Supervisor, Professional Coding, Audit & Education

## Supervisor, Professional Coding, Audit & Education
* Provide guidance and supports surgical coders in day-to-day revenue cycle activities of charge capture and coding; monitor WQs for charge lag, delays in documentation and serve as the first point of escalation for coding or billing questions.
* Independently conducts coding and documentation audits, including review of external audit findings, to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.
* Translate audit findings into practical, provider-friendly feedback.
* Monitor post-education outcomes to assess effectiveness and adjust strategies as needed.
* Partner with departmental leadership, revenue integrity, compliance and other operational teams on revenue cycle initiatives with a focus on efficiency, education, and continuous improvement.
* Ensures that all professional and hospital charges are posted accurately and promptly, meeting all chart documentation, CPT and ICD-10-CM requirements.
* Thorough working knowledge of federal and state regulations as well as payer and other guidelines regarding reimbursement.
* Serve as a subject matter expert for professional coding and documentation standards.
* Ability to mentor and coach coders to support ongoing learning, professional advancement, and readiness for increased responsibility or promotion within the department.
* Lead or participate in compliance reviews and training sessions to promote understanding of policies, documentation standards, and billing expectations.
* Lead or participate in new provider coding orientation.
* Maintains a comprehensive understanding of coding procedures, billing workflows, and compliance regulations, ensuring timely communication of updates to physicians, administrators, and staff.
* 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.
* 3 years of coding and/or audit experience, with experience coding highly complex surgical cases strongly preferred.
* Prior experience in an academic medical center or large, complex hospital-physician billing group strongly preferred.
* Experiencing using applications such as Excel and Powerpoint to review or prepare reports and presentations.
* Epic experience strongly preferred.
* Experience with medical coding audit software a plus.
* Experience with AI-Assisted or NLP coding tools a plus.
* Able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
* Strong attention to detail with analytical and problem solving skills with a drive for continuous improvement.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills; comfortable speaking to groups of physicians, coders, or other professional audiences.
* Able to navigate challenging situations with professionalism and tact.
* Strong proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint and other office applications to analyze data, prepare reports and delivery presentations.
* Able to collaborate across interdisciplinary teams.

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