Salary
💰 $65,000 - $84,000 per year
About the role
- Team Leadership & Management: Supervise, mentor, and evaluate inpatient and outpatient coding staff, including remote employees.
- Coordinate work assignments and schedules to ensure productivity and turnaround time goals are met.
- Provide regular performance feedback and conduct annual evaluations.
- Support team development through training, mentoring, and continuing education.
- Track and report on coding productivity and quality metrics for leadership review.
- Maintain coding policies, procedures, and workflow documentation.
- Implement process improvements to enhance accuracy, efficiency, and regulatory compliance.
- Ensure coding is completed within established turnaround times to support timely billing.
Requirements
- 2+ years of supervisory experience; 3+ years of inpatient coding experience with ICD-10-CM/PCS and MS-DRGs.
- Minimum 1–2 years in a coding lead, auditor, or supervisory role.
- Associate’s degree in Health Information Management, or related field preferred.
- Bachelor’s degree in Health Information Management or Healthcare Administration preferred.
- Required: CCS, RHIA, or RHIT (AHIMA) CDIP, CHC, or other advanced coding/audit certifications
- Experience with EHRs (Epic, Cerner, Meditech, etc.) and encoder software preferred.