Coder, Profee

Location: ruralMED - Remote CST

About the Job

Welcome to Ovation Healthcare!

At Ovation Healthcare (formerly QHR Health), we’ve been making local healthcare better for more than 40 years. Our mission is to strengthen independent community healthcare. We provide independent hospitals and health systems with the support, guidance and tech-enabled shared services needed to remain strong and viable. With a strong sense of purpose and commitment to operating excellence, we help rural healthcare providers fulfill their missions.

The Ovation Healthcare difference is the extraordinary combination of operations experience and consulting guidance that fulfills our mission of creating a sustainable future for healthcare organizations. Ovation Healthcare’s vision is to be a dynamic, integrated professional services company delivering innovative and executable solutions through experience and thought leadership, while valuing trust, respect, and customer focused behavior.

We’re looking for talented, motivated professionals with a desire to help independent hospitals thrive. Working with Ovation Healthcare, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with highly skilled subject matter specialists and operations executives, in a collegial atmosphere of professionalism and teamwork.

Ovation Healthcare’s corporate headquarters is located in Brentwood, TN. For more information, visit www.ovationhc.com.

Summary:

ruralMED is seeking Certified Profee and/or Facility Coders with a minimum of three years' experience in a hospital and/or clinic setting coding, prefer Critical Access Hospital and Rural Health but not necessary. Seeking knowledge in the following areas, Inpatient, Observations, Emergency, Same Day Surgery, Ancillary, Recurring therapies, Provider-based and Free standing clinics/offices. Must be able to pass testing on proficiency and knowledge. Must be proficient in excel, can multi-task, excellent communication skills both verbally and in writing. Must be able to maintain a 95% QA accuracy rate as well as productivity standards. Must be able to follow official coding guidelines.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Apply appropriate coding classification standards and guidelines to medical record documentation for accurate coding.
• Resolve medical record documentation deficiencies through healthcare provider query, and provides routine feedback to healthcare providers to correct deficiencies.
• Perform quality assessment of records, including verification of medical record documentation (both electronic and hand written).
• Responsible for researching errors or missing documentation from medical record, in order to provide accurate coding processes.
• Abstracts and assigns the appropriate ICD-10, HCPCS/CPT codes; including Level I & Level II modifiers as appropriate for all diagnosis and procedures performed in an outpatient and inpatient setting.

Work Experience, Education, and Certifications:

• Three years’ experience in Facility/Pro-Fee coding
• AHIMA/AAPC Coder Certified: CIC, COC, CPC-Payer, RHIT, CCS, CCS-P, etc.
• CPT, HCPCS, ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS
• AHIMA/AAPC Membership

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements:

• Reliable high-speed internet connection is required for all remote/hybrid positions.
• Must have access to stable Wi-Fi with sufficient bandwidth to support video conferencing, cloud-based tools, and other online work-related activities.
• A HIPAA-compliant work environment is required, including a secure workspace free from unauthorized access or interruptions, no use of public Wi-Fi unless connected through a secure company-provided VPN, and compliance with all applicable HIPAA privacy and security regulations.

Benefits

The base compensation range for this position is:

$49,603.71 - $74,405.56

Compensation ranges could be hourly or salary depending upon the exempt status of the posted position.

Beginning compensation is determined based on objective factors such as location, qualifications, skills, certifications, and experience. Typically, a candidate is hired in the lower to midpoint of the range; the top end of the range is reserved for candidates with extensive specialized experience and mastery within the role. Compensation may increase over time based on performance, experience, and tenure.

Compensation is only part of Ovation's total compensation package. Some additional benefits offered to full-time associates are:

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long-term disability coverage
• HSA with employer contributions, flexible spending accounts for health care, and dependent care accounts
• Wellness platform with premium incentives
• Employee assistance support and additional voluntary supplemental plans including accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and child disability insurance
• Robust and flexible paid time off offerings and company paid holidays
• 401(k) plan with discretionary employer match opportunities
• Professional development opportunities
• Company issued equipment