Provider Coding Educator, FT, Days, - Remote

Prisma Health; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Prisma Health in the United States seeks a skilled Medical Billing & Coding Specialist to ensure accurate provider service coding per CPT, ICD-10 and HCPCS guidelines. You will educate clinicians, perform audits, and support staff with coding education and training sessions.

You will maintain current certifications, stay updated on regulations, and collaborate with Compliance and Education Services to improve coding accuracy and revenue integrity across the physician practice.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or related field required.
• Three years billing and/or coding experience required.
• In lieu of degree: associate degree with 5 years coding/billing experience or HS diploma with 7 years.
• CPC certification required.

Responsibilities

• Code provider services according to CPT, ICD-10 and HCPCS guidelines.
• Educate providers and coding staff on proper coding practices and guidelines.
• Review physician charges and respond to coding questions in a timely manner.
• Maintain compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations.
• Coordinate instruction for PMCC Coding Curriculum if applicable and update knowledge.

Skills

Data entry

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business or related field of study

Associate degree with 5 years coding or coding/billing experience in a professional billing setting

High School Diploma with 7 years coding or coding/billing experience in a professional billing setting

Job description

Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

Job Summary

Ensures all provider services are completely and accurately coded according to approved coding guidelines. Provides coding support to the providers and staff by performing periodic coding reviews, conducting various coding education and training sessions.

Essential Functions

• All team members are expected to be knowledgeable and compliant with Prisma Health’s purpose: Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.
• Educates providers and coding staff within the physician practice setting on proper CPT, ICD-10 and HCPCS coding. Performs random reviews of physician charges to identify opportunities for charge capture, ICD-10 specificity and proper coding of all services rendered.
• Reviews and responds to coding questions submitted by physicians and coding staff within a timely manner.
• Communicates billing related issues to assigned supervisor/manager.
• Shadows provider and coding staff to confirm coding is supported by medical record documentation and identify opportunities to improve upon documentation and coding.
• Participates in workshops, seminars, webinars, and other educational opportunities to ensure continued learning. Maintain current certification(s) and working knowledge if ICD-10 and CPT coding guidelines.
• Recommends changes to billing procedures to achieve compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations.
• Obtains and maintains instructor status for AAPC PMCC Coding Curriculum, if applicable. Coordinates class schedule and provides instruction for the PMCC Coding Curriculum offered by the AAPC, if applicable.
• Maintains knowledge if state and federal regulatory guidelines related to proper coding.
• Participates in meetings with Corporate Compliance in order to identify opportunities for improvement. Schedules education sessions with providers to provide education based on audit findings, if applicable.
• Participates in A/R Meetings in order to improve overall coding when applicable.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervisory/Management Responsibilities

• This is a non-management job that will report to a supervisor, manager, director or executive.

Minimum Requirements

• Education - Bachelor’s degree in Business or related field of study
• Experience - Three (3) years billing and/or coding experience

In Lieu Of

• Associate degree with 5 years of coding or coding/billing experience in a professional billing setting. High School Diploma with 7 years coding or coding/billing experience in a professional billing setting.

Required Certifications, Registrations, Licenses

• CPC - CERT PROFESSIONAL CODER
  

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Data entry skills

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Location

Independence Pointe

Facility

Corporate

Department

Medical Group Coding & Education Services

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