Clinical Documentation Educator
Village Medical
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Houston • Texas • United States
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Salary
💰 $70,000 - $85,000 per year
About the role
- Conduct individual training and group education sessions on proper coding and documentation practices for physicians and staff consistent with industry standards and in compliance with coding guidelines
- Provide new coder onboarding education and support
- Review charts and query provider to address documentation reassessment opportunities and to prompt higher accuracy and/or specificity
- Conduct post-encounter review sessions with providers either in person or virtual
- Focused efforts for other identified performance outliers
- Coach, facilitate, solve work problems and participate in the work of the team
- Ensure compliance with established coding guidelines, third party reimbursement policies, regulations and accreditation guidelines
- Work with market to understand what payor audit/documentation requests require compliance review
- Direct and timely provider remediation response to compliance audit plan results
Requirements
- High School Diploma or Equivalent required
- Professional Coding Certification such as CRC, CCS, CPS required
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in advanced professional coding
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in coding training and/or education
- Experience in a large, independent clinic organization or the ambulatory environment of a hospital or integrated delivery system (Primary Care Practice highly preferred)
- Familiarity with Electronic Health Records documentation methodologies
- Demonstrated achievement with change management and quality improvement initiatives
- Proven success in building relationships and establishing credibility with doctors, nurses and other clinical staff
- Exceptional communication skills
- High level of emotional intelligence
- Ability to navigate resistance to change and solve problems effectively
- Ability to travel across assigned market(s) or region(s): 30%
Benefits
- health insurance
- dental insurance
- life insurance
- access to a 401k plan with company match
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
professional codingcoding educationchart reviewdocumentation practicescompliance auditingchange managementquality improvementprovider remediationcoding guidelinesthird party reimbursement
Soft Skills
communicationemotional intelligenceproblem solvingrelationship buildingteam facilitationcoachingnavigating resistance to changecollaborationleadershiptraining
Certifications
CRCCCSCPS