Manager, Professional Coding Services

* Supports and oversees departmental billing, coding, and compliance functions to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and adherence to institutional and regulatory standards.* Ensures that all professional and hospital charges are posted accurately and promptly, meeting all chart documentation, CPT, and ICD-9-CM/ICD-10-CM requirements.* Supervises Abstractors/Coders and other staff, providing performance feedback, and guidance to maintain quality, consistency, and productivity.* Ability to mentor and coach coders to support ongoing learning, professional advancement, and readiness for increased responsibility or promotion within the department.* Maintains a comprehensive understanding of coding procedures, billing workflows, and compliance regulations, ensuring timely communication of updates to physicians, administrators, and staff.* Leads or participates in internal audits, compliance reviews, and training sessions to promote understanding of policies, documentation standards, and billing expectations.* Collaborates with departmental leadership to evaluate and enhance billing infrastructure, address workflow inefficiencies, and resolve charge capture or coding discrepancies.* Monitors key performance indicators such as charge lag, coding accuracy, and claim denial trends to identify opportunities for improvement and support revenue integrity initiatives.* Prioritizes chart documentation review and ensures the completion of all processes involved in accurate professional fee posting.* Communicates effectively with physicians and clinical teams to clarify documentation requirements and support compliance with established guidelines.* Performs related duties and special projects as assigned to support departmental objectives and the overall success of the clinical revenue cycle.* Prioritizes chart documentation and maintaining requirements within the department. Ensures all processes involved in accurately posting professional fees.* Has a moderate/solid understanding of coding procedures, workflow issues, billing infrastructure, and performance of Clinical Revenue staff. Informs department administrators, physicians, and Coder/Abstractors of regulatory changes.* Participates and may lead in training sessions, performing audits, and promoting an understanding of procedures, policies, and expectations in promotion of compliance efforts.* Performs other related work as needed.* 5 years of experience in professional coding.* Must have experience coding complex surgeries across multiple specialties.* Experience coding Evaluation & Management services.* Previous leadership or supervisory experience.* Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.* Auditing experience strongly preferred.* Epic experience strongly preferred.* Strong analytical, problem solving, interpersonal, verbal/written communication, organizational, project management and team development skills are necessary as is knowledge of health information systems and database technology.* Create coding-based curriculum and training materials, deliver effective oral presentations and prepare concise written reports for a variety of audiences and possess basic computer skills.* Comfortable speaking to groups of physicians, coders, or other professional audiences.* Interpret documents such as, but not limited to encounter forms, medical records, physician documentation, lab reports, dictated reports, operating instructions, and policy/procedure manuals.* Thorough working knowledge of federal and state regulations regarding reimbursement.* Comprehensive knowledge of third-party payer rules, procedures, and policies in all areas of billing and collection.* Expertise in decision-making and accountability.* Creativity and ability to recommend new procedures and implementation of said procedures.* PC experience which includes spreadsheets, word processing, presentations, and databases.* Working knowledge of healthcare billing and clinical systems.When applying, the document(s) **MUST** be uploaded via the **My Experience** page, in the section titled **Application Documents** of the application.The University of Chicago is an urban research university that has driven new ways of thinking since 1890. Our commitment to free and open inquiry draws inspired scholars to our global campuses, where ideas are born that challenge and change the world.We empower individuals to challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of original ideas. Students in the College develop critical, analytic, and writing skills in our rigorous, interdisciplinary core curriculum. Through graduate programs, students test their ideas with UChicago scholars, and become the next generation of leaders in academia, industry, nonprofits, and government.To learn more about the university click here #J-18808-Ljbffr