Supervisor, Coding & Data Management

Work Location: Quarterdeck Building - Columbia, MO. Hybrid Remote possibility

Shift: Monday - Friday, 8a - 5p

Department: Coding & Data Management

Salary Range: $52,666 - $83,179/year - final salary based on experience

ABOUT THE JOB

Join the MU Healthcare team as a dynamic leader supervising our medical coding staff. You'll play a pivotal role in hiring, developing, and managing the team, utilizing your deep coding knowledge and expertise to drive effective operations. In this role you'll compile data and monitor productivity to ensure quality services are being provided.

ABOUT MU HEALTH CARE  
MU Health Care is a growing academic health system in mid-Missouri comprised of multiple hospitals - including the region's only Level 1 Trauma Center and region's only Children's Hospital - and over 50 specialty clinics located throughout the region.
As an MU Health Care employee, you'll be part of an exceptional team committed to our mission of saving and improving lives. Our core values of inclusion, respect, service, discovery, responsibility and excellence foster a collaborative work environment where you can grow your career.

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EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

• Health, vision and dental insurance coverage starting day one 
• Generous paid leave and paid time off, including nine holidays 
• Multiple retirement options, including 100% matching up to 8% and full vesting in three years
• Tuition assistance for employees (75%) and immediate family members (50%) 
• Discounts on cell phone plans, rental cars, gyms, hotels and more
• See a comprehensive list of benefits here. 

JOB DUTIES
Perform a variety of tasks associated with departmental operations, budgeting, and staffing.

Responsible for interviewing, selecting, training, counseling, and evaluating staff. Plan and assign work. Demonstrate to staff appropriate methods and procedures to complete work assignments.

Review staff's work in progress for adherence to appropriate methods and procedures and completion of work in a timely manner. Instruct and advise staff on changes in policies, procedures, and work standards, and annual updates to ICD-10 and CPT Codes.

Monitor staff's workload and productivity in order to meet the department's workload and productivity standards.

Assist management in monitoring department operations and objectives to ensure quality services are being provided.

Participate as a representative on assigned hospital committees.

Relate to patients, faculty, and other hospital personnel in providing information, maintaining control functions, and acquiring information necessary for coding and charge entry with respect to assigned section.

Maintain oral and written contact with hospital departments and outside vendors concerning medical record documentation, coding, and charge entry.

Supervise gathering of data for compilation into various reports.

Compile data, as necessary, for annual departmental budget, and recommend budget for assigned section.

Develop, coordinate, and maintain daily staffing schedules to ensure the appropriate level of unit coverage and continuity of care.
Monitor time and attendance in alignment with MU Health Care policies and practices, ensuring accuracy of records and timely submittal/approval for payroll purposes.

May complete unit/department specific duties and expectations as outlined in department documents.

Bachelor's degree in health services management, finance, business, accounting, nursing, or health-related profession, or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities can be acquired. 
Three (3) years of experience in medical coding, specific to reviewing documentation and assigning ICD-9/10 and CPT codes, reviewing payer guidelines and requirements to manage payer edits, and/or audit or denials coordination.
Experience in medical terminology and ICD-10, CPT coding and DRG's, and APC's.
Certification in one of the following: 
-Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) by American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) 
-Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) by AHIMA
-Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) by AHIMA
-Certified Professional Coder (CPC) or other equivalent certification by American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC).

Preferred Qualifications
Additional license/certification requirements as determined by the hiring department.

Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met with or without reasonable accommodation. The performance of these physical demands is an essential function of the job. The employee may be required ambulate, remain in a stationary position and position self to reach and/or move objects above the shoulders and below the knees. The employee may be required to move objects up to 10 lbs.