Inpatient Coding Manager

Huron helps its clients drive growth, enhance performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. We help healthcare organizations build innovation capabilities and accelerate key growth initiatives, enabling organizations to own the future, instead of being disrupted by it. Together, we empower clients to create sustainable growth, optimize internal processes and deliver better consumer outcomes.

Health systems, hospitals and medical clinics are under immense pressure to improve clinical outcomes and reduce the cost of providing patient care. Investing in new partnerships, clinical services and technology is not enough to create meaningful and substantive change. To succeed long-term, healthcare organizations must empower leaders, clinicians, employees, affiliates and communities to build cultures that foster innovation to achieve the best outcomes for patients.

Joining the Huron team means you’ll help our clients evolve and adapt to the rapidly changing healthcare environment and optimize existing business operations, improve clinical outcomes, create a more consumer-centric healthcare experience, and drive physician, patient and employee engagement across the enterprise.

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Manages and oversees the systemwide compliance program in areas that relate to the revenue cycle. Works with Munson Healthcare
is directly responsible for the daily oversight of coding operational processes and workflow, including but not limited to delivering timely and accurately coded cases for facility billing and for reporting hospital and provider quality metrics. The Coding Manager is responsible for managing all coding staff to achieve expected productivity and quality goals.

This position is responsible for aligning coding performance with the broader revenue cycle goals and Munson Healthcare objectives and assists in the development and evolution of the overall strategy for Munson Healthcare coding operations. Supervises and directs the activities of various levels of assigned personnel utilizing both professional and supervisory discretion and independent judgment. Manages large program(s) with substantial budget/impact. Manages and coordinates the diagnostic and procedural coding processes with Federal/State regulations and payer requirements for legal compliance. Ensures compliance with all applicable federal, state and local regulations, as well as with institutional/organizational standards, practices, policies and procedures.

The System Coding Manager assists the HIM, Coding and CDI System Director with planning, service commitment, budgets and internal quality assessments and controls. The SCM also works in collaboration with the HIM, Coding and CDI System Director to ensure the integrity of coded/abstracted data, the education and training of coding staff.

The SCM serves as a key promoter of Coding operations and actively participates in building positive working relationships with other Revenue Cycle departments, clinical providers, and practice staff. The SCM acts as a resource for all Munson Healthcare on issues related to coding and charge capture. KEY JOB DUTIES:

- Adheres to established national guidelines and the AHIMA Code of Ethics when developing and implementing ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS and CPT-4 coding policy and procedures.

- Develops and implements goals, objectives and productivity targets incorporating strategic imperatives. Reviews, reports on progress, and revises as necessary.

- Participates in the development of the annual Capital Equipment and Operations Budgets. Is accountable for maintaining the integrity of the Coding budget, utilizing resources appropriately and reporting variances. Maintains an adequate budget with no greater than a +/- 2% variance.

- Coordinate with the Coding team in the operations of daily job responsibilities

- Develop, recommend, and oversee the implementation and administration of policies and procedures of