Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The University of Washington is seeking an Outpatient Coding Education Analyst to join their UW Medicine Enterprise Records and Health Information team. This role involves performing auditing, education, and training related to coding, while serving as a resource for coding guidelines and compliance.
Responsibilities
- Serve as an organization resource and content expert for current documentation and coding guidelines
- Perform coding audits, analyze results and create audit reports and provide education and training on the results of internal audits and partner with Compliance on external audit education
- Review DRG and CPT claim denials for commercial payers and maintain written documentation of actions, activities or assessments (e.g., investigations, patient rights, audits, process improvement projects, corrective action plans, education and training plans) in accordance with state and federal law, and institutional policies
- Retains records in accordance with the UW Medicine Records Retention Schedule and department policy
- Evaluate billing/coding/documentation behavior and identify recommendations for improvement
- Review, analyze and determine effectiveness of training, assess effectiveness against entity/workforce member type/and industry KPI's and recommend enhancements to training content and user experience
- Maintain written documentation of actions, activities or assessments (e.g., investigations, audits) in accordance with state and federal law, and institutional policies
- Develop and deliver role-specific training for ERHI Coding staff, develop and implement effective monitoring, auditing and risk assessment activities
- Manage or conduct audits, and ensure they are performed in accordance with the UW Medicine Audit Policy
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in a Health Sciences discipline, Business Administration or related field; or an equivalent combination of education and/or work experience
- Minimum of 3 years increasingly responsible related experience, including coding auditing, analysis, education and training
Benefits
- For information about benefits for this position, visit https://www.washington.edu/jobs/benefits-for-uw-staff/
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