Supervisor, Profee Enterprise Coding - Surgery & Anesthesia

About the role

The role involves supervising hospital or professional coding staff and assisting the management team in the day-to-day operations of the department, focusing on reimbursement, coding, abstracting, and education.

Responsibilities

• Supervises coding staff and assists the management team in the day-to-day operations of the department, as it pertains to reimbursement, coding, abstracting, productivity, quality and education.
• Ensures that all coding backlogs, work queues and charge lag remains at acceptable levels.
• Acts as expert coding resource not only to coders, providers and revenue cycle, but also to specialty groups and meetings.
• Responsible for personnel management of coding staff, including but not limited to, interviewing, hiring, coaching and counseling, discipline and performance evaluation in conjunction with management.
• Develops and maintains coding related policies, procedures, and training materials in conjunction with management.
• Identifies budgetary needs and maintains fiscal stewardship.
• Conducts and/or oversees internal and external auditing to determine compliance with medical record documentation, coding and billing guidelines.
• Works with staff to analyze and resolve issues that impact coding and billing.
• Maintains effective, open and ongoing communication.
• Extracts, analyzes and reports data to appropriate management team.
• Serves as a liaison to vendors and provides input and tests information systems.
• Assists in staff coding, as needed.

Qualifications

• Minimum qualifications: High School Diploma or Equivalent, Current HIM/Coding Certification through AHIMA or AAPC, 5 years of medical coding experience.
• Prioritizing job duties, excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal skills necessary to communicate effectively, knowledge of related provider healthcare compliance, revenue cycle operations, and auditing techniques required, ability to mentor, educate and train others, analytical and problem solving skills, proficiency in office software programs, including medical record and billing systems, ability to analyze complex data and reports, knowledge of anatomy, physiology and medical terminology, independent decision-making ability, organizational and time management skills, ability to adapt to changes in the workplace and work assignments.

Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, as well as interpersonal skills necessary to communicate effectively.
• Knowledge of related provider healthcare compliance, revenue cycle operations, and auditing techniques required.
• Ability to mentor, educate and train others.
• Independent decision-making ability.
• Organizational and time management skills.
• Knowledge of anatomy, physiology and medical terminology.
• Analytical and problem solving skills.
• Proficiency in office software programs, including medical record and billing systems.
• Ability to analyze complex data and reports.