Acute Coding Manager

The Opportunity

Huron helps its clients drive growth, enhance performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. We help healthcare organizations build innovation capabilities and accelerate key growth initiatives, enabling organizations to own the future, instead of being disrupted by it. Together, we empower clients to create sustainable growth, optimize internal processes and deliver better consumer outcomes.

Health systems, hospitals and medical clinics are under immense pressure to improve clinical outcomes and reduce the cost of providing patient care. Investing in new partnerships, clinical services and technology is not enough to create meaningful and substantive change. To succeed long-term, healthcare organizations must empower leaders, clinicians, employees, affiliates and communities to build cultures that foster innovation to achieve the best outcomes for patients.

Joining the Huron team means you'll help our clients evolve and adapt to the rapidly changing healthcare environment and optimize existing business operations, improve clinical outcomes, create a more consumer-centric healthcare experience, and drive physician, patient and employee engagement across the enterprise.

Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future.

Position Summary

POSITION SUMMARY

Manages and oversees the systemwide compliance program in areas that relate to the revenue cycle. Works with Adventist Health compliance leadership in maintaining oversight of systemwide revenue cycle functions including health information management, coding, billing and registration. Manages projects related to the design, implementation, revision and maintenance of systemwide processes and systems that promote compliance related to the revenue cycle. Supervises and directs the activities of various levels of assigned personnel utilizing both professional and supervisory discretion and independent judgment. Manages large program(s) with substantial budget/impact. Manages and coordinates the diagnostic and procedural coding processes with Federal/State regulations and payer requirements for legal compliance. Ensures compliance with all applicable federal, state and local regulations, as well as with institutional/organizational standards, practices, policies and procedures. Supervises and directs the activities of various levels of assigned personnel utilizing both professional and supervisory discretion and independent judgment.

Supports Huron's Compliance Program by adhering to policies and procedures pertaining to HIPAA, FDCPA, FCRA, and other laws applicable to Huron's business practices. This includes: becoming familiar with Huron's Code of Ethics, attending training as required, notifying management when there is a compliance concern or incident, HIPAA-compliant handling of patient information, and demonstrable awareness of confidentiality obligations.

Qualifications

KEY JOB DUTIES:

• Coordinate with the Coding team in the operations of daily job responsibilities

• Develop, recommend, and oversee the implementation and administration of policies and procedures of respective area

• Evaluate process and procedures and coordinate with the management team to ensure efficient areas of focus and adhere to federal and local laws and regulations

• Demonstrate, through plans and actions, a consistent standard of excellence to which all department work is expected to conform

• Focus on continuous improvement working with the Senior Manager and respective teams Managers across the Health System with a goal of delivering the highest degree of quality service possible

• Provide support for Human Resource guidance

• Complete, review, manage and monitor department budget

• Directs and leads the patient access team in the daily operations

• Performs other duties as assigned

REQURIED SKILLS:

• Effective and efficient organization and planning skills with the proven ability to manage complex multi-workstream performance improvement projects or multiple concurrent client engagements, while delegating and overseeing the work of junior team members

• Proven analytical and critical thinking skills required to synthesize complex data sets and interpret qualitative and quantitative data and trends to implement recommendations resulting in measurable performance improvement and successful organizational change

• Impactful and professional written and verbal communication set clear project team direction, develop key deliverables, escalate risks, and influence key stakeholders inclusive of client and internal senior leadership

• Ability to collaborate with team members and client counterparts to understand business challenges, adapt implementation methodologies and approaches to ensure results align with client's business objectives

• Team leadership experience including building talent, training, supervising, coaching/mentoring, and performance management

CORE QUALIFICATIONS:

• Current permanent U.S. work authorization required

• Associates Degree Required, BA preferred

• CCS certification required

• RHIA or RHIT Preferred

• Proficient in Microsoft office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

• Direct Supervisory Experience required

• 5-8+ years of technical healthcare operations experience

The estimated salary range for this job is $100,000 - $120,000. The range represents a good faith estimate of the range that Huron reasonably expects to pay for this job at the time of the job posting. The actual salary paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to specific skills or certifications, years of experience, market changes and required travel. This job is also eligible to participate in Huron's annual incentive compensation program, which reflects Huron's pay for performance philosophy and Huron's benefit plans which include medical, dental and vision coverage and other wellness programs. The salary range information provided is in accordance with applicable state and local laws regarding salary transparency that are currently in effect and may be implemented in the future.

Posting Category

Healthcare

Opportunity Type

Regular

Country

United States of America