Coordinator Facility Coding and Clinical Documentation Improvement

Experienced candidates may be eligible for a sign-on bonus of up to $5,000.

United Health Services is seeking a Coordinator Facility Coding and Clinical Documentation Improvement to join our UHS team in Binghamton, NY. This position ensures accuracy and quality among medical coders, providers, nurses, billing teams, and other healthcare staff and also work collaboratively with Care Coordination teams to help identify and close care gaps.

This is a benefits eligible position

Shift: Days
Hours per week: 40 hours a week
Salary range: $27.99-41.99 hour, salaried position, depending on experience

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Coordinator Facility Coding and Clinical Documentation Improvement

This position is responsible for extensive collaboration/coordination between coding and clinical documentation specialist teams to improve the quality and completeness of clinical documentation of care provided at United Health Services. Provide education to coding, clinical documentation staff and providers to improve documentation and query assignment, develop education based on, industry performance, regulatory focus areas and observed opportunities within UHS

Key Responsibilities and Expectations

• Utilizes comprehensive knowledge of ICD-10-CM coding guidelines and clinical knowledge to educate coding, cdi and provides on best practice principals.
• Provides educational in-service to coding and CDI staff related to DRG’s. Remains up to date on DRG system literature from AHIMA and CDIS. Possesses knowledge, understanding of MS DRG and APR DRG’s.
• Reviews potential DRG assignments for accuracy. Provides timely feedback of all DRG reassignments.
• Demonstrates ability to accurately and efficiently relate coding changes to staff.
• Demonstrates an understanding of complications, co-morbidities, severity of illness, risk of mortality, and reports findings to Director of Coding/CDI.
• Demonstrates proficiency in computer usage, including database, spreadsheet and internet usage.
• Maintains excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work on a team to influence change.
• Recognizes opportunities for documentation improvement using strong critical-thinking skills. Uses critical thinking and sound judgement in decision-making, ensuring regularly compliance and appropriate documentation and coding capture according to coding guidelines.
• Collaborates effectively with Coding and CDI Supervisors to ensure documentation and coding requirements are met to capture appropriate ICD coding and DRG assignment.
• Provides coding/CDI audits for DRG optimization.

Position Qualifications

Minimum:

• CCS, RHIT, CPC, CCA CCDS or CDIP certification with an Associate's Degree's
• Five years' coding experience

Preferred:

• Five years' experience in auditing/coding with preferred knowledge in CDI regulatory compliance
• Bachelor’s Degree

License/Certification

Minimum Required:

• CCS or RHIT, or CPC, CCS-P, or CCA or CCDS or CDIP

Preferred:

• RHIA

Employee Benefits at United Health Services

When you work at United Health Services, you become part of our family. We’re proud to offer competitive benefits and compensation to our employees who make an impact every day.

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Voluntary benefits, including cancer, pet, and life insurance
• 403(b) retirement plan with company match model
• Immediate accrual of paid time off
• Wellness program rewards and insurance discounts
• Employee Assistant Program (EAP) counseling and concierge services
• Free, extensive online training through HealthStream

About United Health Services

United Health Services is a not-for-profit healthcare system serving more than 500,000 people in Upstate New York’s Southern Tier region. We offer integrated healthcare services across 60 locations, including four hospitals, three walk-in centers, and 22 primary care offices, in addition to home care services and senior living facilities. The United Health Services system employs more than 6,300 people and comprises 600+ providers who are all committed to providing and supporting the delivery of exceptional patient care.

United Health Services employees and providers are “LOVED!” This means we’re Living Our Values Every Day. Here, you’ll join a team that is dedicated to values-based, coordinated patient care. Every day, we outwardly live our Values of Compassion, Trust, Respect, Teamwork, and Innovation.

About New York’s Southern Tier

As an employee of United Health Services, you’ll call the Southern Tier, or more specifically, the Greater Binghamton area, home. Known for entertainment and restaurants, craft brews, outdoor experiences, minor-league sports, family-friendly events, and a keenness for local history (like our connection to the Twilight Zone and our six antique carousels), Greater Binghamton offers something for everyone. We’re a short drive away from the Finger Lakes region in Central New York, three hours from New York City, and just shy of four hours from Niagara Falls, Canada.

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United Health Services in an Equal Opportunity Employer.

United Health Services, Inc. and the members of the UHS System neither are affiliated with, sponsored, endorsed nor approved by, nor otherwise associated with, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS), UHS of Delaware, Inc. nor their affiliates, which can be found at www.uhsinc.com.