OP Ancillary/Physician Coder

Our Client, a Healthcare company, is looking for an OP Ancillary/Physician Coder for their Fountain Valley, CA location.

Responsibilities:

• Possess analytical skills.
• Possess critical thinking and problemsolving skills.
• Solid understanding of the health care revenue cycle.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate information accurately and clearly.
• Provide excellent customer service.
• The ability to manage interpersonal relationships and effectively communicate with clinical partners and fellow business center teams.
• Detail oriented.
• Strong work ethic, honest, and dependable.
• Collaborative team player with the ability to adapt to the everchanging healthcare environment.
• Professional demeanor at all times.
• Maintain patient confidentiality.
• Maintain a safe and orderly work area.
• Personal time management skills - the ability to organize, prioritize, and multitask.
• Achievement of productivity standards as established by management.
• Achievement of quality standards as established by management.
• Analyze and interpret medical information in the medical record and assign and sequence the correct ICD10CM, CPT, and/or HCPCS codes to the diagnoses/procedures of office, inpatient and/or outpatient medical records according to established coding guidelines.
• Follow established workflow for working claim denials in the FollowUp work queues and identify opportunities for billing/coding improvements.
• Participate in developing, implementing, and reviewing programs for coding compliance monitoring, criteria for benchmark comparisons, organizational policies and procedures, and physician clinical documentation improvement programs.
• Optimization opportunities include, but are not limited to, work in the FollowUp and Claim Edit work queues and analyzing denial trends.
• Follow Coding Compliance department branding standards when communicating with clinical partners and fellow business center teams, and work collaboratively with Physician Billing Services Insurance and Customer Service Representatives to solve billing and coding issues.
• Perform monthly coding change report analysis/oversight on provider coding change trends and communicate/educate providers, as needed.
• Work weekly Missing Charge Reports to identify missed billable charges to maximize reimbursement.
• Be at work and be on time.
• Follow company policies, procedures and directives.
• Interact in a positive and constructive manner.
• Prioritize and multitask.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Three (3) years' experience working in a hospital or physician's office as a medical coder and interacting with physician.
• Expert knowledge of ICD10, CPT and HCPCS.
• Strong knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology.
• Proficient Microsoft skills.
• Epic software experience.
• Associate's degree.
• CPC, CCS or equivalent certification offered by the AAPC and AHIMA.
• Skills: Required
• EPIC
• Minimum Degree Required: Completed High School (Diploma or GED)
• Languages:
• English
• Read
• Write
• Speak

• Health Benefits
• Referral Program
• Excellent growth and advancement opportunities