Assistant Director Enterprise Coding

Department Overview: Function/Duties of Position:

• Provide strategic leadership in developing and implementing coding policies, audit controls, and performance benchmarks across all coding units. Ensure accuracy, compliance, and timeliness of coding and charge capture processes.
• Collaborate with Provider Education, Coding Education team, senior leaders, compliance, and clinical stakeholders to drive innovation in coding workflows, documentation improvement, and system and tool optimization. Lead or support technology enhancements (e.g., encoder tools, EHR updates). Ensures that all senior management, department directors, managers and employees are informed of significant policies and procedures, and the outcomes of actual operations.
• Represent the Enterprise Coding department in institutional committees, workgroups, and industry forums. Serve as liaison to legal, compliance, and revenue cycle operations.
• Conducts personnel hires, written performance evaluations, to include standards for the evaluation of competencies for each job in operations; performs written assessments of employee performance based on responsibilities, competencies and performance targets in the job description. Communicates written, general objectives to employees in a manner that is clearly understood; utilizes job feedback mechanisms that clearly communicate to employees whether objectives are being accomplished. Ensures that employee turnover is not excessive or unreasonable given department circumstances that are subject to management control.
• Compiles reports and monitors activity related to professional coding and timeliness of charge submission. Develops, implements and maintains an operating environment presence which is timely in its response to all provider inquiries, operational management issues and production.
• Develops and maintains departmental statistics, indication of on-going workload and performance criteria. Prepares reviews, and submits annual departmental budget and is responsible for monitoring and complying with the approved operating budget. Prepares, audits and submits monthly department invoicing.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Minimum 5 years management or supervisory experience.
• Minimum 5 years experience in healthcare setting.
• Minimum of 5 years coding experience
• CPC or other coding certification

• Requires a strong background and successful track record in managing a department, data management, employee retention and excellent leadership skills.
• Knowledge of CPT, ICD-9 CM, HCPCS, CMS E/M guidelines.
• Thorough knowledge of the Medicare/Medicaid regulations, Federal Register, Federal and State Insurance Billing laws and Mandates.
• Proficiency with Microsoft tools such as word and Excel
• Minimum typing speed of 45 WPM.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills in working with the physicians and their office staff in resolving day-to-day operating challenges.
• The manager must promote cooperative relationships with OHSU providers by demonstrating a service oriented, efficient team approach.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Able to assess and direct departmental workflow and managing people effectively.
• Able to write policies, procedures and instructional material.
• Ability to plan and perform multi-task projects in a complex and changing environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Medical Terminology, anatomy/physiology

Additional Details:

• Medical, dental and vision coverage at low or no cost to employees Covered 100% for full-time employees and 88% for dependents
• Several retirement plans to choose from! – Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan and University Pension Plan, voluntary savings plans (403b, 401a and 457b)
• Up to 200 hours (equal to 25 full days) a year of paid time off
• 96 hours of sick leave a year (prorated by FTE status)
• Commuter subsidies
• Tuition reimbursement
• Access to group life insurance, disability insurance and other supplemental benefits
  Annual Raises
• Employee discounts to local and major businesses
• Childcare service discounts
• Growth/Development Opportunities

All are welcome: Oregon Health & Science University values a diverse and culturally competent workforce. We are proud of our commitment to being an equal opportunity, affirmative action organization that does not discriminate against applicants on the basis of any protected class status, including disability status and protected veteran status. Individuals with diverse backgrounds and those who promote diversity and a culture of inclusion are encouraged to apply. To request reasonable accommodation contact the Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Department at 503-494-5148 or [email protected].