Thaxton Interim Leadership Hiring for Interim to Perm Manager, Health Information Management Education (Remote) at Remote Full Time

Job #1424542

POSITION SUMMARY

The Interim Manager: Health Information Management Education provides leadership, support, and direction for the staff involved in the health information and records services departments with a special focus on coding education and working with the coding compliance staff. This position oversees professional services training, consultation, audit and feedback to clinicians on their documentation and coding. The Education Manager provides supervision of education and training for facility healthcare professionals on use of coding guidelines and practices, proper documentation techniques, medical terminology and disease process. The HIM Education Manager works collaboratively with system Revenue Cycle, the facility Health Information and Records Services departments, Patient Access Teams, Patient Financial Services, Shared Services, Case Management, Physicians, hospital leadership and management. The HIM Education Manager supervises and directs the activities of the coding educators. This position is responsible for supporting adherence to organization 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

• Ensures development and coordination of coding education and coding training to all appropriate personnel, including HIM coding staff, physicians, billing personnel, and ancillary in areas relevant to health information management including appropriate documentation, accurate coding, compliance and data management.
• Ensures that coding consultants and other contracted entities (for example, outsourced coding personnel) understand and agree to adhere to the organization’s HIM education requirements.
• Manages implementation and maintenance of education programs pertaining to inpatient and outpatient doing DRG assignment, APC coding, coding compliance education and coordinates ongoing monitoring of coding accuracy and documentation adequacy.
• Works collaboratively with coding compliance, reviews compliance and trend analyses function to identify patterns and variations in coding practices and case-mix index which require education.
• Reviews comparison of coding and reimbursement profile with national and regional norms to identify variations requiring further education.
• Serves as a resource for department directors, staff, physicians, and administration to obtain education, training or information on accurate and ethical coding and documentation standards, guidelines, and regulatory requirements.
• Directs the activities of the coding education staff.
• Ensures maintenance of attendance rosters and documentation (agenda, job aids) for HIM training programs.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• At least two years of management/leadership experience required.
• Well-versed in system applications, Epic, Meditech, 3M/360 CAC, OneContent, all MS Office applications, and technical teachable knowledge of workflows and best practices.
• Strong technical knowledge and innovative desire to advance and support coding professionals.

Note: pay rate is dependent upon education, experience, training, and location.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: Up to $93,600.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Day shift

Application Question(s):

• How many years of interim leadership experience do you have?
• What EMR/EHR systems have you worked with?
• Do you have work history gaps of more than 30 days? If yes, please provide dates and explanations.
• Please list any professional certifications you hold.

Education:

• Bachelor’s (Required)

Experience:

• management/leadership: 2 years (Required)
• relevant work: 2 years (Required)

Work Location: Remote