Director Health System Coding

KEY JOB DUTIES:

• Guides and directs subordinate supervisors/managers on the Coding team.
• Develops and implements policy and procedure recommendations to meet the needs of the Health and Hospital System and its patients.
• Oversees preparation of the budget for areas of responsibility and participates in the preparation of the annual Health and Hospital System budget.
• Prepares annual statement of goals and objectives in collaboration with subordinates.
• Ensures compliance with all Federal State local government and private industry mandates.
• Ensures staff are aware and compliant with all applicable laws regulations guidelines etc.
• Analyzes and identifies coding service needs to determine appropriate action and make recommendations for problem resolution or procedural changes as needed.
• Identifies issues risks barriers and opportunities for improvement related to set responsibility area.
• Analyzes interprets and summarizes pertinent coding data components and monitor performance against Key Performance Indicators.
• Develops professional and technical skill set in subordinate staff and develop ongoing training and education materials for staff and patient education.
• Supervises trains develops and motivates subordinate staff.
• Performs related duties as required.

REQURIED SKILLS:

• Effective and efficient organization and planning skills with the proven ability to manage complex multi-workstream performance improvement projects or multiple concurrent client engagements while delegating and overseeing the work of junior team members.
• Proven analytical and critical thinking skills required to synthesize complex data sets and interpret qualitative and quantitative data and trends to implement recommendations resulting in measurable performance improvement and successful organizational change.
• Impactful and professional written and verbal communication set clear project team direction develop key deliverables escalate risks and influence key stakeholders inclusive of client and internal senior leadership.
• Ability to collaborate with team members and client counterparts to understand business challenges adapt implementation methodologies and approaches to ensure results align with clients business objectives.
• Team leadership experience including building talent training supervising coaching/mentoring and performance management.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS:

• Current permanent U.S. work authorization required
• Bachelors degree required
• Required certifications: CCS
• Direct Supervisory Experience required
• 8 years of Coding operations experience
• Proficient in Microsoft office (Word PowerPoint Excel)
• Cerner system experience preferred