Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. SSM Health is hiring a Supervisor, Coding Education to lead the daily operations and development of its coding educator team. The role oversees training, coding audits, compliance, and performance feedback, and collaborates with coding operations leadership to improve education and audit processes.

Responsibilities

• Leads and coordinates shift operations, work assignments and daily priorities of assigned activities, resources, and associates
• Assists coding staff, physicians, and other health care practitioners with questions regarding coding and documentation guidelines. Provides ongoing feedback based on observations from coding physician/provider documentation. Assists in educational needs of coding staff based on these conversations and questions
• Coordinates design, development, maintenance, and delivering of training curricula, coding job aids, reference materials, and workshops for providers and coders. Recommends process improvements, automation, or tools to improve accuracy, efficiency, and compliance
• Oversees audits of provider documentation and coding accuracy to assess compliance, identify gaps, and develop corrective education plans
• Tracks audit findings, trends, and metrics; reports results to leadership and stakeholders
• Ensures that coding policies, procedures, and guidelines are up to date and align with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), payer, and regulatory requirements
• Supervises, mentors, and develops a team of coding education specialists, auditors, or trainers. Sets goals, conducts performance reviews, manages staff schedules, and monitors productivity and quality
• Collaborates with coding operations leadership to integrate education and audit feedback loops into daily operations
• Prepares reports, dashboards, metrics, and educational impact analysis to leadership
• Leads or contributes to special projects, initiatives, and regulatory audits as assigned
• Provides input for hiring, training, leading, and evaluating staff
• Performs other duties as assigned

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in business, healthcare or related field, or equivalent combination of experience and education
• Four years' experience
• Certified Coding Associate (CCA) - American Health Information Management Assoc (AHIMA)
• Certified Coding Specialist - Physician-based (CCS-P) - American Health Information Management Assoc (AHIMA)
• Certified Outpatient Coder (COC) - American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC)
• Certified Professional Coder (CPC®) - American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC)
• Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) - American Health Information Management Assoc (AHIMA)
• Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) - American Health Information Management Assoc (AHIMA)

Benefits

• Remote work

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