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Traveling Coding Educator - Dallas/Ft Worth Metroplex Telecommuter - Full-time / Part-time
Hours | Full-time, Part-time |
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Location | Dallas, TX Dallas, Texas |
About this job
Position Description:
No industry is moving faster than health care. And no organization is better positioned to lead health care forward. We need attention to every detail with an eye for the points no one has considered. The rewards for performance are significant. You'll help improve the health of millions. And you'll do your life's best work.SM
Job Responsibilities:
- Acts as a liaison between various business partners within the organization
- Create, develop and execute processes for coding and standard documentation guidelines
- Be familiar standard requirements of electronic health record (EHR) systems and/or electronic medical record (EMR) systems
- Ability to manage educational barriers and challenges to provide a positive outcome
- Analyzes results and identifies patterns, trends and variations in coding and documentation practices
- Create, develop and execute policies and procedures
- Create, develop and execute health related materials
- Provide guidance and coaching to coding educators and physicians
- Create, develop and execute professional standard formats of power point presentations to present to leadership, medical directors and local provider community
- Ability to research and provide dependable coding resources approved by the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Ability to maintain and interpret coding conventions, updates and apply federal and state coding guideline standards to ensure accurate documentation and coding
- Ability to sustain level of coding accuracy to support other departmental needs
- Able to multitask thoroughly in high stress, and fast moving environment.
- Basic, structured, standard approach to work
Requirements
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or HS diploma/GED with 2+ years of equivalent Coding experience.
- 2+ Years of Healthcare coding and documentation experience
- 2+ Years Provider Relations experience
- Must have 1 of the following: CPC, CCS-P, CRC, COC, CCS, RHIT, RHIA, LVN, LPN, and/or RN
- Must have previous experience and understand the operations of a physician practice and/or physician group
- Must be willing to travel 80% to 100% within your assigned territory
- Must have reliable transportation,with a valid driver's license and insurance
Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous project management experience
- Previous experience in tracking and planning projects
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.