Assistant Director Vendor Resource Management

Introduction

Do you have the career opportunities as an Assistant Director Vendor Resource Management you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Parallon, which is part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Benefits

Parallon offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career, and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
• Colleague recognition program
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Our teams are a committed, caring group of colleagues. Do you want to work as an Assistant Director Vendor Resource Management where your passion for creating positive patient interactions are valued? If you are dedicated to caring for the well-being of others, this could be your next opportunity. We want your knowledge and expertise!

Job Summary and Qualifications

As the VRM Facility Assistant Director, you are responsible for supporting the Vendor Resource Management (VRM) Director with day-to-day operations and the development and implementation of staffing/Resource Management for production coding and deficiency management. You will develop, direct, and coordinate assigned HIM coding activities within the Vendor Resource Management team. You will actively monitor VRM employee performance and rewards or disciplines accordingly. You, along with the management team, work with the HIM, Coding, and Abstraction Team/Leadership to improve the accuracy and quality of patient data and ensure adequate staffing to maintain timely production of work.

You will be responsible for initiating, executing, and managing projects for the VRM team associated with company-wide HIM initiatives. You may initiate, execute, and manage projects that impact production associated with HIM inpatient coding, outpatient coding and deficiency management. This includes but is not limited to the following initiatives: facility acquisitions or divestitures, implementation of new coding/EMR technology, and implementation of new workflows/processes.

In this role, you will:

• Perform various assignments under the direction of the Director.
• Assist the Director in planning, developing, organizing, and implementing day-to-day operations.
• Provides direct oversight to the VRM Resource Management team. This includes VRM Operations, deficiency management.
• Ensure complete, accurate, timely and consistent work, while adhering to published coding guidelines and Parallon policies and procedures.
• Proactively identify and manage significant issues in workflow (including corresponding communications and escalation paths), status of projects, barriers and successes.
• Facilitate problem-solving and collaboration with functional areas.
• Responsible for ensuring staff compliance with documented and established workflow guidelines as it relates to management of work queues.
• Identify and implement process improvements to decrease costs and improve service applicable stakeholders.
• Assist with developing and implementing written policies and procedures that govern the operation of the VRM team.
• Monitor performance and communicate with Information Technology management to ensure optimal use of installed technology and identification of future needs.
• Assist with review of quality standards, productivity standards, coding guidelines, policies and procedures periodically, and makes recommendations to assure continued compliance with current regulations.
• Report issues or trends to the Director.
• Facilitate communication with strategy partners with any concerns for staffing, TAT, and process/quality issues.

What qualifications you will need:

• Bachelor’s degree required, ideally in areas like HIM, Business Administration, IT, or Organizational/Change Management.
• Minimum 3 years health care management/leadership experience strongly preferred
• Minimum of 3 years HIM and/or coding experience strongly preferred
• Consulting or proven work experience in areas of process reengineering, shared services, project management, and/or managing a large resource pool strongly preferred.
• RHIA, RHIT and/or CCS required

"Parallon provides full-service revenue cycle management, or total patient account resolution, for HCA Healthcare. Our services include scheduling, registration, insurance verification, hospital billing, revenue integrity, collections, payment compliance, credentialing, health information management, customer service, payroll and physician billing. We also provide full-service revenue cycle management as well as targeted solutions, such as Medicaid Eligibility, for external clients across the country. Parallon has over 17,000 colleagues, and serves close to 1,000 hospitals and 3,000 physician practices, all making an impact on patients, providers and their communities.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses."

"Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If you are looking for an opportunity that provides satisfaction and personal growth, we encourage you to apply for our Assistant Director Vendor Resource Management opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Unlock the possibilities and apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.