Reimbursement Coding Representative - Family & Community Medicine, College of Medicine
Hiring Department: Family and Community Medicine
Location: Chicago, IL USA
Requisition ID: 1035786
FTE: 1
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 9:00am – 5:00pm
Shift: Days
# of Positions: 1
Workplace Type: Hybrid
Posting Close Date: August 4, 2025
Salary Range (commensurate with experience): $23.45 - 31.30 / Hourly Wage
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Under the direction of the Director of Administrative Operations (DAO), the Reimbursement Coding Specialist is responsible for the management of the overall billing and coding operations for the Department of Family Medicine. This includes oversight of the daily billing and coding operations; working closely with the billing service (WWT) and patient accounts to assure proper billing; managing, directing, and monitoring coding activities for medical providers; monitoring and reporting on provider productivity; and assisting with training and teaching continuous education to clinical staff while adhering to ethical practices and third party payer guidelines.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Monitor and report on billing and coding operations in the Department, including provider productivity. Assure that all billable services are captured and billed.
- Conduct regular audits of clinical encounter, billing, and collection data. Advises leadership of operational issues and actions necessary for resolution.
- Serve as liaison to Wood, Wolcott, Taylor (WWT) billing company and Medical Service Plan (MSP) to coordinate patient billing and collections. Assure that all billable services are captured and billed.
- Assists medical providers, clinic and billing staff with coding, billing, and documentation issues. Assist with the training of Physicians, and other clinical professionals regarding managed care policies and procedures, correct coding, and medical office billing procedure.
- Resolves billing questions from patients, faculty, and staff. Provide customer service to patients regarding their billing. Serve as a liaison to WWT and Hospital Patient Accounts to resolve patient billing issues.
- Assist in the development of departmental policies and procedures related to coding.
- Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications Required:
1. High school graduation or equivalent.
2. Any one or any combination totaling 18 months from the following categories:
A. Work experience in a healthcare setting (i.e., hospital, physician’s office, nursing home, billing agency) utilizing ICD-10, and CPT coding systems, Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS), and the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) systems of coding to assign codes for services provided to patients.
B. College course work relating to healthcare operations includes the following topics such as Medical Terminology, Human Anatomy and Physiology, ICD-10 Coding, and CPT Coding, or closely related courses.
1. 6 semester hours equals 6 months
2. 12 semester hours equals 12 months
3. 18 semester hours equals 18 months
Current designation as Certified Professional Coder-Apprentice (CPC-A), Certified Professional Coder (CPC) or a Certified Outpatient Coder (COC) by the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) (formerly CPC-H certification) or current certification as a Certified Coding Associate (CCA), Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) or Certified Coding Specialist-Physician-based (CCS-P) or Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) or Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) satisfies all the requirements for this classification.
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