Medical Coding Education Lead

• Lead, Medical Coding, Days, 80 Hrs/2 wks
• Location: Mercycare Bldg, Janesville, WI OR Riverside Campus, Rockford, IL. Hybrid, flexible work schedule, and remote opportunities available. Mercyhealth does not currently support remote workers with residency in the following states: CA, OH, OR, PA, NJ, NY.

Assists the department supervisor by being available to train, educate, and provide answers to partners. Monitor and assist partners with new workflows and work volumes. Provides education to ensure accuracy and compliance with current laws, rules and regulations. Performs other duties as assigned. May be required to work weekends and reasonable amounts of overtime when necessary

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Assists with all coding functions ensuring consistency, uniformity and understanding of coding processes and guidelines.
• Assists supervisor in training, scheduling, evaluating and supervising staff.
• Reports on department quality and prepares recommendations for improvements by coordinating training.
• Ensures appropriate administration of the revenue cycle compliance plan.
• Researches and resolves complex coding issues with all of revenue cycle entities.
• Acts as a subject matter expert on coding and billing concepts.
• Maintains, updates, and clarifies all materials in training and reference materials.
• Performs clinical and partner audits and provides pertinent feedback and education.
• Special projects as assigned.
• Conducts partner and provider coding audits to ensure accuracy and compliance providing education and training if applicable.
• Maintains an in-depth knowledge of Epic billing, ambulatory, and hospital modules.

Education and Experience

High School graduate or equivalent
Four years of experience coding professional services in multiple specialties
Proven record of high degree of problem solving and strong leadership skills

Certification and Licensure

Certified Professional Coder (CPC) or other equivalent coding certification required

Special Physical Demands

The Special Physical Demands are considered Essential Job Functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations.
While performing the duties of this job, the partner is regularly required to talk and hear. Eyesight to identify numbers, folders, colors, and computer printouts. Speech to communicate one-on-one and over the telephone. Manual dexterity to operate keyboards, mouse and telephones. Prolonged sitting; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The partner is occasionally required to stand; walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The partner must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Mercyhealth offers a generous total rewards package to eligible employees including, but not limited to:

* Comprehensive Benefits Package: Mercyhealth offers a retirement plan with competitive matching contribution, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance options, life and disability coverage, access to flexible spending plans, and a variety of other discounted voluntary benefit options.

* Competitive Compensation: Mercyhealth offers market competitive rates of pay and participates in various shift differential and special pay incentive programs.

* Paid Time Off: Mercyhealth offers a generous paid time off plan, which increases with milestone anniversaries, to allow employees the opportunity for a great work-life balance.

* Career Advancement: Mercyhealth offers a number of educational assistance programs and career ladders to support employees in their educational journey and advancement within Mercyhealth.

* Employee Wellbeing: Mercyhealth has a focus on wellbeing for employees across the organization and offers a number of tools and resources, such as an employer-sponsored health risk assessment and a Wellbeing mobile application, to assist employees on their wellbeing journey.

* Additional Benefits: Mercyhealth employees have access to our internal and external employee assistance programs, employee-only discount packages, paid parental and caregiver leaves, on-demand pay, special payment programs for patient services, and financial education to help with retirement planning.