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🚗 Michigan – Remote

🚗 Michigan – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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🟡 Mid-level

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Munson Healthcare

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1915

🏥 Healthcare

Healthcare

Munson Healthcare is northern Michigan’s largest integrated healthcare system, operating multiple hospitals and care facilities including Munson Medical Center, Cadillac Hospital, Charlevoix Hospital, Grayling Hospital, Kalkaska Memorial Health Center, Manistee Hospital, Otsego Memorial Hospital, and Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital. The system offers a broad range of inpatient and outpatient services — cancer care, cardiology, maternity, neurosciences, orthopedics, primary care, radiology and imaging, stroke care, surgery, home health, hospice, laboratory and pharmacy services, physical therapy, urgent care and virtual/telehealth visits — and supports patients with tools such as a patient portal, an Ask‑a‑Nurse hotline, and price/transparency and financial assistance resources. Munson Healthcare also provides community health programs, clinical education, and employment opportunities across its regional network.

📋 Description

• Manage the charge capture process for professional charges within the Munson system • Verify and analyze medical records and encounter-form documentation • Determine principal and secondary diagnoses and procedures • Assign diagnostic codes, procedural codes, and modifiers using CMS and Munson coding guidelines • Perform data entry and discrepancy resolution • Review office-based electronic charges and encounter forms for completion and accuracy • Review and interpret physician documentation of surgical procedures to assign and enter billing codes • Work with the central billing team to ensure charges are coded and entered within two business days • Identify educational needs and compliance issues and report them to the Director of Central Billing Office • Resolve coding discrepancies related to coding and revenue capture • Serve as an expert resource for physicians, office management staff, and central billing staff • Research and respond to coding and compliance questions • Coordinate accurate assignment of procedure codes and modifiers • Assist with orientation and training of new employees • Perform other duties as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• Associate’s degree in Health Record Technology or a related healthcare field and two years of professional coding experience • OR three years of professional coding experience with CPC, RHIT, or RHIA credentials already obtained • OR four to five years of professional coding experience, with CPC, RHIT, or RHIA credentials required within 18 months of employment • Must obtain CPC, RHIT, or RHIA credentials within 18 months where specified • Proficiency with ICD-9/10-CM, CPT, and HCPCS modifier assignment • Knowledge of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Munson coding guidelines • Ability to code and enter charges at a 95% accuracy rate • Ability to review and interpret physician documentation of surgical procedures • Ability to perform accurate data entry and resolve coding discrepancies • Must meet Munson Healthcare vaccination requirements for measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella, or have lab-confirmed immunity • Must receive a flu vaccine during the hiring year's flu season and annually thereafter, unless granted an approved medical or religious exemption

🏖️ Benefits

• Tuition reimbursement • In-person and online development • Access to career hub • Full benefits • Paid holidays • Generous PTO • Employee discounts • Free individual retirement counseling • Free wellness platform for you and your family • Personalized support for personal or family challenges