VIP SUPERVISOR, CODING

Job Description:

Job Summary:
Supervises and manages a team of coding specialists. Provides leadership in reviewing, accurately assigning, and abstracting diagnostic and procedural codes to outpatient radiology encounters using designated coding classification.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conducts quality analysis to ensure quality standards are met for professional and outpatient facility coding and abstracting to include reviews for accuracy, completion, and compliance with regulations; develops and supervises general standards and maintenance of quality performance through monitoring and feedback to staff.
• Serves as a resource to staff, providers, and other departments for professional and outpatient facility coding-related issues; supervises a section with responsibility for planning, coordinating, and controlling the work and procedures.
• Conduct selection interviews to evaluate qualifications of applicants/potential employees; counsel employees concerning disciplinary actions taken in response to violations of institutional policies or contractual provisions; conduct routine staff meetings to share essential information with staff and discuss current problems and future plans.
• Evaluate workloads, priorities, and activity schedules to determine staffing requirements; investigate procedural problems and develop alternative methods to solve those problems.
• Adjust work schedules or project priorities to meet emergencies or changing conditions.
• Analyzes data to determine patterns of denials/errors and provides analysis; recommends changes in departmental policies, procedures, and/or methods and workflows.
• Provide information to others (oral or written) to explain/clarify problems, issues, or requests.
• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

Technical Capabilities:

• 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.
• Critical Thinking (Advanced): The objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgment.
• Medical Coding (Expert): The transformation of healthcare diagnosis, procedures, medical services, and equipment into universal medical alphanumeric codes.
• Peer Leadership (Intermediate): The ability to show leadership and influence people of equal rank in an effort to accomplish team goals.
• Medical Professional and Outpatient Facility Coding (expert): The transformation of healthcare diagnosis, procedures, medical services, and equipment into universal medical alphanumeric codes

Core Accountabilities:
* Organizational Impact: Plans and sets day-to-day objectives for the team that have a direct effect on the results of the department or area that the job is in. * Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Resolves technical and operational problems within provided guidelines. * Breadth of Knowledge: Applies advanced subject matter knowledge within a specific technical area and basic management knowledge to support the team. * Team Interaction: Leads/supervises a unit within a department or a small department. Typically without budget or hire/fire authority. Role is typically a 'working' supervisor.

Core Capabilities :
Supporting Colleagues: - Develops Self and Others: Invests time, energy, and enthusiasm in developing self/others to help improve performance and gain knowledge in new areas. - Builds and Maintains Relationships: Maintains regular contact with key colleagues and stakeholders. - Communicates Effectively: Recognizes group interactions and modifies one's own communication style to suit different situations and audiences.
Delivering Excellent Services: - 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.
Ensuring High Quality: - Performs Excellent Work: Engages regularly in formal and informal dialogue about quality; directly addresses quality issues promptly. - Ensures Continuous Improvement: Looks beyond symptoms to uncover underlying causes of problems and identifies ways to resolve them.
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 data to identify and elevate opportunities.

Position Qualifications:

Work Experience:Relevant Work Experience

Experience Level:5 years

Education:Associate's

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