Documentation & Coding Auditor

About the role

Nationally recognized as a Great College to Work For, TTUHSC provides much more than just a job! Enjoy excellent benefits, including paid leave, retirement plans, wellness programs, health insurance and so much more. Ready to start building a rewarding career in a positive environment where you can develop and thrive? Join us as we change the future of health care.

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is enriching the lives of others by educating students, providing excellent patient care, and advancing knowledge through innovative research. TTUHSC graduates more health care professionals than any other health care institution in the state, conferring 24.2% of all degrees and certificates awarded from health-related institutions in Texas. By providing comprehensive clinical services to more than 10 million individuals across 121 counties, TTUHSC is dedicated to advancing the health of people throughout Texas and beyond. This is where world-class education meets compassionate patient care – and we believe that our people are the reason for our institution’s lasting success and bright future.

Being part of the TTUHSC team means being part of an innovative and supportive community that empowers each individual to do their best work. Through our values-based culture, TTUHSC is committed to cultivating an exceptional workplace community with a positive culture that puts people first.

Responsibilities

• Performs medical billing coding and documentation quality audits
• Provides feedback to coding and reimbursement specialists, coders, and educates them
• Current and active professional medical billing coding certification required from an accredited organization
• Billing and coding experience in a multi-specialty group practice and/or academic practice setting is preferred
• Five or more years of health care items/services
• Managerial/supervisory and program management implementation experience strongly preferred
• Ability to initiate administrative activities as necessary
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to write and present ideas and information in a concise manner
• Ability to work collaboratively with all individuals
• Professional bearing, sound business judgment and persuasive skills
• Strong problem-solving skills, self-starter, ability to function with little face-to-face, daily supervision
• Ability to deal with stressful situations, works collaboratively to address complex and sensitive issues
• Excellent time management skills and attention to detail are a must
• Must successfully pass a criminal background check, as well as not be listed on the HHS OIG, Texas Medicaid, GSA or any other government exclusion lists
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals and the ability to compute rates, ratios, percentages, and to draw and interpret bar graphs is preferred

Qualifications

• High School graduate or equivalency and five (5) years of medical billing coding and reimbursement experience of which one (1) year may be as a coding auditor
• Additional job-specific education may substitute for the experience
• Active professional coding certification from an accredited organization, e.g., American Association of Professional Coders (AAPC), American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
• Certification to remain current during term of employment
• Knowledge of CPT, ICD-CM, ICD-10, and HCPCS nomenclature

Benefits

• Health Plans + Supplemental Coverage Options – Individual health insurance provided at no cost for full-time team members
• Paid Time Off – Including holidays, vacation, sick leave and more
• Retirement Plans
• Wellness Programs
• Certified Mother-Friendly Workplace

Pay

Compensation is commensurate upon the qualifications of the individual selected and budgetary guidelines of the hiring department, as well as the institutional pay plan. For additional information, please reference the institutional pay plan website at https://app4.ttuhsc.edu/payplan.

Travel

Up to 25%

Shift

Day

Research Laboratory

No