Clinician Coding Liaison – Medical Based Specialties

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🧀 Wisconsin – Remote

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Advocate Aurora Health

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10,000+ employees

🏥 Healthcare

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

💰 $10.2M Grant on 2019-08

Healthcare • Healthcare Insurance

Advocate Aurora Health is a leading healthcare organization that operates across various regions including Central Chicagoland, Central Wisconsin, Greater Milwaukee, and more. With a diverse range of career areas such as advanced practice clinicians, behavioral health, nursing, and more, Advocate Aurora Health is committed to helping people live well. The organization offers numerous benefits and opportunities for career advancement, fostering an environment where individuals can thrive and innovate in the healthcare sector. Advocate Aurora Health prioritizes the safety of its candidates and maintains a robust recruitment process to protect sensitive information.

📋 Description

• Deliver proactive coding education through newsletters, scorecards, and presentations covering CPT, ICD-10-CM, HCPCS, Risk Adjustment, payer requirements, and rejection resolutions • Lead onboarding and compliance training for employed Physicians/APPs, Locum Tenens, residents, and students • Review new clinician records and conduct spot checks to provide individualized documentation feedback • Escalate non-coding issues to appropriate teams • Serve as the primary contact for coding inquiries and coordinate resolution of complex issues such as NCCI bundling and high-complexity charge edits • Monitor Epic work queues to ensure timely and accurate charge submissions and reduce claim denials • Collaborate with CMOs, Clinical Informatics, Risk Adjustment, and Population Health • Participate in specialty and department meetings, identify trends, and deliver targeted education • Refine Epic documentation tools, templates, order entries, diagnosis lists, SmartSets, and SmartPhrases • Ensure compliance with Medicare, Medicaid, and AHIMA’s Standards of Ethical Coding • Promote ethical coding and continuous improvement through timely updates, feedback, and education

🎯 Requirements

• RHIA, RHIT, CCS, CCS-P, or CPC certification required • RHIA, RHIT, CCS, or CCS-P certification must be issued by AHIMA where applicable; CPC certification must be issued by AAPC • Additional specialty credential preferred • Completion of advanced training through a recognized or accredited program equivalent in scope and rigor to post-secondary education, or equivalent knowledge • High school diploma or GED required • Typically requires 4 years of experience in expert-level professional coding • In-depth knowledge of ICD, CPT, and HCPCS coding guidelines • Strong understanding of medical terminology, anatomy, and physiology • Advanced knowledge of Epic and other reporting tools • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, electronic coding applications, and email communication • Strong problem-solving, analytical thinking, attention to detail, prioritization, and deadline management • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, and make informed coding and compliance decisions • Ability to collaborate and contribute to process improvements • Ability to follow organizational and divisional remote work policy and guidelines • Ability to operate all equipment necessary to perform the job • Ability to work cooperatively and effectively with individuals and teams

🏖️ Benefits

• Benefits Eligible: Yes • Competitive compensation • Opportunity for annual increases based on performance • Paid Time Off programs • Medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability benefits • Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses • Adoption assistance • Paid parental leave • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match • Other financial wellness programs • Educational Assistance Program • Programs that invest in career development • Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job • Incentive pay for select positions