Position Summary:
The Coding Support Specialist is responsible for the administrative support of the Coding Department.Duties include, but not limited to, maintaining and coordinating physician coding logs, inputting charges from coded charge tickets, data entry as needed, coordinates retrieval of dictation reports on outstanding accounts, ensures all records completed for month end and tracks all outstanding accounts pending completion of the coding process.
Essential Functions:
* Must possess effective and efficient communication skills, computer skills, basic Microsoft Office Product experience and phone skills
* Must be able to handle stressful situations, multitask a variety of responsibilities and work under strict timelines
* Must be proficient in 10 key data entry.
* Must be able to read and understand physician charge tickets to ensure correct charge entry.
* Employee is expected to maintain a courteous and professional relationship with staff, management, clients, payors and all other entities they may encounter.
* Employee must be detailed oriented, organized, flexible and be able to function successfully in extremely busy office setting.
* Must be able to complete multiple duties on a daily basis while paying close attention to quality of work to ensure minimal errors.
* Maintains knowledge of applicable rules, regulations, policies, laws and guidelines that impact CBO offices operations.
* Must be able to recognize charge entry issues and articulate them to their manager.
* Adheres to internal controls for applicable state/federal laws, program requirements for federal, state and private health plans and seeks guidance as necessary to ensure proper understanding.
* Effectively working and cooperating with supervisors, co-workers and clients.
* Following the directions of supervisors.
* Refraining from causing or contributing to disruption in the workplace.
* Regular and Reliable attendance.
* Performs other duties as assigned.
Functional Accountabilities:
* Coordinates that all information, charging and coding are completed for all patients on the physician logs.
* Maintains the physician logs and surgery coding logs.
* Notates physician logs when an account is showing as cancelled and verifies cancelation with offices as needed.
* Enters charges and demographic information for physician providers.
* Assures all surgery tickets are submitted and accounted for by researching the missing ticket reports and the physician logs.
* Collection of procedure reports.
* Printing of charge tickets for all surgical procedures and hospital consultations.
* Reviews physician’s calendars for procedures that may not have an encounter entered into the billing system.
* Contacts physician offices if need procedures dictated, entry of insurance information, cases built, authorizations noted, encounter numbers created or other information necessary to complete charge entry.
* Communicates with manager on any issues with receiving pertinent information required to successfully code, enter and submit charges on behalf of our clients.
Qualifications:
What We Offer
As an organization, one way we care for our communities and each other is by providing a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
Strength in Numbers
United Surgical Partners International (USPI) and Tenet have combined forces to create the nation’s largest ambulatory surgery provider. Our combined network of exceptional surgical and imaging facilities includes approximately 20 imaging centers, and over 265 short-stay surgical facilities. Together, our partnerships include 50 health systems and more than 4,000 physicians.
Nationwide Experience
Our partners deliver high quality ambulatory solutions in safe, efficient and caring USPI facilities in communities of every size across 29 states. Our physician partners are focused on providing quality patient care, in part because they are invested in their USPI facility. We provide the infrastructure and support they need to perform their best. This is one of the advantages of partnering with USPI.
Quality Patient Services
We share a vision with our physician and health system partners. Our goal is to provide the quality of healthcare services we would insist upon for our own families. Since our founding in 1998, this goal has helped us grow exponentially. Today, our strategic joint venture with Tenet establishes USPI as one of the nation's leading providers of ambulatory solutions.
Operating Excellence
Our size and experience in developing and operating ambulatory facilities and strategic vision allow our facilities to achieve both high patient satisfaction and solid financial results. Moreover, because we engage physicians in the governance and growth of the facility, we also achieve excellent clinical outcomes.