Assistant Director, Coding,

Description

• The Assistant Director of Coding for Emory Hospitals provides leadership for overall coding operations throughout assigned facilities and is a key member of the leadership team in the Health Information Management (HIM) Department.

• The Emory Hospitals include the inpatient and outpatient services at: Center for Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory Johns Creek Hospital, Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital, Emory University Hospital, Emory University Hospital Midtown, Emory University Orthopaedic and Spine Hospital, and Wesley Woods Hospital.

• This responsibility includes participation in strategy development, implementation planning, execution, and monitoring of progress towards department and organizational goals.

• This individual supervises all aspects of assigned hospitals coding processes and workflow, staffing, coding policies, and coding quality and education within a $2 billion plus revenue cycle.

• Develops and maintains strong working relationships with other leaders in the HIM Department, Hospital Revenue Cycle, Hospital Finance, the Quality Department and key Medical Staff Leaders.

• Manages coder staffing and workflow to meet DNFC targets set by Revenue Cycle leadership. Monitors staff productivity and daily coding production.

• Manages coding vendor relationships. Monitors unbilled reports to mitigate backlogs and support facility cash targets.

• Develops and maintains quality monitoring program to support 95% or better coding accuracy expectations. Provides staff education based on quality review findings, clinical advances and new technology, and industry-wide current topics. Works closely with Clinical Documentation Improvement, the Department of Quality, and Medical Staff and clinical leaders to support system initiatives and to identify documentation needs.

• Responsible for hiring staff, performing time management and payroll activities for staff, monitoring staff performance and completing performance evaluations.

• Monitors staff education requirements and initiates staff counseling and disciplinary action when necessary.

• Works with HIM and system-level leadership to develops short and long term goals for area of responsibility.

• Monitors organizational planning to assure adequate staffing. Participates in budget development; and, adheres to staffing and expense targets.

• Serves on committees to represent Coding or provide Coding expertise with examples being facility level CEEOC's, Data Quality and Integrity, Billing Compliance; Supports ad hoc efforts throughout the system needing Coding expertise such as the system-wide Clinical Effectiveness teams.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in health information management.

• Education and experience may be considered in lieu of a bachelor's degree for highly qualified candidates.

• Must have 10 years hospital based coding experience required with a minimum of 5 years in a hospital based coding supervisory or lead role.

• Preference will be given to candidates with multi-hospital system experience and academic experience.