Director of HIM Coding
Location: Dallas, Texas
Description: ChristusHealth is employing Director of HIM Coding right now, this vacancy will be dwelled in Texas. For detail informations about this vacancy opportunity kindly see the descriptions. Job Title : Director of Coding and Health Information Management
Job Location : Dallas, TX
Job Description :
Christus Health has an immediate need for a Director of HIM Codin! g in Irving TX, and we will be hosting a Hiring Event in Irving on Friday, October 4th. This is a fulltime, direct hire position. Upon successful completion of a phone interview, you may be invited to meet with the hiring managers at this event. Hiring managers will be prepared to extend offers at the event to those candidates that meet their requirements.
This is an excellent opportunity to join our Health Information Management team. The HIM Director is responsible for supporting adherence to CHRISTUS standards and directives and other regulatory requirements including Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Joint Commission, and HIPAA standards related to HIM
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Job Title : Director of Coding and Health Information Management
Job Location : Dallas, TX
Job Description :
Christus Health has an immediate need for a Director of HIM Coding in Irving TX, and! we will be hosting a Hiring Event in Irving on Friday, Octobe! r 4th. This is a fulltime, direct hire position. Upon successful completion of a phone interview, you may be invited to meet with the hiring managers at this event. Hiring managers will be prepared to extend offers at the event to those candidates that meet their requirements.
This is an excellent opportunity to join our Health Information Management team. The HIM Director is responsible for supporting adherence to CHRISTUS standards and directives and other regulatory requirements including Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Joint Commission, and HIPAA standards related to HIM
Responsibilities :
- Oversees and monitors implementation of the HIM compliance program
- Provides advice, information and data to the HIM Education Director for development of educational and training programs regarding elements of the HIM compliance program, such as appropriate documentation and accurate coding, to all appropriate person! nel, including HIM coding staff, physicians, billing personnel, and ancillary departments
- Ensures that coding consultants and other contracted entities (for example, outsourced coding personnel) understand and agree to adhere to the organization’s HIM compliance program
- Ensures that regular audits and coordinates ongoing monitoring of coding accuracy and documentation adequacy
- Provides feedback to the HIM Education Director regarding the Coding educational programs on the results of auditing and monitoring activities to affected staff and physicians
- Designs and conducts trend analyses to identify patterns and variations in coding practices and case-mix index
- Compares coding and reimbursement profile with national and regional norms to identify variations requiring further investigation
- Reviews claim denials and rejections pertaining to coding and medical necessity issues and, when necessary, implements corrective actio! n plan, such as educational programs, to prevent similar denials and re! jections from recurring
- Conducts internal investigations of changes in coding practices or reports of other potential problems pertaining to coding
- Initiates corrective action to ensure resolution of problem areas identified during an internal investigation or auditing and monitoring activity
- Reports noncompliance issues detected through auditing and monitoring, the nature of corrective action plans implemented in response to identified problems, and the results of follow-up audits to the corporate compliance officer
- Receives and investigates reports of HIM compliance violations and communicates this information to the corporate compliance officer
- Recommends disciplinary action for violation of the compliance program, the organization’s standards of conduct, or coding policies and procedures to the corporate compliance officer
- Ensures the appropriate dissemination and communication of all regulation, policy, and guidel! ine changes to affected personnel
- Serves as a resource for department managers, staff, physicians, and administration to obtain information or clarification on accurate and ethical coding and documentation standards, guidelines, and regulatory requirements
- Monitors adherence to the HIM compliance program
- Revises the HIM compliance program in response to changing organizational needs or new or revised regulations, policies, and guidelines
- Serves on the compliance committee, as required.
- Acts as a resource to the corporate compliance program to improve its effectiveness.
- Bachelor’s degree is required
- RHIA or RHIT Certification required
- Strong managerial, leadership, interpersonal skills; excellent written and oral communication and analytical skills are also required.
- Must have extensive knowledge of health information management and revenue cycle functions incl! uding Coding Compliance and Billing Compliance
- Experience with remote work force preferred
- AHIMA approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer designation preferred
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If you were eligible to this vacancy, please deliver us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to ChristusHealth.
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This vacancy starts available on: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 15:54:30 GMT
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