Wellstar Health System
Coding Data Quality Supervisor (10K Sign-On Bonus Available)
Wellstar Health System, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30383
Coding Data Quality Supervisor (10K Sign-On Bonus Available)
How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. Work Shift : Day (United States of America) Job Summary : The Coding Data Quality Supervisor oversees the day-to-day coding audit/analyst work queues, work assignments, personnel, and serves as a subject matter expert regarding but not limited to DRGs, APCS, ICD-10CM/PCS diagnoses and procedure codes for internal and external team members. In addition, the supervisor codes/audits accounts on a weekly basis. Provides trending feedback, applicable trending reports, and delivers education within department within areas of expertise. The Coding Data Quality Supervisor will use their knowledge and their teams to identify potential documentation, coding and reimbursement issues and report these to the Data Quality Manager for the purpose of implementing process improvements. Core Responsibilities And Essential Functions
Team Supervision Monitor Auditing/Analyst work queues and auditing software to ensure compliance to Coding CFB, team goals and turnaround times are met. Assess/manages/assigns daily work/volumes. Direct daily operational needs throughout the day for Auditing/Analyst Team. Perform staff evaluations, coaching, and constructive feedback as needed. Lead productive and timely team and 1-1 meetings with staff. Manage staff time/hours/approvals within UKG. Conduct thorough, prepared interviews and hire competent team members. Implement process improvements within scope of work as well as conduct motivational and team building activities. Conduct sporadic or specified coding audits to ensure quality team is meeting quality metrics. Monitors daily staff productivity. Enforce accountability to WellStar Polices and Owning Area Policies and Procedures. Serves as a Subject Matter Expert for, but not limited to PSIs, Vizient methodology, IMO Code requests, etc. Investigating and responding to coding questions related to areas of expertise. Manage updates for the Internal Departmental Coding Guidelines. Review coding updates/trends from various sources and then communicates to Manager/Executive Director. Participate in identifying trends and issues for improvements from review of records, team feedback/meetings, and/or reports. Test software for owning areas workflows, updates, new initiatives, etc. Maintains Reporting Profiles/Dashboard Metrics Maintains Coder Profile monthly. Monitors Auditing software for corrections at least weekly. Creates and maintains updated instructions and tip sheets for all processes/software within scope of work for Auditors and Denial Analysts. Provides/maintains other reports to include but not limited to: Prebill and Mortality Auditing Results, Coder focused results, etc. Education Oversees management of onboarding of new coders. Onboard new Auditors/ Analysts to include contractors, if necessary. Interpret trending errors/reports to make recommendations based on results. Provide education within the department to include, but not limited to: trending errors, new code updates, etc. Refer to outside sources for additional education, as needed. Advocate for issues and improvement opportunities on behalf of owning area. Codes/abstracts/audits accounts and resolve inpatient and outpatient coding denials on a weekly basis. Accurately and completely assigns appropriate ICD-10 CM/PCS and/or CPT/HCPCS codes to the greatest specificity with a minimum accuracy rate. Accurately and completely abstracts all required data into the appropriate data fields in compliance with statistical data requirements with a minimum of accuracy rate. Accurately assigns correct APC at a minimum accuracy rate. Meet productivity standards. Queries physicians to further clarify code assignments, if needed. Perform Coding Audits Validate that the codes, abstracted data and DRGs under focused review are assigned according to official coding guidelines and supported by clinical documentation in the medical record. Identify documentation improvement opportunities in DRG, APC, CPT, ICD-10 CM/PCS codes, POA, Point of Origin, Place of Transfer, and Discharge Disposition, and other coding and documentation elements, as needed. Provide feedback to coding staff on areas of opportunity. Validate adherence to WellStar Coding Policies and Procedures. Validate adherence to WellStar Coding Query Policy. Attend and provide notes back to the Manager for meetings: OCC, Denials, etc. Support other roles within the department. Participate as a Coding representative in meetings. Performs other duties as assigned Complies with all WellStar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct. Required Minimum Education
Bachelor's Degree Health Information Management, Business or other health care related field Required Minimum License(s) And Certification(s)
Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) Required Minimum Experience
Minimum 5 years hospital-based inpatient/outpatient services coding experience currently meeting an accuracy in abstracting, coding and DRG assignment while meeting productivity requirements or passing score on the coding assessment provided by Coding department required. Previous auditing in an acute care setting and supervisory or lead experience preferred and demonstrate extensive experience with DRG assignment and hospital coding of diagnosis and surgical procedures with outpatient coding experience preferred Required Minimum Skills
Articulate with critical thinking skills. Ability to use Microsoft Office Suite to include but not limited to Word, PowerPoint, and Excel as well as have operational computer knowledge to manage a large team in a virtual environment which includes web conferencing, email, instant messaging, and other forms of digital technology. EMR (electronic medical record) knowledge and navigation experience in Epic, 3M, Vizient, HealthStream, Cloudmed, and AudaPro preferred. Excellent organizational and multi-tasking skills abilities required. Ability to formulate oral and written data in an executive style format to leadership. Ability to represent data professionally and appropriately within owning role to leadership. Extensive experience with Medicare, Medicaid, and reimbursement rules and regulations on all payors.
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How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. Work Shift : Day (United States of America) Job Summary : The Coding Data Quality Supervisor oversees the day-to-day coding audit/analyst work queues, work assignments, personnel, and serves as a subject matter expert regarding but not limited to DRGs, APCS, ICD-10CM/PCS diagnoses and procedure codes for internal and external team members. In addition, the supervisor codes/audits accounts on a weekly basis. Provides trending feedback, applicable trending reports, and delivers education within department within areas of expertise. The Coding Data Quality Supervisor will use their knowledge and their teams to identify potential documentation, coding and reimbursement issues and report these to the Data Quality Manager for the purpose of implementing process improvements. Core Responsibilities And Essential Functions
Team Supervision Monitor Auditing/Analyst work queues and auditing software to ensure compliance to Coding CFB, team goals and turnaround times are met. Assess/manages/assigns daily work/volumes. Direct daily operational needs throughout the day for Auditing/Analyst Team. Perform staff evaluations, coaching, and constructive feedback as needed. Lead productive and timely team and 1-1 meetings with staff. Manage staff time/hours/approvals within UKG. Conduct thorough, prepared interviews and hire competent team members. Implement process improvements within scope of work as well as conduct motivational and team building activities. Conduct sporadic or specified coding audits to ensure quality team is meeting quality metrics. Monitors daily staff productivity. Enforce accountability to WellStar Polices and Owning Area Policies and Procedures. Serves as a Subject Matter Expert for, but not limited to PSIs, Vizient methodology, IMO Code requests, etc. Investigating and responding to coding questions related to areas of expertise. Manage updates for the Internal Departmental Coding Guidelines. Review coding updates/trends from various sources and then communicates to Manager/Executive Director. Participate in identifying trends and issues for improvements from review of records, team feedback/meetings, and/or reports. Test software for owning areas workflows, updates, new initiatives, etc. Maintains Reporting Profiles/Dashboard Metrics Maintains Coder Profile monthly. Monitors Auditing software for corrections at least weekly. Creates and maintains updated instructions and tip sheets for all processes/software within scope of work for Auditors and Denial Analysts. Provides/maintains other reports to include but not limited to: Prebill and Mortality Auditing Results, Coder focused results, etc. Education Oversees management of onboarding of new coders. Onboard new Auditors/ Analysts to include contractors, if necessary. Interpret trending errors/reports to make recommendations based on results. Provide education within the department to include, but not limited to: trending errors, new code updates, etc. Refer to outside sources for additional education, as needed. Advocate for issues and improvement opportunities on behalf of owning area. Codes/abstracts/audits accounts and resolve inpatient and outpatient coding denials on a weekly basis. Accurately and completely assigns appropriate ICD-10 CM/PCS and/or CPT/HCPCS codes to the greatest specificity with a minimum accuracy rate. Accurately and completely abstracts all required data into the appropriate data fields in compliance with statistical data requirements with a minimum of accuracy rate. Accurately assigns correct APC at a minimum accuracy rate. Meet productivity standards. Queries physicians to further clarify code assignments, if needed. Perform Coding Audits Validate that the codes, abstracted data and DRGs under focused review are assigned according to official coding guidelines and supported by clinical documentation in the medical record. Identify documentation improvement opportunities in DRG, APC, CPT, ICD-10 CM/PCS codes, POA, Point of Origin, Place of Transfer, and Discharge Disposition, and other coding and documentation elements, as needed. Provide feedback to coding staff on areas of opportunity. Validate adherence to WellStar Coding Policies and Procedures. Validate adherence to WellStar Coding Query Policy. Attend and provide notes back to the Manager for meetings: OCC, Denials, etc. Support other roles within the department. Participate as a Coding representative in meetings. Performs other duties as assigned Complies with all WellStar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct. Required Minimum Education
Bachelor's Degree Health Information Management, Business or other health care related field Required Minimum License(s) And Certification(s)
Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) Required Minimum Experience
Minimum 5 years hospital-based inpatient/outpatient services coding experience currently meeting an accuracy in abstracting, coding and DRG assignment while meeting productivity requirements or passing score on the coding assessment provided by Coding department required. Previous auditing in an acute care setting and supervisory or lead experience preferred and demonstrate extensive experience with DRG assignment and hospital coding of diagnosis and surgical procedures with outpatient coding experience preferred Required Minimum Skills
Articulate with critical thinking skills. Ability to use Microsoft Office Suite to include but not limited to Word, PowerPoint, and Excel as well as have operational computer knowledge to manage a large team in a virtual environment which includes web conferencing, email, instant messaging, and other forms of digital technology. EMR (electronic medical record) knowledge and navigation experience in Epic, 3M, Vizient, HealthStream, Cloudmed, and AudaPro preferred. Excellent organizational and multi-tasking skills abilities required. Ability to formulate oral and written data in an executive style format to leadership. Ability to represent data professionally and appropriately within owning role to leadership. Extensive experience with Medicare, Medicaid, and reimbursement rules and regulations on all payors.
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