Professional Medical Coding Educator Auditor
7 days ago
Buffalo
Job DescriptionJob Title: Professional Medical Coding Educator AuditorLocation: New YorkHire Type: Temp to HirePay Range: $31.54 - $47.32Work Type: Full-timeWork Model: Remote (with travel) - Must be located within NYS Work Schedule: Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm Recruiter Contact: Karissa Lubberts, & Scope:Positional OverviewThe Imagine Group is recruiting for a Professional Medical Coding Educator Auditor on behalf of our client, a leading not-for-profit healthcare system, providing a comprehensive network of hospitals, outpatient services, rehabilitation, home care, and long-term care to patients throughout Western New York. The organization is committed to delivering compassionate, patient-centered care across a full spectrum of medical specialties while fostering a mission-driven culture of quality, dignity, and community service.In this role, you will be responsible for providing education, auditing, and guidance on professional medical coding practices to ensure accuracy, compliance with coding standards, and alignment with regulatory requirements. You will collaborate with clinical and administrative teams to identify opportunities for improvement, deliver targeted training, and support quality documentation and coding performance across the organization.Role & Responsibility:Tasks That Will Lead to Your Success • Performs coding audits, based on chart documentation to ensure accuracy, compliance and identification of any problem areas., • Assists with coding policy and procedure standardization with Coding Managers., • Oversee and review outside Auditor Coding Compliance reports., • Works in collaboration with CDEI Education Manager, HIM staff, CDEI staff and Medical Staff., • Assists with coding meetings, prepares in-service education, including guest speakers, documents & maintains minutes., • Research new Guidelines/Federal and State Regulations., • Corpore Compliance - Responsible for complying with Federal, State and Local laws, rules and regulations governing the organization., • Performs additional duties as assigned.Skills & ExperienceQualifications That Will Help You ThriveEDUCATION, • CPC, COC, RHIT, CCS, or CCS-P are required., • CPMA required.EXPERIENCE, • Minimum of three (3) years of multi- specialty coding experience utilizing electronic encoders following the official CPT coding guidelines using AHA Coding Clinic, CPT Assistant, CMS Documentation Guidelines, Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting and other authoritative resources.KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY, • Evidence of coding competency, • Thorough knowledge of ICD-10-CM, CPT-4, Evaluation and Management (E/M), anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, APC’s, and Outpatient referred coding requirements, • Partner with and across Interdisciplinary Teams. Demonstrated ability to work closely with CH associates, medical staff, Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) leadership and staff, department managers and private clients, • Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills, entering or accessing essential information from proprietary databases, often utilizing Microsoft Excel for multiple Medical Specialties, • Proven track record to develop/maintain policies and procedures, • Professional skills related to leading by example, organization, prioritization, organizational integration, and coordination. Individual is proactive, addressing problems and coding/compliance issues head-on, solution oriented, • Visual acuity for oversight of computer encoders, groupers, on-line references, Electronic Health Record, • Demonstrated proficiency with computers, software, hardware, and technological advances, • Computer and Microsoft Office proficiency to generate reports and collect data, • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. Ensures difficult, vital issues, and challenges are addressed in a timely fashion, • Flexibility to respond to diverse scheduling and the availability/needs of associates and Physicians, • The Auditor/Educator will lead designated projects and serve as a mentor to the Coding Team, • Ability and willingness to set goals and clear expectations for work performance and behaviors. Holds self and staff accountable for all aspects of their assigned job. Ability to meet deadlines consistently and generate reports, • Embraces improvements and creative thinking, generates creative solutions, open to ideas of others, helps others embrace change, • Ability to travel to multiple sites WORKING CONDITIONS:, • Travels frequently to multiple sites to work with Clinic Manager, Physicians and with Educator/Analyst., • NYS driver’s license or transportation is required., • Occasional change in work schedule to accommodate project implementation, auditing, meetings, or other departmental concerns.