Description
The Hospital Coding Educator is responsible for coordinating and conducting coding training and developing training content and materials for the Franciscan Alliance Corporate Coding Department, hospital outpatient and professional coding staff. This position ensures training practices are standardized and result in consistent coding outcomes, as well as provides input regarding the content of policies and procedures.
WHO WE ARE
With 12 ministries and access points across Indiana and Illinois, Franciscan Health is one of the largest Catholic health care systems in the Midwest. Franciscan Health takes pride in hiring coworkers that provide compassionate, comprehensive care for our patients and the communities we serve.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
- Develops and maintains all corporate outpatient coding education, training policies and procedures, and coding reference materials.
- Leads training sessions and assess coder comprehension of covered materials.
- Makes recommendations for the development of coding resources and policy and procedure development.
Assists corporate coding leadership with training and/or development of a performance improvement track for coding coworkers in the corrective action process related to quality or productivity performance. - Coordinates with Coding Auditors to prepare education material based on audit results.
Develops and maintains a consistent coding operations orientation program and reports the coders' progress to coding leadership throughout the orientation and training processes
Maintains expert knowledge of Franciscan Alliance coding software tools. - Assists with development and maintenance of software system workflow for standardization and maximum efficiency.
- Oversees system testing with regards to any published software updates or software functionality changes.
QUALIFICATIONS
Associate's Degree - Required
Bachelor's Degree - Preferred
5 years professional or outpatient coding experience with RHIT/RHIA - Required
3 years Coding Manager or Trainer/Auditor- Preferred
Surgical coding experience - Required
