditing experience.

Additional Information

All Munson Healthcare employees must be vaccinated against Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Varicella, or have laboratory‑confirmed immunity. Employees are also required to receive a flu vaccine during the flu season of their hiring year and annually thereafter, unless they have an approved medical or religious exemption.