Inpatient Coding Auditor
Job Summary
As a work from home Inpatient Coding Auditor, you will be responsible for performing internal quality assessment reviews on Health Information Management Service Center (HSC) coders to ensure compliance with national coding guidelines, the HSC coding policies and the Company coding policies for complete, accurate and consistent coding which result in appropriate reimbursement and data integrity.
You will review outcomes are communicated to the HSC team to improve the accuracy, integrity and quality of patient data, to ensure minimal variation in coding practices and to improve the quality of physician documentation within the body of the medical record to support code assignments.
What you will do in this role
- Leads, coordinates and performs all functions of quality reviews (routine, pre-bill, policy driven and incentive plan driven) for inpatient and/or outpatient coding across multiple HSCs
- Aids in ensuring HSC coding staff adherence with coding guidelines and policy
- Demonstrates and applies expert level knowledge of medical coding practices and concepts
- Participates on special reviews or projects
- Maintains or exceeds 95% productivity standards
- Maintains or exceeds 95% accuracy
- Mets all educational requirements as stated in current Company policy
Qualifications
- High school diploma and/or GED preferred
- Undergraduate degree in HIM/HIT preferred
- Minimum of 3 years acute care inpatient/outpatient coding experience preferred
- Minimum of 3 years coding auditing/monitoring experience strongly preferred
- RHIA, RHIT and/or CCS preferred
Benefits
The available plans and programs include:
- Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
- Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
- Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
- Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
- Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
About the Company
Parallon, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. 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.
HCA Healthcare 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.
We are reviewing applications for our Inpatient Coding Auditor opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your application and help us raise the bar in patient care!