Corporate Coding Trainer - Inpatient at Nuvance Health in Danbury, Connecticut

Job Description:

Health Quest and Western Connecticut Health Network have combined to form a new nonprofit health system. The name for the new health system will be Nuvance Health. The new health system was created to provide communities across New York’s Hudson Valley and western Connecticut with more convenient, accessible and affordable care.

$5000 Sign On Bonus For External Hires!

Remote Coder positions are available in FL, CT, NC, SC, NY, NH, TX, AZ, NJ, PA, ME, and MA!

Nuvance Health has a network of convenient hospital and outpatient locations — Danbury Hospital, New Milford Hospital, Norwalk Hospital and Sharon Hospital in Connecticut, and Northern Dutchess Hospital, Putnam Hospital Center, and Vassar Brothers Medical Center in New York — plus multiple primary and specialty care physician practices locations.

Summary:

The Education Trainer is an important member of the Nuvance Health team. The Education Trainer is responsible for the design, development, and execution of the training curriculum to support our internal teams’ training needs in relation to the operation of the coding criteria, guidelines, and quality in order to create an internal pipeline for new talent for hard to fill coding positions.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct needs assessment and identify performance gaps and implement training best practices to ensure alignment with department needs.


• Lead training sessions with Team Members to ensure accurate coding assignments.


• Ensure compliance through education that is consistent with all applicable Federal, State, and/or County laws and regulations related to coding and documentation.


• Expert knowledge of DRG, APC, NCCI, LCD, NCD reimbursement methodologies and expertise in the coding of diagnoses and procedures to accurately apply diagnosis and procedure codes.


• Develop policies to reflect changes and guidelines from CMS, AMA, commercial payors, new and deleted codes, and communicate to staff and vendor partners.


• Assist teams with focus reviews for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10 PCS and Evaluation and Management (E&M) and CPT®, code assignment.


• Align conduct with AAPC and/or AHIMA’s Standards of Ethical Coding and the Company’s Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and support the Company’s Ethics and Compliance Program.

Other information:

• Experience in DRG Validation


• Experience teaching/providing education in a healthcare setting desired


• Minimum Experience Required: 5 years

What We Offer:

• Medical, Dental, Vision


• Paid Time Off (PTO)


• 401K


• Life and Disability


• Tuition Reimbursement


• In addition, we provide a range of voluntary benefits!!

Work Type: Full-Time

Work Shift: Monday - Friday 7:30am - 4:00pm

Salary Range: $31 - $45/hour (Pay depends on years of experience)

 

EOE, including disability/vets.

We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of a qualified applicant with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If you believe you require such assistance to complete this form or to participate in an interview, please contact Human Resources at 203-739-7330 (for reasonable accommodation requests only). Please provide all information requested to assure that you are considered for current or future opportunities.

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