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Northwestern Memorial Hospital · 4 hours ago

Operations Coordinator, HB Coding, Full-time, Days (Remote - Must reside in IL, IN, IA, or WI)

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

5+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Responsible for overseeing daily operations. Provides direction, orientation training, and mentoring of staff

Monitors all areas of Coding responsibilities pertaining to the compliance with regulatory group standards

Serve as Subject Matter Expert (SME) within the division

Design and implement workflow processes to support continuous improvement

Participate in continuing education, collaborate with Coding Educators and provide education for operational processes

Assist with employee engagement and promote teamwork

Prepare division schedule for adequate daily coverage and to support management A/R goals

Collaborate with other divisions on maintaining content of the Team Site/SharePoint

Knowledge of existing technology

Collaborate with manager to complete staff performance reviews

Counsel staff when minimum required performance is not achieved

Review and analyze performance data

Responds to NMHC physicians, clinicians, support staff, regarding issues and concerns relating to the use of systems and coding results

Coordinates the implementation of department specific projects; leads system testing and staff training efforts

Provides day-to-day monitoring of staffing levels and work activity, and supports Coding management

Collaborates with the Epic team to ensure efficient workflows

Analyze and identify opportunities to reduce denials from a coding perspective

Assists with budget preparation, identifying ideas for increasing efficiencies and cost savings

Participates in other organizational meetings as required

Other analysis/reporting as required

Trains new hires and on-boards contract coders

Compiles monthly productivity and quality statistics and reports the results to Coding Manager

Through day to day interactions with staff, identifies areas of educational opportunity at an individual or team level

Regular travel to all NM locations/regions as specified by department manager to support team

Facilitates staff huddles to education team members, updates all resources on the Shared Drive

Assists with administrative supervisory functions such as handling requests for paid time off (PTO), creating and maintaining schedules, managing staff hours and verifying accuracy of timesheets for payroll

Assist in the development and maintenance of department policies and procedures

Qualification

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RHITRHIACCSCoding experienceLeadership experienceDecisive judgment

Required

RHIT, RHIA or CCS credentialed

5 years of coding experience in an acute healthcare setting

Leadership experience

Critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision. Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action