Coding Supervisor / Coding Team Lead
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JobgetherHealthcare coding
100% remote position available to candidates in the United States., Eastern Time business hoursContractLead
Salary30 - 35 USD per hour
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Job Details
- Experience
- At least 3 years of professional coding experience
- Required Skills
- HIPAA
Requirements
- Hold an active RHIA, RHIT, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, or CPC-H credential.
- Have at least 3 years of professional coding experience.
- Have supervisory, team-lead, or coding quality-assurance experience.
- Demonstrate knowledge of inpatient and outpatient coding, including ICD-10-CM/PCS, CPT, HCPCS, DRGs, E/M, and NCCI edits.
- Have completed an accredited coding, Health Information Management, or Health Information Technician program.
- Complete required annual VA Privacy and Information Security Awareness and HIPAA training, including TMS 10176 and 10203.
- Experience with VA/VHA HIMS environments and systems such as VistA, CPRS, PTF, PCE, and Integrated Billing is preferred.
- Experience managing remote coding teams across multiple facilities and/or coding auditing or QA experience is highly desirable.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary point of contact for VA HIMS supervisors and coding leads during required Eastern Time business hours.
- Assign coding work and monitor productivity, turnaround times, and facility deadlines.
- Review at least 5% of coded data, including ICD-10-CM/PCS, CPT, DRGs, and abstracted data, and provide weekly facility-level results.
- Develop corrective action plans and coach coders when accuracy falls below the 95% threshold.
- Answer coder questions about documentation and coding interpretation, escalating complex issues to VA contacts as needed.
- Coordinate pre-billing record re-reviews and support responses to claim denials.
- Prepare and contribute to monthly progress reports, quarterly summaries, kickoff materials, work plans, staffing rosters, and training documentation.
- Train coding staff on VA policies, VHA coding guidelines, and VistA and CPRS workflows, and monitor required training and background-investigation requirements.
- Anticipate staffing changes and coordinate coder transition plans, including required overlap periods.
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