Scottish Rite for Children

Scottish Rite for Children

Director of Coding and HIM

Dallas, TX · Director

Sponsorship not specified$11k-$24kDetected 30 days ago
Patient Care

About the role

  • Our patients are our number one priority!
  • We're committed to giving children back their childhood!

Responsibilities

  • Identify, report, and implement improvement plans for any non-compliant coding.
  • Collaborate with Revenue Cycle, Finance, and Clinical leaders to reduce denials and other sources of lost revenue
  • Maintain records in accordance with the requirements of Scottish Rite for Children, The Joint Commission (JACHO) standards and State/Federal regulations

Requirements

  • An Individual in this position will be required to list or carry weight in this group: Up to 11-24lbs
  • Bachelor's degree in related field required; master's degree preferred.
  • Certified Professional Coder (CPC), Certified Outpatient Coder (COC), Certified Inpatient Coder (CIC) Required

Compensation

  • Develop departmental budget and monitor the annual budget to remain within the allocations made

Benefits

  • Lead organizational education for coding and documentation compliance for both coding and clinical staff
  • Provide in-service education for employees through the supervisors in the HIM Department
  • Advise the medical staff and administration on the technical and administrative aspects of patient care records
  • Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) preferred
  • Active membership in the American Health Information Management Association preferred
  • Ability to communicate and work effectively with medical staff, department leaders, administration, and outside vendors/agencies required
  • Knowledge in federal and state laws and regulations on the medicolegal aspects of releasing any information from medical records required
  • Knowledge in medical and surgical terminology required

This listing is sourced directly from Scottish Rite for Children's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.