Hospital Outpatient Professional Coding Educator

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 coding experience at Franciscan Health with CCS certification - Required or

• 5 years professional or outpatient coding experience with RHIT/RHIA - Required

• 3 years Coding Manager or Trainer/Auditor- Preferred

• Surgical coding experience - Required

• Proficient in Excel, Word and PowerPoint - Required

• Detail Oriented - Required

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

It is the policy of Franciscan Alliance to provide equal employment to its employees and qualified applicants for employment as otherwise required by an applicable local, state or Federal law.

Franciscan Alliance reserves a Right of Conscience objection in the event local, state or Federal ordinances that violate its values and the free exercise of its religious rights.

Franciscan Alliance is committed to equal employment opportunity.

Franciscan provides eligible employees with comprehensive benefit offerings. Find an overview on the benefit section of our career site, jobs.franciscanhealth.org.