Senior Process Analyst - Medical Coding

The Opportunity

Huron helps its clients drive growth, enhance performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. We help healthcare organizations build innovation capabilities and accelerate key growth initiatives, enabling organizations to own the future, instead of being disrupted by it. Together, we empower clients to create sustainable growth, optimize internal processes and deliver better consumer outcomes.
Health systems, hospitals and medical clinics are under immense pressure to improve clinical outcomes and reduce the cost of providing patient care. Investing in new partnerships, clinical services and technology is not enough to create meaningful and substantive change. To succeed long-term, healthcare organizations must empower leaders, clinicians, employees, affiliates and communities to build cultures that foster innovation to achieve the best outcomes for patients.
Joining the Huron team means you’ll help our clients evolve and adapt to the rapidly changing healthcare environment and optimize existing business operations, improve clinical outcomes, create a more consumer-centric healthcare experience, and drive physician, patient and employee engagement across the enterprise.
Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future.

Position Summary

Qualifications

Responsible for the day-to-day production and quality functions of a team of coders specializing in meeting client production goals and coding accuracy goals. Plans, directs, supervises and evaluates feedback workflows and coordinates activities across all coding staff assigned to the team.
Excellent communication skills, attention to detail, and strong technical and problem solving skills are essential aspects of this role.
JOB DETAILS:

• Perform a variety of activities involving the coding of medical records by ascribing accurate diagnosis and CPT codes as per ICD-10 and CPT-4 systems of coding
• Perform Coding for Outpatient and/or Inpatient records with a minimum of 96% accuracy and as per turnaround time requirements
• Exceeds the productivity standards for Medical Coding - as per the productivity norms for inpatient and/or speciality specific outpatient coding standards
• Maintains high degree of professional and ethical standards
• Focuses on continuous improvement by working on projects that enables customers to arrest revenue leakage while being in compliance with the standards
• Focuses on updating coding skills, knowledge, and accuracy by participating in coding team meetings and educational conferences
• Experience in specialties such as Inpatient, E&M, Acute, Ambulatory, Cardiology, Radiology, Pathology, Anesthesia, Emergency Room, Surgery, and others
• Exposure to CPT-4, ICD-9, ICD-10, and HCPCS coding
• Understand the client requirements and specifications of the project and code the charts accordingly
• Code records by following prescribed coding standards such as ICD-9/ ICD-10 and CPT
• Ensure patient information are correct and appropriate signatures on all medical records
• Assign appropriate medical codes to all diagnosis and services
• Follow client specific guidelines wherever applicable & working as per client updates and coding the charts accordingly
• Meet the productivity targets of clients within the stipulated time
• Ensure that the deliverables to the client adhere to the quality standards
• Prepare and maintain status reports

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Graduate in Life Science, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Zoology, Microbiology discipline
• 2+ years of industry experience
• CPC – Certified Coding Professional or
• CCS - Certified Coding Specialist

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