Director Coding - Remote

Providence; Portland (OR); Remote; USD 136,000 - 216,000; Full time

Job summary

Providence is seeking a Director, Coding to provide strategic and operational leadership for professional coding across the health system. You will ensure compliant, accurate, and timely coding to support submissions, reporting, quality initiatives, and population health programs.

Leading cross-functional coding teams, you will drive standards, performance, and collaboration with clinical, operations, compliance, and revenue cycle partners to optimize coding quality and revenue cycle outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree AHIMA accredited HIM or related field or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of ICD-10-CM coding experience.
• 7+ years in a management/supervisory role overseeing coding operations.
• Proven history standardizing complex processes across facilities and settings.
• Experience identifying and escalating issues impacting business outcomes.
• Experience in process improvement and change management.

Responsibilities

• Lead professional coding operations across the health system.
• Ensure accurate, compliant, and timely coding of professional services.
• Develop and implement coding strategies, standards, and best practices.
• Drive performance, quality, productivity, and compliance outcomes.
• Partner with clinical, operational, compliance, and revenue cycle leaders to improve processes.
• Manage coding teams and resources to support organizational goals.

Skills

ICD-10-CM coding

Regulatory compliance

Leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's AHIMA HIM program

Job description

Description

Providence is calling for a Director Coding.

Providence Revenue Cycle Shared Services supports ministries and operations across multiple states, providing revenue cycle expertise, operational support, and services that help improve financial performance and the patient experience.

The Director, Professional Coding provides strategic and operational leadership for professional coding across the Providence health system. This role is responsible for ensuring coding operations are compliant, accurate, and timely, supporting claim submission, regulatory reporting, quality initiatives, and population health programs.

In partnership with Revenue Cycle leadership, this leader develops and implements coding strategies, oversees coding operations and teams, and drives performance against organizational goals. The Director collaborates closely with operational, clinical, compliance, and revenue cycle partners to improve coding quality, productivity, and overall revenue cycle outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead professional coding operations across the health system.
• Ensure accurate, compliant, and timely coding of professional services.
• Develop and implement coding strategies, standards, and best practices.
• Drive performance, quality, productivity, and compliance outcomes.
• Partner with clinical, operational, compliance, and revenue cycle leaders to improve processes and results.
• Support organizational goals through effective management of coding teams and resources.

Providence caregivers are not simply valued - they're invaluable. Join our team at Revenue Cycle Business Services and thrive in our culture of patient-focused, whole-person care built on understanding, commitment, and mutual respect. Your voice matters here, because we know that to inspire and retain the best people, we must empower them.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree: AHIMA accredited HIM program or other healthcare related field of study., Or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• 10 or more years of extensive background in ICD-10-CM coding and official coding guidelines.
• 7 years of Management/supervisory role in overseeing coding operations and teams.
• Demonstrated experience standardizing complex and disparate processes and maintaining common processes to standards across multiple facilities and in different settings.
• Proven history of proactively identifying, resolving and escalating issues that impact business outcomes.
• Demonstrated experience in process improvement methodology, change management, operational improvement in complex systems.

Salary Range by Location:

AK: Anchorage:Min: $65.83, Max: $103.93

AK: Kodiak, Seward, Valdez:Min: $68.62, Max: $108.34

California: Humboldt:Min: $68.62, Max: $108.34

California: All Northern California - Except Humboldt:Min: $76.99, Max: $121.55

California: All Southern California - Except Bakersfield:Min: $68.62, Max: $108.34

California: Bakersfield:Min: $65.83, Max: $103.93

Montana: Except Great Falls:Min: $53.00 Max: $83.68

Montana: Great Falls:Min: $50.21, Max: $79.29

New Mexico:Min: $53.00 Max: $83.68

Oregon: Non-Portland Service Area:Min: $61.37, Max: $96.89

Oregon: Portland Service Area:Min: $65.83, Max: $103.93

Texas:Min: $50.21, Max: $79.29

Washington: Western - Except Tukwila:Min: $68.62, Max: $108.34

Washington: Southwest - Olympia, Centralia & Below:Min: $65.83, Max: $103.93

Washington: Tukwila:Min: $68.62, Max: $108.34

Washington: Eastern:Min: $58.58, Max: $92.48

Washington: South Eastern:Min: $61.37, Max: $96.89

Why Join Providence?

Our best-in-class benefits are uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, growing professionally, and achieving financial security. We take care of you, so you can focus on delivering our Mission of caring for everyone, especially the most vulnerable in our communities.

Accepting a new position at another facility that is part of the Providence family of organizations may change your current benefits. Changes in benefits, including paid time-off, happen for various reasons. These reasons can include changes of Legal Employer, FTE, Union, location, time-off plan policies, availability of health and welfare benefit plan offerings, and other various reasons.

About Providence

At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of "Know me, care for me, ease my way." Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we'll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.

Posted are the minimum and the maximum wage rates on the wage range for this position. The successful candidate's placement on the wage range for this position will be determined based upon relevant job experience and other applicable factors. These amounts are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being resources and much more. Learn more at providence.jobs/benefits.

Applicants in the Unincorporated County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Unincorporated Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

About the Team

Providence Shared Services is a service line within Providence that provides a variety of functional and system support services for our family of organizations across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. We are focused on supporting our Mission by delivering a robust foundation of services and sharing of specialized expertise.

Providence is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to the principle that every workforce member has the right to work in surroundings that are free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, veteran, military status, religion, age, creed, national origin, sexual identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law. We believe diversity makes us stronger, so we are dedicated to shaping an inclusive workforce, learning from each other, and creating equal opportunities for advancement.

Requsition ID: 461883

Company: Providence Jobs

Job Category: Coding

Job Function: Revenue Cycle

Job Schedule: Full time

Job Shift: Day

Career Track: Leadership

Department: 4001 SS RC ADM

Address: WA Renton 1801 Lind Ave SW

Work Location: Providence Valley Office Park-Renton

Workplace Type: Remote

Pay Range: $see posting - $see posting

The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.