Your Daily Mission

Assists coders and QAs by providing feeding back and answering questions. Assists with client rebuttals. Identifying key areas of training through feedback provided by the coding team and QAs. Assist the Coding Education Manager to help increase accuracy and production of the coders through ongoing training. Work with the employees, vendors, contract coders, and QAs to understand the policies and procedures of the CHS Coding Services department. Updates training materials as necessary. Assists with coder/QA remediation.

Who You Are

• Certified Coder with either AAPC or AHIMA (Minimum 5 years)
• Minimum of 3 years Risk Adjustment Coding
• Minimum of 2 years coder-based auditing work
• Minimum of 2 years providing direct feedback to coders
• Must have Medicaid Complete Code Capture experience
• Advanced knowledge of ICD-10-CM
• Advanced knowledge of coding guidelines
• Strong knowledge in internet research from legitimate sources
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• High School diploma or equivalent

The Reality of the Role (Transparency Matters)

• Protect all confidential information seen, received, or that is communicated while performing job duties or otherwise.
• Conducts new hire Coder training as assigned
• Maintains training materials in centralized area
• Provides continual training as needed to employees, contractors and vendors
• Assists Coding Education Manager with answering coding and QA questions
• Responds to internal staff and vendor rebuttals
• Assists with client appeals
• Assists with creating training materials as needed
• Assist with reviewing and updating guidelines as needed
• Assist with research on coding and guidelines updates
• Assist with the onboarding of FTE staff, vendors and contract coders
• Attend client calls as necessary
• Meet with the Coding Education Manager at least weekly for the planning and collaboration of training needs
• Understand and agree to role-specific information security access and responsibilities
• Ensure safety and confidentiality of data and systems by adhering to the organizations information security policies
• Read, understand, and agree to security policies and complete all annual security and compliance training