Remote Clinician Coding Educator & Liaison

Aurora Health Care; Allenton (WI); Remote; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Aurora Health Care is seeking a senior coding educator and compliance specialist to lead education for physicians and APPs, ensuring accurate documentation from onboarding and ongoing reviews.

The role focuses on CPT/ICD-10-CM, HCPCS, risk adjustment, NCCI, and Epic system optimization, with collaboration across CMOs, Clinical Informatics, and Risk Adjustment to improve documentation and reimbursement.

Qualifications

• RHIA or RHIT, or CCS/CCS-P, or CPC certification; AHIMA/AAPC credentials preferred.
• Advanced revenue cycle management training completed; high school diploma or GED required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver proactive coding education via newsletters, scorecards, and presentations covering CPT (E&M, modifiers), ICD-10-CM, HCPCS, Risk Adjustment, payer requirements, and rejection resolutions.
• Lead onboarding and compliance training for Physicians/APPs, including Locum Tenens, residents, and students, ensuring documentation accuracy from the start.
• Provide individualized documentation feedback by reviewing new clinician records and conducting spot checks, escalating non-coding issues to appropriate teams.
• Serve as primary coding contact; coordinate with internal teams to resolve complex issues such as NCCI bundling and high-complexity charge edits.
• Monitor Epic work queues (charge review, follow-up, claim edit) to ensure timely and accurate charge submissions and reduce claim denials.
• Collaborate across departments including CMOs, Clinical Informatics, Risk Adjustment, and Population Health to enhance documentation practices and system optimization.
• Participate in specialty and department meetings, identifying trends and delivering targeted education to improve coding and documentation accuracy.
• Refine Epic documentation tools (templates, order entries, diagnosis lists, SmartSets/SmartPhrases) to improve efficiency and accuracy.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory standards including Medicare, Medicaid, and AHIMA’s Standards of Ethical Coding, while maintaining expert knowledge of evolving policies.
• Promote a culture of ethical coding and continuous improvement, supporting clinicians with timely updates, feedback, and education to ensure accurate reimbursement and compliance.

Skills

Advanced Coding Expertise

Medical Terminology & Anatomy

Epic & Reporting Solutions

Critical Thinking & Analytical Skills

Interpersonal Communication

Advanced Computer Skills

Organizational & Prioritization Skills

Independent Decision-Making

Collaboration & Initiative

Education

Advanced revenue cycle management training

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Epic

Reporting Tools

Job description

Aurora Health Care is seeking a senior coding educator and compliance specialist to lead education for physicians and APPs, ensuring accurate documentation from onboarding and ongoing reviews.

The role focuses on CPT/ICD-10-CM, HCPCS, risk adjustment, NCCI, and Epic system optimization, with collaboration across CMOs, Clinical Informatics, and Risk Adjustment to improve documentation and reimbursement.