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e4health

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501 - 1000 employees

🤝 B2B

☁️ SaaS

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

B2B • SaaS • Artificial Intelligence

e4health is a healthcare-focused services and technology firm that helps hospitals and health systems improve clinical data quality, coding accuracy, revenue integrity, and IT systems. They provide Health IT consulting, health information management (HIM), clinical documentation improvement (CDI), coding and auditing (including risk adjustment/HCC), legacy data migration and validation, interim staffing, and software and AI automation solutions. e4health serves more than 400 health systems with a mix of professional services, advisory engagements, and technology to optimize workflows, protect IT investments, and drive measurable outcomes.

📋 Description

• The Outpatient Coder is responsible for accurately abstracting data into appropriate client electronic medical record systems • following the Official ICD-10-CM, CPT, and HCPCS Guidelines for Coding, AMA CPT Guidelines, and CMS directives • Performs data entry of required abstracted patient information into the client’s information system • Queries physicians when appropriate and interacts with Clinical Documentation staff as per account requirements • Maintains consistent coding accuracy rate of 95% or better while also meeting productivity standards • Assigns appropriate ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS codes and modifiers to facility-based Ancillary, Emergency Department, Observation, and/or Outpatient Surgery Accounts as per designated workflow • Abstracts and enters coded data and/or charges for hospital statistical and reporting requirements • Queries physicians to clarify conflicting, imprecise, incomplete, ambiguous, and/or inconsistent clinical information when appropriate • Communicates documentation improvement opportunities and coding issues to appropriate personnel for follow up and resolution • Communicates with Clinical Documentation Improvement and/or Revenue Cycle teams for follow up and reconciliation of accounts • Maintains required productivity and quality requirements • Maintains coding credential requirements

🎯 Requirements

• Candidate must possess an approved AHIMA or AAPC coding credential • Minimum 3 years’ coding experience required; Trauma Level 1 and Academic Teaching facility experience preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• excellent salary • full benefits package including 401(k) with company match • medical insurance • dental insurance • vision insurance • life insurance • short/long term disability insurance • PTO policy