The Coding Manager is responsible for leading and supervising the health information management coding staff. Establish coding policies that comply with coding standards. Develop and implement training, auditing, and continuing education programs for the coding staff. Oversees the workflow ensuring all records are coded within established timeframes. Manages DNFB. Ensures systems are updated.
Education:
Minimum - High School or Equivalent. Preferred - Associate's Degree in Health Information Management, Nursing, or other related field.
Experience:
Required - 5 or more years working coding in an acute care setting.
Training/License:
Required - Medical Terminology and Coding courses. Preferred - Advanced Medical Terminology and Anatomy/Physiology. Knowledge of automated coding/abstracting systems. Required - Clinical Coding Specialist (C.C.S.), Registered Health Information Technologist (R.H.I.T.) Registered Health Information Administrator (R.H.I.A.) or Certified Professional Coder (C.P.C.).
Other:
Required - Working knowledge of computer systems especially PCs and networked environments. Knowledge of alphabetical, numeric, and terminal digit filing systems. Ability to interact professionally with all levels of hospital personnel, especially the medical staff. Basic administrative skills (filing, data entry, answering telephone) Preferred - Must be able to prioritize work and meet deadlines.
About Us:
HealthAlliance Hospital - Mary's Avenue Campus
HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley operates a 315-bed healthcare system comprising HealthAlliance Hospital: Mary's Avenue Campus and HealthAlliance Hospital: Broadway Campus in Kingston, NY, and Margaretville Hospital in Margaretville, NY. It also operates Mountainside Residential Care Center, an 82-bed facility in Margaretville. As Ulster County's largest employer, HealthAlliance is committed to attracting the best-qualified medical and support staff; providing outstanding, responsive, coordinated, compassionate patient- and family-centered care; excelling in clinical outcomes and patient experiences; and ensuring patient rights, privacy and respect are honored at all times, while improving the overall health and well-being of the diverse communities it serves.
WMCHealth is a 1,900-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, New York, with ten hospitals on eight campuses spanning 6,200 square miles of the Hudson Valley. WMCHealth employs more than 12,000 people and has nearly 3,000 attending physicians. From Level 1, Level 2 and Pediatric Trauma Centers, the region’s only acute care children’s hospital, an academic medical center, several community hospitals, dozens of specialized institutes and centers, a state of the art Telemedicine program, skilled nursing, assisted living facilities, homecare services and one of the largest mental health systems in New York State, today WMCHealth is the pre-eminent provider of integrated healthcare in the Hudson Valley.
NYSSOS serves the interests of New York orthopaedists and their patients by helping to create an optimal practice environment in which to provide quality and efficacious orthopaedic care.
Contacts
info@nyssos.org
1-518-439-0000
Address: PO Box 38004, Albany, NY 12203
