Coding EducatorHere at NKC Health our mission is to empower hope and healing in every life we touch. Whether you are serving patients at a primary care clinic, specialty clinic, or in a support capacity, every team member works together to complete this mission.
NKC Health Coding and Denial team is hiring a Coding Educator! If you’re looking for a great opportunity to impact our communities, join our NKC Health team!
Why NKC Health Medical Group?
- Comprehensive Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, FSA)
- Employer matched retirement plan
- Competitive wages
- Paid time off for personal/vacation/sick
- Six paid holidays per year
- Educational assistance
- Day shift schedules
What does a Practice Manager do?
Under the direction of leadership, the Coding Educator is responsible for identifying educational/learning needs, planning, and implementing classes/educational programs and evaluating success of educational offerings. Facilitates the learning process of coding and documentation education for coders, clinicians, and physicians as a subject matter expert.
What does a typical day on the job look like?
- Researches coding questions, changes in regulatory compliance, and other topics using all available resources.
- Makes recommendation for data quality improvements and revenue enhancements.
- Works with leadership to identify areas where focused coding education is needed for coders and physicians.
- Assists with and/or provides suggestions for continuing education topics and issues for coding staff.
- Provides feedback to the coding management team and staff regarding highly complex coding related clinical documentation.
- Develops, maintains, and monitors both focused and general coding training plans and keeps training material updated, relevant, and engaging.
- Delivers training to coders, physician, and other medical staff in reference to documentation and coding guidelines.
- Acts as a liaison among all department managers, staff, physicians, and administration with respect to coding issues.
- Serves as a coding subject matter expert.
- Maintains certifications and stays current with own coding education and knowledge.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
What are the requirements for the job?
- High school diploma required.
- Associate’s or bachelor’s degree in business, health information management or other related field preferred.
- 2+ years of coding/auditing experience required, 5 or more years’ experience preferred
- Certified Professional Coder (CPC) through the AAPC required
- Advanced ICD-10, CPT, and HCPCS coding knowledge, inclusive of NCCI associated billing edits.
- Comprehensive knowledge of MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Knowledge in principles of adult learning concepts is helpful.
- Strong time management skills, with the ability to work independently and exercise independent judgement and decision making.
- Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal skills to assist in communication of information to a wide variety of people.
- Ability to communicate information in a professional and confident manner.
Our North Star:
Here at NKC Health, we believe in care empowered. Our actions are the concrete things we do to differentiate ourselves: we lead with heart, we always move forward, and we connect to more.
NKC Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer and values diversity in our organization. We do not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.
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