Coding Manager (Remote)

Job Description
Jupiter Medical Center is reimagining how to restore the community's health and wellness. Award-winning physicians, world-class partnerships and innovative techniques and technology enable Jupiter Medical Center to provide a broad range of services with specialty concentrations in cardiology, oncology, imaging, orthopedics and spine, digestive health, emergency services, lung and thoracic, women's health, weight management and men's health. Our medical center consistently performs in the top 10 percent of hospitals for patient quality and satisfaction and has earned the highest rating in the region for quality of care.
The Coding Manager is responsible for the day-to-day operations of JMCPG Coding, manage daily staffing, assignments and maintains productivity guidelines.

• Maintains appropriate staffing levels based on volumes. Submits requisitions and interviews candidates as needed.
• Manages open requisitions, ensures new hires have all system access, managing system terminations and access removal.
• Ensures the training of new employees in coding policies and procedures. Develops new procedures as needed to meet services provided. Maintains and updates standard processes.
• Trains Coding Team on system updates.
• Collaborates with the Coding Educator/Quality Specialist to educate new physicians on billing process and physician coding issues.
• Collaborates with Decision Support Analyst regarding maintenance, modifications, and/or issues with coding software program.
• Makes all necessary payroll entries and corrections, signs off on staff payroll, monitoring OT, managing major sick, FMLA, and call outs per JMC policy guidelines.
• Documents and writes informal and formal conference records.
• Works closely with project managers in the build of applications and assists with training on process and functionality.
• Responsible for month end reporting of coding and physician statistics.
• Tracks and distributes daily productivity measures to staff.
• Tracks and distributes weekly quality measures to staff, supports and educates staff on areas for improvement.
• Reports ECW system issues, works with IT when necessary to resolution
• Documents weekly orientation reports on new hires for the first 90 days of employment.
• Performs 90-day reviews and annual evaluations and composes action plans for less than satisfactory scores.
• Maintains close working relationships with the physician office staffs and Urgent Care staff.
• Effectively uses and role models current leadership techniques and theories, encouraging the decision-making skills of staff members and providing insight and leadership in complex situations.
• Ensures that information disseminated to staff is monitored for effectiveness and changed as needed.
• Understands and enforces hospital and personnel policies and procedures.
• Serve on hospital and Patient Care Services committees, teams, and work groups as requested.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Associates degree, preferred
• CPC-P, CPC, CCS-P, CCS, COC, CCA, RHIT, RHIA credential, required
• Experience with physician coding and billing revenue cycle processes
• Minimum 3 years management experience with a team of 10+ physician coders, preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal skills. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Current knowledge of Medical Terminology, federal and third-party payer requirements, coding of physician E/M level visits and procedures.
• Experience with ECW, Cerner, Excel, STAR

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