Remote Clinician Coding Liaison - Coding Education Lead

Advocate Health; Louisiana; Remote; USD 74,000 - 111,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dental

Health benefits

Paid Time Off

Educational Assistance Program

Job summary

Advocate Health is seeking a senior Revenue Cycle Coding Educator to drive proactive CPT/ICD-10-CM/HCPCS education, governance, and documentation accuracy for physicians and APPs. You will lead onboarding, spot-checks, and issue resolution in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities include coordinating with CMOs and Risk Adjustment teams, guiding Epic-related workflows, and reducing denials while ensuring adherence to Medicare/Medicaid and AHIMA coding standards.

Qualifications

• Certification and training in RHIA/RHIT/CCS/CCS-P/CPC required.
• High school diploma or GED required.
• 4 years of experience in expert-level professional coding.

Responsibilities

• Deliver proactive coding education through 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 all employed 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 the primary contact for coding inquiries, coordinating 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, including templates, order entries, diagnosis lists, and 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

ICD/CPT/HCPCS coding

Epic experience

Regulatory compliance

Analytical thinking

Communication

Education

RHIA

RHIT

CCS

CCS-P

CPC

Job description

Advocate Health is seeking a senior Revenue Cycle Coding Educator to drive proactive CPT/ICD-10-CM/HCPCS education, governance, and documentation accuracy for physicians and APPs. You will lead onboarding, spot-checks, and issue resolution in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities include coordinating with CMOs and Risk Adjustment teams, guiding Epic-related workflows, and reducing denials while ensuring adherence to Medicare/Medicaid and AHIMA coding standards.