Lead Inpatient Coding Consultant / Educator (CCS coding cert preferred) – 100% REMOTE page is loaded Lead Inpatient Coding Consultant / Educator (CCS coding cert preferred) – 100% REMOTE Apply remote type Remote locations Nashville, TN time type Full time posted on Posted 3 Days Ago job requisition id R-19699 Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of diverse individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health recognizes that diversity is essential for excellence and innovation. We are committed to an inclusive environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your diversity of culture, thinking, learning, and leading is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research. Organization: CDACE – Audit Job Summary:
JOB SUMMARY Provides leadership in developing and maintaining an ongoing training plan related to clinical documentation and coding improvement. Develops and delivers educational programs and presentations. Serves as a resource for coding requirements and updates. Facilitates strategies for monitoring third-party payor audits and ensures accurate and optimum payor reimbursement. . The Lead Inpatient Coding Consultant / Educator will educate the following staff: Inpatient Coders Clinical Documentation Specialist (CDS) Auditors Providers The Lead IP CS/E will educate the above staff on changing documentation, coding rules, and guidance that will impact hospital coding, reimbursement, denials and reporting. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develops, secures approval, and updates the training plan based on internal necessity, new requirements, and published regulations. Ensures all training materials are recorded, documented, and archived.
- Regularly participates in the development of education and training on documentation for accurate coding practices and compliance issues.
- Conduct training on CMS and AHA coding guidelines, state and federal coding changes.
- Implements timely corrective action to prevent payor payment denials.
- Identifies trends in clinical documentation and code assignments, evaluates the causes and takes appropriate steps to effect favorable problem resolution or provide explanation of any variables.
- Coordinates, oversees, and collaborates with medical center departments to develop and implement improvements to processes.
- Provides high level strategic oversight for coding quality projects across the medical center.
- The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.
TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES
- Anatomy & Physiology Knowledge (Expert): Possesses sufficient anatomy and physiology knowledge, training, and experience. Ability to apply knowledge to real world situations.
- Written Communication (Advanced): Demonstrates the ability to write clear, detailed, and comprehensive status reports, memos and documentation. Demonstrates an understanding of effective composition, such as having first line in a paragraph state the subject.
- Verbal Communication (Advanced): Ability to enunciate clearly, using appropriate voice control and body language. Effectively transmits technical and business ideas and information to others. Listens carefully to ascertain points being made before trying to be understood.
- Compliance (Advanced): Understanding the rules, regulations, sanctions and other statutory requirements, guidelines and instructions relating to governing bodies and organizations, both internally and externally.
- Medical Terminology & Documentation (Expert): The ability to comprehend medical terminology and documentation in an office, or surgical setting.
- Medical Coding (Expert): The transformation of healthcare diagnosis, procedures, medical services, and equipment into universal medical alphanumeric codes.
- Critical Thinking (Advanced): The objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgment.
- Team Education (Advanced): Possesses sufficient knowledge, training, and experience to independently deliver healthcare team education services. Promotes critical thinking and problem solving. Able to train and educate by example, technical instruction, and leadership.
Our professional administrative functions include critical supporting roles in information technology and informatics, finance, administration, legal and community affairs, human resources, communications and marketing, development, facilities, and many more. At our growing health system, we support each other and encourage excellence among all who are part of our workforce. High-achieving employees stay at Vanderbilt Health for professional growth, appreciation of benefits, and a sense of community and purpose. Core Accountabilities: Organizational Impact: Delivers projects/assignments that have a direct impact on goals/objectives of the unit/department that the job is in. Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Conducts extensive analysis of situations or data to resolve numerous, complex issues; may involve the input/work of others. Breadth of Knowledge: Has in-depth level of knowledge within a professional area and working knowledge of other areas. Team Interaction: May lead mid-sized projects; coaches and guides team members. Core Capabilities : Supporting Colleagues: – Develops Self and Others: Invests time, energy, and enthusiasm in developing self/others to help improve performance e and gain knowledge in new areas. – Builds and Maintains Relationships: Maintains regular contact with key colleagues and stakeholders using formal and informal opportunities to expand and strengthen relationships. – Communicates Effectively: Recognizes group interactions and modifies one’s own communication style to suit different situations and audiences. Delivering Excellent Service: – Serves Others with Compassion: Seeks to understand current and future needs of relevant stakeholders and customizes services to better address them. – Solves Complex Problems: Approaches problems from different angles; Identifies new possibilities to interpret opportunities and develop concrete solutions. – Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Provides ongoing support and coaching in a constructive manner to increase employees’ effectiveness. Ensuring High Quality: – Performs Excellent Work: Engages regularly in formal and informal dialogue about quality; directly addresses quality issues promptly. – Ensures Continuous Improvement: Applies various learning experiences by looking beyond symptoms to uncover underlying causes of problems and identifies ways to resolve them. – Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Understands all aspects of providing a safe environment and performs routine safety checks to prevent safety hazards from occurring. Managing Resources Effectively: – Demonstrates Accountability: Demonstrates a sense of ownership, focusing on and driving critical issues to closure. – Stewards Organizational Resources: Applies understanding of the departmental work to effectively manage resources for a department/area. – Makes Data Driven Decisions: Demonstrates strong understanding of the information or data to identify and elevate opportunities. Fostering Innovation: – Generates New Ideas: Proactively identifies new ideas/opportunities from multiple sources or methods to improve processes beyond conventional approaches. – Applies Technology: Demonstrates an enthusiasm for learning new technologies, tools, and procedures to address short-term challenges. – Adapts to Change: Views difficult situations and/or problems as opportunities for improvement; actively embraces change instead of emphasizing negative elements. Position Qualifications: Responsibilities: Certifications: Work Experience: Relevant Work Experience Experience Level: 5 years Education: Bachelor’s Vanderbilt Health recognizes that diversity is essential for excellence and innovation. We are committed to an inclusive environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and to the principles of equal opportunity and affirmative action. EOE/AA/Women/Minority/Vets/Disabled About Us PEOPLE ARE AT THE HEART OF ALL WE DO. Our vision: The world leader in advancing personalized health. Our mission: personalizing the patient experience through our caring spirit and distinctive capabilities. Making Health Care Personal. We’re looking for like-minded individuals driven to make a difference. We invite you to explore careers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. At VUMC, we place a priority on designing with and for our patients and families. We value collaboration, embrace continuous learning and discovery, and intentionally pursue diversity and inclusion. These are our guiding “Strategic Directions .” We’re the largest private employer in Middle Tennessee, with a growing team and expanding footprint in towns and communities across the region. We employ more than 28,000 people who work in inpatient and outpatient clinical care, research, and graduate medical education as well as critical supporting roles in administration, information technology and informatics, finance, legal and community affairs, communications and marketing, fund-raising, groundskeeping and facilities, and many more. Our growing health system has a total of 1,615 licensed hospital beds at: Vanderbilt University Hospital Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital It’s also home to hundreds of outpatient clinic and surgical locations throughout the region. We serve our community with many unique and specialized services including the Level 1 Trauma Center, a highly experienced Transplant Center that does the most heart transplants in the world, a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, Lung Institute, Burn Center and many more. World-leading academic departments and centers make scientific discoveries, advance clinical care and train the next generation of health care professionals. Our robust research enterprise ranks No. 9 in the country as measured by peer-reviewed grant funding from the National Institutes of Health. We’re honored to be consistently considered among the nation’s best hospitals, including being nationally ranked in multiple medical specialties for treating the most complex conditions in adults and children by US News and World Report . The Children’s Hospital ranked as the No. 1 children’s hospital in the southeast in 2021. We support each other and encourage excellence among all who are part of our workforce. High-achieving employees stay at VUMC for professional growth, appreciation of benefits, and a sense of community and purpose — never stronger than during the challenging COVID pandemic. #J-18808-Ljbffr
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