Team Manager - Medical Coding

Huron; Chennai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) plan with employer match

Employee stock purchase plan

Generous Paid Time Off

Job summary

Huron is seeking a Team Manager – Medical Coding in Chennai, India to lead a high‑performing RCM team. You will oversee daily activities, assign tasks, and drive performance, quality, and client satisfaction across hospital facilities.

The role requires strong domain knowledge in medical coding, CMS/IPPS guidelines, and experience in auditing and staffing. Huron offers a comprehensive benefits package and opportunities for growth within the Healthcare RCM Group.

Qualifications

• Education: 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.

Responsibilities

• Manage team to achieve goals by overseeing daily activities, assigning tasks and motivating staff.
• Oversee daily operations, monitor performance and ensure efficient task completion.
• Engage with clients and MIS/training teams to drive quality management and reporting.
• Manage staffing, scheduling, and resource allocation across shifts.
• Maintain SOPs and production manuals, track KPIs and drive process improvements.

Skills

Medical coding

Team management

RCM knowledge

Auditing

Stakeholder communication

Education

Healthcare/Medical coding 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.

Huron Consulting Group offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage to employees and dependents; a 401(k) plan with a generous employer match; an employee stock purchase plan; a generous Paid Time Off policy; and paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Our Wellness Program supports employee total well-being by providing free annual health screenings and coaching, bank at work, and on-site workshops, as well as ongoing programs recognizing major events in the lives of our employees throughout the year.

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage to employees and dependents.
• 401(k) plan with a generous employer match.
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• Generous Paid Time Off policy.
• Paid parental leave and adoption assistance.
• Wellness Program supports employee total well-being by providing free annual health screenings and coaching, bank at work, and on-site workshops, as well as ongoing programs recognizing major events in the lives of our employees throughout the year.

All benefits and programs are subject to applicable eligibility requirements.

The Company is fully committed to providing equal employment opportunity in recruitment, employment, compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, education and all other terms of employment. Huron will not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, Vietnam era of veteran status, physical or mental disability, creed, citizen status or any other status protected by federal, state of local law. We endeavor to maintain a drug-free workplace.

Position Level

Senior Associate

Country

India