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Community Health Systems · 10 hours ago

Senior Director, Coding Operations

Franklin, TN

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

10+ years exp

Community Health Systems is seeking a Senior Director of Physician Coding & Documentation. This role involves overseeing all Professional Fee Coding and Documentation services, managing a team, and ensuring compliance with regulations while developing educational programs for clinicians.

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Responsibilities

Directs the Professional Fee Coding and Documentation department activities related to department budget, compliant professional fee coding, documentation education and training activities to achieve compliance with regulations to all appropriate personnel, including CHS Corporate staff, clinicians, coders and local CHS management. Develops, implements coding policies, productivity and performance measures for the team and ensures the appropriate dissemination and communication of all regulations, policy and guidelines changes to affected personnel

Works with department management and other staff to ensure effective and appropriate goals, incentives, and supervision are in place. Supervises direct reports, appropriately delegating, articulating and enforcing standards of quality and productivity. Performs performance evaluations, counsels employees in performance improvement, conflict resolution and disciplinary actions while developing achievable and measurable results and action plans ensuring assigned projects are completed in a timely manner. Creates an environment that encourages diverse opinion, recognizes differences, and incorporates into process and services while creating a culture and systems for recognizing and rewarding staff

Manages the complex interdepartmental and interdisciplinary relationships to assure collaboration and effective/efficient operations with Coding, Compliance, Quality, Operations and Revenue Cycle. Serves as a resource and liaison in the department for coding related topics, issues and questions. Works to ensure operational functions are aligned with the organization's strategic goals. Communicates opinions and ideas in a nonthreatening and nonjudgmental manner

Ensures that coding vendors and other contracted entities understand and agree to adhere to CHS's policies and compliance plan. Reviews and prepares disbursement for accounts payable, and payroll for the department. Approves time sheets for all team members

Maintains strict confidentiality of provider information, patient data as well as financial and billing data. Reports noncompliance issues detected through auditing and monitoring Compliance. Complies with all policies and procedures of the Corporate Compliance Program

Performs other duties as assigned

Maintains regular and reliable attendance

Complies with all policies and standards

Qualification

Professional Fee CodingDocumentation EducationLeadership SkillsMedical TerminologyCoding CertificationsHigh AccuracyCommunicationOrganizational SkillsMentoring Ability