Inpatient Coding Resolution Specialist

HCA Healthcare; Augusta (GA); Remote; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare organization as an Inpatient Coding Specialist. This remote position involves working with coding alerts and edits, ensuring timely billing, and collaborating with team members. Ideal candidates will have coding experience and a relevant degree. HCA Healthcare values integrity and patient care, making it a fulfilling workplace.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical coverage

401(k) Plan with a 100% match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Education assistance

Time Away From Work Program

Qualifications

• 1-year acute care inpatient coding experience required.
• 3 years’ experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Compile daily work list from eRequest and other systems.
• Resolve alerts/edits daily following established procedures.
• Monitor aging accounts and prioritize aged accounts.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Communication

Education

Undergraduate degree in HIM/HIT

Job description

Description

Introduction

This is a remote/work from home position.

Are you passionate about the patient experience? At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family! Jump-start your career as an Inpatient Coding Specialist today with Parallon.

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 medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance, and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical, and financial wellbeing.
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service).
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock.
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
• Referral services for child, elder, and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning, and more.
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts.
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services, and preferred banking partnerships.
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships).
• Colleague recognition program.
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence).
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Come join our team as an Inpatient Coding Resolution Specialist. We care for our community! Just last year, HCA Healthcare and our colleagues donated 13.8 million dollars to charitable organizations. Apply Today!

Job Summary and Qualifications

As an Inpatient Coding Specialist, you will be responsible for working inpatient coding related alerts/edits, predominately post-initial/final coding. You will also perform the alert/edit resolution activities in the applicable systems. The alerts/edits shall be worked according to the established procedures and thresholds and communicated as appropriate.

What you will do in this role:

• Compile daily work list from eRequest, CRT, and/or other alert/edit systems.
• Take action and resolve alerts/edits daily following established procedures and thresholds.
• Enter detailed notes to update eRequest to provide details if the alert/edit cannot be resolved or must be rerouted to another responsible party for research/resolution.
• Escalate alert/edit resolution issues as appropriate to minimize final billing delays.
• Monitor the aging of accounts held by an alert/edit, prioritize aged accounts first, and report to leadership.
• Work with team members in billing, revenue integrity, and/or the Medicare Service Center to resolve alerts/edits.
• Assign interim DRGs for in-house patients at month end.
• Complete MOCK abstracts as necessary (e.g., combining the codes for outpatient and inpatient claims subject to the payment window).
• Assist the Coding Leads and/or Coding Managers in resolving unbilled reason codes (URC)/Hold Reasons.
• Communicate coding revisions to the applicable party (e.g., CIS, lead, manager, international log).
• Periodically work with their manager to review individual work accomplishments, discuss work problems/barriers, progress in mastering tasks and work processes, and individual training needs and career progression.

What qualifications you will need:

• Undergraduate (associate or bachelor's) degree in HIM/HIT preferred.
• RHIA, RHIT, and/or CCS preferred.
• 1-year acute care inpatient coding experience required, with 3 years’ experience preferred.

Parallon provides full-service revenue cycle management, or total patient account resolution, for HCA Healthcare. Our services include scheduling, registration, insurance verification, hospital billing, revenue integrity, collections, payment compliance, credentialing, health information management, customer service, payroll, and physician billing. We also provide targeted solutions, such as Medicaid Eligibility, for external clients across the country. Parallon has over 17,000 colleagues and serves close to 1,000 hospitals and 3,000 physician practices, impacting patients, providers, and communities.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated 3.7 billion dollars on charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

“The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient’s family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual.”
- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr., HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If you seek an opportunity that offers satisfaction and personal growth, we encourage you to apply for our Inpatient Coding Specialist position. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Unlock the possibilities and apply today!

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