Remote Facility Coding Quality & Integrity Analyst

Advocate Health; Sioux Center (IA); Remote; USD 49,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

Advocate Health is seeking an experienced Facility Coding Quality Specialist to support professional and hospital coding practices, research payer and regulatory requirements, and maintain coding guidance for enterprise consistency.

The ideal candidate holds AHIMA or AAPC credentials (RHIA/RHIT/CCS/CCS-P/CPC), has inpatient coding experience, and a track record in audits, quality improvement, and compliance. Remote work is possible from approved states, with potential travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Facility/hospital inpatient coding experience required.
• AHIMA or AAPC certification (RHIA, RHIT, CCS, CCS-P, CPC) required or preferred.
• 5 years of expert-level professional or hospital-based coding experience.
• Experience with remote workforce operations is required.

Responsibilities

• Research, interpret, and apply coding, payer, and regulatory requirements to support accurate and compliant coding practices.
• Develop and maintain coding guidance, standard work, reference materials, and position statements to ensure enterprise consistency.
• Coordinate and support coding quality audits by routing requests, maintaining records, and verifying documentation completeness and accuracy.
• Track audit findings, quality issues, and compliance risks, documenting patterns and supporting corrective actions.
• Analyze coding quality data and audit results to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Prepare summaries, reports, and materials for leadership, audit reviews, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Partner with Integrity Operations, coding leadership, clinicians, and education teams to improve documentation quality and coding accuracy.
• Support regulatory, compliance, and quality-related projects, ensuring adherence to organizational policies and AHIMA coding standards.
• Respond to internal inquiries related to coding guidance, quality findings, and audit outcomes.
• Support testing, reporting validation, and workflow updates related to coding quality, guidance, and compliance initiatives.

Skills

Inpatient coding experience

Audits and quality reviews

Regulatory and payer requirements

Data analysis and reporting

Training and mentoring others

Education

Associate degree or equivalent

Tools

EHR systems

Coding software

Microsoft Office

Job description

Advocate Health is seeking an experienced Facility Coding Quality Specialist to support professional and hospital coding practices, research payer and regulatory requirements, and maintain coding guidance for enterprise consistency.

The ideal candidate holds AHIMA or AAPC credentials (RHIA/RHIT/CCS/CCS-P/CPC), has inpatient coding experience, and a track record in audits, quality improvement, and compliance. Remote work is possible from approved states, with potential travel as needed.