Senior Certified Coding Auditor and Trainer

Position:Senior Certified Coding Auditor and Trainer

Location: Columbia Main

Columbia, SC

Job :8707

# of Openings:1

Title:Senior Certified Coding Auditor and Trainer

Location: Columbia, SC

Status:Full-Time

Part of the Novant Health family based in North Carolina, Novant Health Urgent Care (formerly Doctors Care) provides exceptional healthcare through our network of more than 50 urgent care centers and 20 physical therapy facilities across South Carolina. Our Columbia-based headquarters delivers non-medical management and administrative services to support these locations. For decades, we have been committed to delivering exceptional, convenient, and affordable healthcare experiences to families and communities throughout the Palmetto State.

• Competitive wages
• Generous PTO that increases with tenure
• 403B
• Flexible Spending Account
• Short term and Long term Disability
• Whole and Term Life Insurance

Novant Health Urgent Cares is currently seeking a Senior Certified Coding Auditor and Trainer to join our team. The Senior Certified Coding Auditor and Trainer provides data and reports to management related to coding and claims for Novant Health Urgent Care and Novant Health Physical Therapy patient encounters.

The Auditor and Trainer educates medical and clinic staff on medical coding and documentation requirements. With the Senior Director of Revenue Cycle, the Auditor and Trainer oversees performance of external coding vendor ensuring accuracy of coding, vendor’s successful completion of monthly audits of the vendors own coding, and participates in scheduled review calls with external vendor and Billing department leadership. The Auditor and Trainer performs and documents monthly chart audits to ensure coding accuracy and makes recommendations to the Senior Director of Revenue Cycle, VP of Operations, and Clinical Leadership for provider documentation improvement.

The Auditor and Trainer performs and documents quarterly benchmarking of provider coding practices and provides education to providers or the external coding vendor as necessary.

A good candidate will bring with them:

• Associate's degree or Bachelor's degree in Medical Billing and Coding or other applicable degree
• Licensure: CPC, CCS-P, COC, CMC, RHIA or RHIT credentials
• Knowledge of insurance filing, coding, collections and billing policies and procedures
• Knowledge of the ICD
  10-CM, HCPCS, and CPT-4/5 nomenclature, coding rules and guidelines
• Ability to properly sequence ICD-10-CM codes
• Advanced understanding of medical terminology and body systems/anatomy and physiology and concepts of disease
• Ability to elicit cooperation from and work in a cooperative manner with professionals and non-professional associates
• Dependable in both production and attendance
• Proficient with Microsoft suite including Word, Outlook, and Excel Experience with creating and implementing training programs for the revenue cycle
• Ability to adapt to new software programs
• Excellent organizational skills

An ideal candidate would also have:

• CEDO certification
• Five (5) or more years of medical coding experience
• Five (5) or more years of experience working directly with medical providers
• Working knowledge of Cerner Practice Management System