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SSM Health is a Catholic, not-for-profit health system serving the comprehensive health needs of communities across the Midwest through a robust and fully integrated health care delivery system. The organization’s 40,000 team members and more than 12,800 providers are committed to providing exceptional health care services and revealing God’s healing presence to everyone they serve.
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With care delivery sites in Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and Wisconsin, SSM Health includes 23 hospitals, more than 300 physician offices and other outpatient and virtual care services, 13 post-acute facilities, comprehensive home care and hospice services, a pharmacy benefit company, a health insurance company and an accountable care organization. It is one of the largest employers in every community it serves.

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Jon Dirksen

Executive Talent Acquisition

jon.dirksen@ssmhealth.com

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Job Summary:

Directs the operations and compliance for the hospital coding team and functions. This is a remote role, but preference given to candidates who live within SSM's footprint (Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, Oklahoma).

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides direct oversight of daily operations including management of coding leadership and staff. Provides support and acts as a mentor while providing guidance to ensure their success.
• Implements coding policies, guidelines and procedures and identifies growth opportunities
• Ensures the Revenue Cycle goals, objectives, and vision are achieved. Oversees coding work load and staffing plans to ensure appropriate distribution of work, accuracy, and timeliness.
• Maintains an understanding of governmental regulatory changes within the industry, local markets, etc. that may require updates, modifications, or changes to coding and charge capture policies, procedures, set-up, or processes to ensure compliance with these regulations. Collaborates with corporate responsibility to ensure compliance with all federal and state regulations
• Works collaboratively with other departments and system ministries to improve coding efficiency, quality, clinical documentation, productivity, service excellence, and appropriate reimbursement for services.
• Monitors and justifies all expenditures exceeding budgeted targets. Seeks innovative ways to reduce operating expenses and develops the necessary programs to deliver cost-effective services and products.
• Serves as a subject matter expert for the organization on coding/charging functions. Interacts regularly with coders, physicians, quality, compliance and other health care practitioners to ensure common understanding of coding and documentation guidelines/principles, as well as government and commercial payer rules and regulations
• Works collaboratively with other departments to share feedback and ensure high functioning revenue cycle processes
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor's degree in business, healthcare or related field, or equivalent years of experience and education

EXPERIENCE

• Seven years' hospital coding experience, with five years' in leadership

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Rare climbing.

Licenses / Certifications:

Certified Coding Associate (CCA) - American Health Information Management Assoc (AHIMA), Certified Coding Specialist - Physician-based (CCS-P) - American Health Information Management Assoc (AHIMA), Certified Professional Coder (CPC®) - American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC), Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) - American Health Information Management Assoc (AHIMA), Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) - American Health Information Management Assoc (AHIMA)

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)Employee8702000033 HIM Coding Hospital40

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