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Supervisor, Coding Audit - Remote

Northwell Health • Remote • Posted 6 days ago

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Remote • Full-time • $70,470-$116,870/yr • Junior Manager

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The Supervisor, Coding Audit at Northwell Health supervises and coordinates the staff and activities of coding quality and operations to ensure Discharge Not Final Billed (DNFB) cases are analyzed, corrected, and coded per organization standards, policies, and procedures. This role involves identifying trends, errors, and recurring issues with medical record documentation and partnering with leadership to address these issues. The position also includes promoting department goals, leading the Coding Audit team, analyzing operational metrics, developing performance goals, and ensuring compliance with high-quality Medical Records standards.

Responsibilities

  • Promotes Coding Audit department goals by selecting, motivating, and training capable team members.
  • Leads the activities of assigned Coding Audit team members by communicating and providing guidance toward achieving department objectives.
  • Assists in analyzing common operational definition of metrics, and assists in the development of regional reports to monitor individual hospitals in one database.
  • Develops tools to track performance including daily reports that track coding operations contribution to the DNFB.
  • Compiles data into reports to identify trends and patterns in procedures.
  • Evaluates and implements systems, mechanisms, and procedures for prompt placement of documents in patient medical record.
  • Measures adherence of system(s) developed, handles delays and errors.
  • Assists the leadership in development of performance goals, dashboards, and medical record chart assembly / delivery procedures.
  • Collaborates with site leadership to prioritize, schedule, assign, and monitor work to optimize operational services.
  • Communicates case write-offs with senior leadership and Business Offices.
  • Supervises, hires, trains, disciplines, and evaluates the performance of staff.
  • Participates in developing and delivering training related to operations.

Qualifications

Required

  • Associate's Degree or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
  • Current Professional Coder Certification or Current Coding Professional Certification.
  • 4-6 years of relevant experience.
  • 0-2 years of leadership / management experience.

About Northwell Health

Northwell Health is a leading healthcare provider in New York State, United States. It offers a wide range of services including primary and specialty care, hospital and emergency care, research, education, home care, rehabilitation, and mental health services. With 23 hospitals, over 750 outpatient facilities, and more than 13,600 affiliated physicians, Northwell Health serves millions of patients annually.

Full Job Description

**Req Number** 135841

Job Description

Supervises and coordinates the staff and activities of coding quality and operations to ensure Discharge Not Final Billed (DNFB) cases are analyzed, corrected and coded per organization standards, policies and procedures. Identifies trends, errors and reoccurring issues with medical record documentation and partner with leadership to address documentation issues.

Job Responsibility

+ Promotes Coding Audit department goals by selecting, motivating, and training capable team members.

+ Leads the activities of assigned Coding Audit team members by communicating and providing guidance toward achieving department objectives.

+ Assists in analyzing common operational definition of metrics, and assists in the development of regional reports to monitor individual hospitals in one database and develops processes to integrate clinical department managers in correction and resubmission of medical records.

+ Assists with the development of tools to track performance including daily reports that track coding operations contribution to the DNFB, including progress toward the resolution of holds; an applies data driven methodologies to understand the current state of coding operations relating to individual hospitals.

+ Compiles data into reports to identify trends and patterns in procedures; provides regional and local metric information for organization communications.

+ Evaluates and implements systems, mechanisms, and procedures that, and ensures timely placement of documents in patient medical record.

+ Measures adherence of system(s) developed, handle delays and errors; ensures adherence to high quality Medical Records standards.

+ Assist the leadership in development of performance goals, dashboards and medical record chart assembly / delivery procedures; utilizes and reviews tools to track and monitor the prompt resolution of holds and non coded accounts.

+ Collaborates with site leadership to prioritize, schedule, assign, and monitor work to optimize operational services; maintains compliance with the policies, procedures and regulations of Medical Records; informs and educates staff of regulatory changes, as needed.

+ Communicates case write-offs with senior leadership and Business Offices; supervises, hires, trains, disciplines, and evaluates the performance of staff; ensures performance appraisals are completed in a timely manner.

+ Prioritizes, schedules, assigns and monitors work to optimize operational services; participates in developing and delivering training related to operations.

+ Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Job Qualification

+ Associate's Degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience.

+ Current Professional Coder Certification, or Current Coding Professional Certification required, plus specialized certifications as needed.

+ 4-6 years of relevant experience and 0-2 years of leadership / management experience, required.

***Additional Salary Detail**

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).

The salary range for this position is $70,470-$116,870/year

It is Northwell Health's policy to provide equal employment opportunity and treat all applicants and employees equally regardless of their age, race, creed/religion, color, national origin, immigration status or citizenship status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, sex/gender, gender identity, gender expression, disability, pregnancy, genetic information or genetic predisposition or carrier status, marital or familial status, partnership status, victim of domestic violence, sexual or other reproductive health decisions, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.