Team Manager - Medical Coding

Huron Consulting; Chennai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Huron is seeking an experienced Team Manager for Medical Coding in Chennai, India. You will lead a team handling hospital facility RCM with strong domain knowledge in ICD-10-CM/PCS, UHDDS, queries, and documentation guidelines, while ensuring adherence to CMS IPPS methodologies.

The role requires 10–13 years in medical coding, auditing, and team management, with excellent leadership and communication skills to drive quality and client satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Background in healthcare, medical coding, or related life sciences field.
• CIC/CCS/CPC certifications.
• 10–13 years of experience in medical coding, auditing and team management.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily activities of the coding team and assign tasks to meet objectives.
• Set objectives, monitor performance, and drive production improvements.
• Coordinate with clients, MIS team, and training teams to ensure quality and compliance.
• Manage staffing, scheduling, and resource allocation for efficient operations.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Team management

Problem solving

Education

CIC/CCS/CPC certifications

Healthcare or life sciences background

Job description

Huron helps its clients drive growth, enhance performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. We help healthcare organizations build innovation capabilities and accelerate key growth initiatives, enabling organizations to own the future, instead of being disrupted by it. Together, we empower clients to create sustainable growth, optimize internal processes and deliver better consumer outcomes.

Health systems, hospitals and medical clinics are under immense pressure to improve clinical outcomes and reduce the cost of providing patient care. Investing in new partnerships, clinical services and technology is not enough to create meaningful and substantive change. To succeed long-term, healthcare organizations must empower leaders, clinicians, employees, affiliates and communities to build cultures that foster innovation to achieve the best outcomes for patients.

Joining the Huron team means you'll help our clients evolve and adapt to the rapidly changing healthcare environment and optimize existing business operations, improve clinical outcomes, create a more consumer-centric healthcare experience, and drive physician, patient and employee engagement across the enterprise.

Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future.

TITLE: Team Manager - Medical Coding

REPORTS TO: SDM (Service Delivery Manager)

DEPARTMENT: Huron Healthcare RCM Group

WORK HOURS: 5 days week and flexible to work in different shifts

LOCATION: Chennai, India.

SUMMARY:

Manages team to achieve specific goals by overseeing daily activities, assigning tasks, and providing guidance and motivation. Key responsibilities include setting objectives, ensuring efficient task completion, monitoring performance, solving problems, and facilitating communication between the team and upper management. Effective team managers possess strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills, often holding a relevant degree and prior management experience.

JOB DETAILS:

• Excellent domain expertise and process knowledge of RCM for Hospital facility.
• Understanding of "Multispecialty coding concepts" , ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS guidelines, elements of UHDDS guidelines, query processes, documentation guidelines.
• Strong knowledge in human anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, diagnostic studies, conservative and surgical treatments. Understanding of all document types, Operative Reports, Discharge Summary, Progress Notes, ED Report and all other report formats used in hospital care setting.
• Understanding of CMS IPPS payment methodologies
• Aware of consequences of risky practices like up-coding and down-coding, fraud and abuse, inflated documentation, OIG guidelines, and HIPAA rules.
• Strong interpersonal skills, excellent communication skills, and ability to effectively work with and coach team members.
• Ability to communicate with other stakeholders and clients, MIS team, and training teams for driving quality management.
• Possess operational skills to manage team with better resource utilization.
• Managing reports daily, weekly, monthly and monitoring and being active participant in client calls and maintaining good client relationship.
• Research, analyze and respond to inquiries regarding compliance.
• Oversee operations of healthcare facilities.
• Manage staffing, scheduling, and resource allocation
• Stay updated on changes in healthcare.
• Develop and implement production improvement initiatives.
• Strategic planning process to align organizational goals.
• Engage in market analysis to understand the competitive landscape.
• Maintaining SOP and production manual.
• Track key performance indicators (KPIs).

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Education: A background in healthcare, medical coding, or a related live science field is preferred.
• Certifications: CIC/CCS/CPC
• Experience: 10 to 13 years' experience in medical coding, auditing and Team Management.

ABOUT HURON:

At Huron, we're redefining what a consulting organization can be. We go beyond advice to deliver results that last. We inherit our client's challenges as if they were our own. We help them transform for the future. We advocate. We make a difference. And we intelligently, passionately, relentlessly do great work...together.

Are you the kind of person who stands ready to jump in, roll up your sleeves and transform ideas into action? Then come discover Huron.

Whether you have years of experience or come right out of college, we invite you to explore our many opportunities. Find out how you can use your talents and develop your skills to make an impact immediately. Learn about how our culture and values provide you with the kind of environment that invites new ideas and innovation. Come see how we collaborate with each other in a culture of learning, coaching, diversity and inclusion. And hear about our unwavering commitment to make a difference in partnership with our clients, shareholders, communities and colleagues.

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