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The Coding Educator is responsible for creating and delivering education to the Coding Team (including vendors), Clinical Documentation Nurses, Physicians, and other licensed providers to improve the quality of documentation to assure best quality performance and representation of care provided. In addition, the educator collaborates with the CMOs to ensure the integrity of the Health Record is established through best practices in Clinical Documentation and Coding.

Monthly monitoring of the clinical dashboard demonstrating improvement in statistical targets.

Responsibilities:

• Communicates with Leadership across the regions to develop educational programs that address the identified opportunities to improve clinical dashboard results
• Identifies strategic plans that will positively impact the clinical dashboard
• Through relationship development across the regions identifies and secure interdepartmental support and other resources necessary for successful origination and implementation of education strategy initiatives in order to achieve overall strategic targets
• Performs other audits as requested
• Analyzes dashboard and audit data to derive conclusions and construct action plans
• On boards new staff on coding protocols
• Develops teaching tools to promote quality outcomes

Qualifications Required:

• RHIT or RHIA or CCS
• Associates Degree – Healthcare related
• Five years of coding experience in area of expertise
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills
• Demonstrates critical thinking skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Planning and time management skills
• Educational/training experience

Preferred:

• Bachelors’ Degree in related field or currently enrolled in AHIMA RHIT – HIM Program

Management Responsibility:

• This position will not have direct reports.

Population Served:

• Physicians/Licensed Providers
• Clinical Documentation Specialists
• Coders

• Seniority level
  
  Not Applicable

• Employment type
  
  Full-time

• Job function
  
  Health Care Provider
• Industries Hospitals and Health Care

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