Inpatient Coding Auditor

Job description

Who We Are:

Signature Performance is working hard at lowering healthcare administrative costs for federal government agencies, payers, and providers. At Signature, our mission is to improve the health of our clients' business and making the lives of the people we work with better. We do that by leading with our values of Passion, Courage, Integrity and Respect in all interactions.

What We Offer:

Signature believes in fully developing each one of our Associates. We deliver a performance-driven atmosphere with competitive pay and bonus structure, world-class training and development classes, resources, and events, an award-winning culture to thrive in, and so much more.

• Tuition Assistance Program
• 401(k) program with employer contributions
• Comprehensive health insurance
• Competitive Paid Time Off for Sick and Vacation Time
• No-cost annual flu shots
• A hybrid work-from-home and/or on-campus work plan

Job Description:

We are excited to be adding to our team! As an Inpatient Coding Auditor, you will gain an advanced knowledge of the International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification (ICD-CM), and Procedural Coding System (PCS). You will create clear and accurate audit findings and recommendations in written audit reports that will be used for advising and educating Coders, Auditors, Managers, and Directors throughout the organization. You will have responsibility for delivering educational feedback to coding staff regarding audit findings. In addition, you will identify documentation issues (lacking documentation, missed physician queries, etc.) that impact coding accuracy and clearly communicate (verbally and in written reports or summaries) opportunities for documentation improvement related to coding issues. Other responsibilities may include:

• To provide guidance to other departmental staff in identifying and resolving coding issues and/or error trends for improvement.
• Collaborates with the clinical documentation improvement team for conflicts between code assignments.
• Provides continuing education to individual coders and to the coding staff concerning changes in the coding and reimbursement system as well as any area of weakness identified during the performance of coding validation reviews

Basic Qualifications:

• Completion of a formal coding program with preference given to AHIMA and AAPC credentials (CCS, RHIT, CIC).
• 5+ years of progressive experience in professional medical coding/reimbursement
• 3-5 years of auditing experience, preferably within multi-facility healthcare organization or vendor partner.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Cerner, EPIC and 3M 360 Encompass experience
• Academic medical facility auditing experience

Expectations:

• Coding work experience encompassing a working knowledge of the ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS; medical terminology; anatomy and physiology; and health record content.
• Comprehensive understanding of coding guidelines, Coding Clinics and appropriate coding references along with the ability to employ these coding resources to audit findings.
• Ability to work in multiple client systems and proficiency with Microsoft office applications

Additional Information:

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Certain positions may be subject to additional background screening depending on client need and access to certain systems.

This position will require you to have the ability to effectively operate the current computer system, telephone system, and other office machines such as copier and fax machines.

You will be responsible for conducting business and personal affairs in a manner that is always a credit to the company. Must maintain a good credit rating while employed with the company.

Remote eligibility: 100% remote