Coding Coordinator - Professional Coding Division; PCD - Patient Financial Services; PFS

Coding Coordinator - Professional Coding Division (PCD) - Patient Financial Services (PFS)

University of Iowa Health Care’s Professional Coding Division (PCD) is seeking a Coding Coordinator. As a Coding Coordinator in PCD, you will supervise a core group of medical coding staff including providing training, scheduling, assigning, and evaluating work. This position will oversee a primary/specialty care coding team within PCD.

This position is eligible to participate in remote work and applicants who wish to work remotely will be considered. Training will be held either ONSITE or via ZOOM from the HSSB building at a length determined by the supervisor. Remote eligibility will be evaluated upon a satisfactory job training opportunity. Per policy, work arrangements will be reviewed annually and must comply with the remote work program and related policies and employee travel policy when working at a remote location.

University of Iowa Health Care—recognized as one of the best hospitals in the United States—is Iowa's only comprehensive academic medical center and a regional referral center. Each day more than 12,000 employees, students, and volunteers work together to provide safe, quality health care and excellent service for our patients. Simply stated, our mission is:
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• Supervise a team of medical coders and collaborate with team members who may be primarily remote.
• Assign work, provide direction and feedback, and coach to ensure departmental goals are achieved.
• Monitor physician and/or facility coding and billing activities performed through QA and productivity reviews to ensure compliance with all rules and regulations in a timely manner. Provide education and training when deficiencies are identified, or new processes are implemented.
• Prepare reports to ensure quality and productivity expectations are being met.
• Ensure that ICD-10-CM, CPT and/or HCPCS codes are assigned in accordance with UI Health Care policies, official coding guidelines, payor policies, and regulations.
• Incorporate initiatives that improve compliance and reduce risks to the institution.
• Act as a liaison for the department coding activities to the clinical department administration, physicians and other health care practitioners, Patient Financial Services (PFS), Health Care Information Systems (HCIS), Joint Office for Compliance (JOC), and others.
• Serve as resource and technical expert for complex coding/billing issues.
• Work with staff to suggest additional avenues to resolve coding issues.
• Communicate with coding staff, third party payors, clinic staff and patients to address and resolve patient account issues. Advise staff and management regarding claim edits, denials, and payment trends.
• Prepare and distribute reports to summarize the results of department coding activities.
• Provide administrative assistance and expertise for data analysis of charge denials and corrections and workqueue trends. May make recommendations based on analysis of data.
• Provide on‑job…