Charging Specialist Coder
More Than Just Care, It’s Community Imagine doing meaningful work in a place where people vacation. That’s life at Munson Healthcare - northern Michigan’s largest healthcare system, with eight award-winning community hospitals serving over half a million residents across 29 counties. If you want a career in healthcare and a lifestyle most people only dream about – with freshwater lakes, scenic trails, charming downtowns, a vibrant arts scene, and endless outdoor adventures - you might just be Munson Material. To us, that means teammates who live by our values of excellence, teamness, positivity, creativity, and a commitment to creating exceptional experiences for our patients and each other. Join a team that delivers outstanding care in one of the most beautiful regions in the country. Invested in You • Grow: Tuition reimbursement, in-person and online development, and access to our career hub to help you advance. • Thrive: Full benefits, paid holidays, generous PTO, employee discounts, and free individual retirement counseling. • Be Well: Free wellness platform for you and your family, plus personalized support for personal or family challenges. • Be Heard: Share your ideas and help shape the way we work through improvement huddles, employee surveys, and town hall meetings Job Description A Day In The Life • The Charging Specialist is a critical member of the Revenue Cycle Team and is responsible for analyzing clinical documentation to assign observation hourly charges, ER E/M levels, infusions, injections, and procedures per departmental guidelines for administrative and facility financial purposes. • Analyzes medical record documentation to apply federal rules and CPT-4 coding principles to identify charges for various procedures and clinical departments (i.e., medication administration, Observation Services, Outpatient Extended Stays, and Cardiac Catheterization Lab). • Accurately identifies and enters charges in a timely manner in the patient’s STAR financial record, meeting expected quality and productivity standards. • Works closely with Utilization Management, Health Information Management, Business Office, and Charge Master colleagues to resolve patient type and other key charging issues. • Abstracts and/or edits medical record data (e.g., problem list SNOMED conversion) as required by departmental procedure. • Communicates and resolves documentation issues with nursing and/or other clinical providers as they relate to procedures and medication administration charges. • Works with leadership to report issues and identify trends that impact charging. • Maintains organized system for personal job-related reference material. • Participates in educational activities and staff meetings. Qualifications What's Required • Associate's degree (in business or healthcare related field preferred). • OR equivalent combination of education, training and experience. • Certification as a RHIT, RHIA, CCS or CCA preferred • One-year previous experience utilizing an electronic medical record, a patient registration and/or clinical billing system is required. • Demonstrated knowledge of CPT-4 and ICD-10 coding concepts and principles is preferred. • One to two years’ experience in data abstraction, coding and/or clinical charging is preferred. Additional Information Are you Munson Material? Apply today! Full Time! All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Munson Healthcare requires all employees be vaccinated or have lab confirmed immunity for Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella. MHC also requires all employees to receive a flu vaccine during the flu season in the year that they are hired and annually thereafter, or receive an approved medical or religious exemption. Apply tot his job