Inpatient Coding Auditor

HCA Healthcare; Richmond (VA); Remote; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical and dental benefits

401(k) plan with company match

Tuition assistance and student loan support

Wellbeing support and counseling services

Job summary

HCA Healthcare is hiring an Inpatient Coding Auditor who will conduct internal quality assessments to ensure coding compliance and integrity. This remote role requires adept knowledge in medical coding practices and experience in coding auditing, with responsibilities across multiple healthcare facilities.

Applicants should have a background in health information management, with at least three years of coding experience and preferably relevant certifications. A comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance and retirement plans, is offered.

Qualifications

• High school diploma and/or GED preferred.
• Undergraduate degree in HIM/HIT preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years acute care inpatient/outpatient coding experience preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years coding auditing/monitoring experience strongly preferred.
• RHIA, RHIT and/or CCS preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality reviews for inpatient and outpatient coding.
• Ensure adherence to coding guidelines and policies.
• Apply expert knowledge of medical coding practices.
• Participate in special reviews or projects.
• Maintain productivity and accuracy standards.

Skills

Medical coding practices

Quality assessment

Data integrity

Productivity standards

Coding guidelines

Education

High school diploma or GED

Undergraduate degree in HIM/HIT

Certified RHIA, RHIT, or CCS

Job description

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities.

As a work-from-home Inpatient Coding Auditor with Parallon you will be responsible for performing internal quality assessment reviews on Health Information Management Service Center (HSC) coders to ensure compliance with national coding guidelines, the HSC coding policies and the Company coding policies for complete, accurate and consistent coding which result in appropriate reimbursement and data integrity. You will review outcomes and communicate them to the HSC team to improve the accuracy, integrity and quality of patient data, to ensure minimal variation in coding practices and to improve the quality of physician documentation within the medical record to support code assignments.

What you will do in this role

• Leads, coordinates and performs all functions of quality reviews (routine, pre-bill, policy driven and incentive plan driven) for inpatient and/or outpatient coding across multiple HSCs
• Assists in ensuring HSC coding staff adherence with coding guidelines and policy
• Demonstrates and applies expert level knowledge of medical coding practices and concepts
• Participates on special reviews or projects
• Maintains or exceeds 95% productivity standards
• Maintains or exceeds 95% accuracy
• Meets all educational requirements as stated in current Company policy
• Reviews all official data quality standards, coding guidelines, Company policies and procedures, and clinical/medical resources to assure coding knowledge and skills remain current

What qualifications you will need

• High school diploma and/or GED preferred
• Undergraduate degree in HIM/HIT preferred
• Minimum of 3 years acute care inpatient/outpatient coding experience preferred
• Minimum of 3 years coding auditing/monitoring experience strongly preferred
• RHIA, RHIT and/or CCS preferred

Benefits

Parallon offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.