Outpatient Coder

HCA Healthcare; Round Rock (TX); Remote; USD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking healthcare organization as an Outpatient Coder, where your expertise in outpatient coding will help enhance the patient experience. In this role, you will work from home, resolving coding alerts and ensuring accurate billing processes. This position offers a chance to make a significant impact in patient care while enjoying a comprehensive benefits package that supports your health, career growth, and financial well-being. Be part of a team that values compassion, integrity, and the power of community service. If you are passionate about coding and patient care, we encourage you to apply today!

Benefits

Comprehensive Medical Coverage

401(k) Plan with Match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Education Assistance

Paid Time Off

Free Counseling Services

Flexible Spending Accounts

Colleague Recognition Program

Family Support Benefits

Consumer Discounts

Qualifications

• 2+ years of outpatient coding experience required.
• Strong preference for RHIA, RHIT, or CCS certifications.

Responsibilities

• Compile daily work lists and resolve coding alerts/edits.
• Communicate coding revisions and assist in unbilled reasons.

Skills

Outpatient Coding

Attention to Detail

Communication Skills

Education

Undergraduate Degree in HIM/HIT

RHIA Certification

RHIT Certification

CCS Certification

Tools

eRequest

CRT

Job description

Description

Introduction

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 Outpatient Coder 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 well-being.
• 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 Outpatient Coder. 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 a work from home coder, part of our hospital outpatient coding team, you will work on outpatient coding related alerts/edits for same day surgery, observation, wound care, emergency department, and/or diagnostic accounts predominantly post initial/final coding. You will also perform the alert/edit resolution activities in the applicable systems. The alerts/edits shall be worked and corrected 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.
• 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.
• Communicate coding revisions to the applicable party (e.g., CIS, lead, manager, international log).
• Complete MOCK abstracts as necessary (e.g., combining the codes for outpatient claims subject to the payment window).
• Assist the Coding Leads and/or Coding Managers in resolving unbilled reason codes (URC)/Hold Reasons.
• As needed, may periodically be asked to perform Coding Integrity Specialist II (CIS-II) duties.
• Periodically works with their Manager to review individual work accomplishments, discuss work problems/barriers, discuss progress in mastering tasks and work processes, and discuss individual training needs and career progression.

Qualified Candidates Will Possess:

• 2+ years of acute care observation and/or same day surgery hospital outpatient coding experience required.
• RHIA, RHIT and/or CCS strongly preferred.
• Undergraduate (associates or bachelors) degree in HIM/HIT preferred.

Please visit our Parallon HCA Healthcare Coding Landing Page for more information on Coding Opportunities.

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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 full-service revenue cycle management as well as 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, all making an impact on patients, providers, and their 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 in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patients 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 are looking for an opportunity that provides satisfaction and personal growth, we encourage you to apply for our Outpatient Coder opening. 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 on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.