Coding Educator

🕒 May 27

🌽 Illinois, Oklahoma, +2 more states – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote 🌪️ Oklahoma – Remote 🏰 Missouri – Remote 🧀 Wisconsin – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

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SSM Health

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10,000+ employees

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

💰 Debt Financing on 2019-11

Healthcare Insurance

SSM Health is a Catholic, not-for-profit health system serving communities across the Midwest. It is one of the largest Catholic health care systems in the United States, operating 23 hospitals and over 650 physician offices, along with other outpatient and virtual care services in Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin. SSM Health is dedicated to providing high-quality care through a comprehensive, integrated health care delivery system. The organization values diversity, inclusion, and the professional growth of its 40,000 team members. SSM Health is committed to exceptional patient care, showcasing a rich heritage of service for over 150 years.

📋 Description

• Develops and coordinates the delivery of coding educational programs. • Promotes consistency and accuracy of coding and documentation practices. • Acts as a liaison for coding questions and concerns between providers, coding, corporate responsibilities, and educational departments. • Drives optimal clinical and financial outcomes through thorough assessment of provider documentation and coding competency, identification of improvement opportunities. • Develops and delivers training and education of all coding processes. • Stays abreast of regulatory changes and works with leadership to ensure compliance and revenue integrity. • Acts as subject matter expert for providers and coders while providing guidance and clarification on issues which present in their daily account processing. • Establishes and coordinates internal quality review processes and corresponding training for providers and coders. • Evaluates provider documentation for clarity, completeness and consistency to ensure optimal code selection. • Provides education to providers on coding guidelines, practices and documentation techniques. • Performs audits of provider documentation to identify opportunities or risks. • Develops provider education based on findings and needs. • Maintains clear and consistent communication with coding and corporate responsibility around education and directions provided to both providers and coders.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, healthcare or related field, or equivalent years of experience and education. • Three years' experience. • Certified Coding Associate (CCA) - American Health Information Management Assoc (AHIMA) OR Certified Coding Specialist - Physician-based (CCS-P) - American Health Information Management Assoc (AHIMA) OR Certified Outpatient Coder (COC) - American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) OR Certified Professional Coder (CPC®) - American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) OR Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) - American Health Information Management Assoc (AHIMA) OR Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) - American Health Information Management Assoc (AHIMA).

🏖️ Benefits

• Paid Parental Leave : we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE). • Flexible Payment Options: our voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday. • Upfront Tuition Coverage : we provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.