Coding Specialist - Supervisor

Job Description

CODING SPECIALIST - SUPERVISOR

Req #: 247238 Department: FACULTY PRACTICE PLAN SERVICES (UWP) Job Location: Remote/Hybrid Posting Date: 07/02/2025 Closing Info: Open Until Filled Salary: $7,014.00 - $10,033.00 per month Other Compensation: Union Position: Yes Shift: First Shift Benefits:

Choose from multiple, top medical and dental insurance programs

Plan for your future with tax-deferred investing through the UW retirement options, Including PERS plans for qualifying job profiles

Enjoy generous vacation and sick leave policies and protect yourself and your family with life and long-term disability insurance.

Receive UPASS Benefits, which includes free public transportation in the Puget Sound region on participating transit services

Intermittent/Per-Diem Employees are eligible for Holiday and Vacation pay
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Faculty Practice Plan Services has an outstanding opportunity for a CODING SPECIALIST - SUPERVISOR. The position reports to the Manager of Coding and Charge Capture for Coding Specialties.

WORK SCHEDULE

100% FTE

Mon-Fri, Remote

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
• Monitor productivity, charge lag, and volume using various system tools and reports. Identify and prevent backlogs and other impediment to charge capture. Monitor work on a daily basis to prospectively identify problems, potential backlogs and takes the necessary steps to mitigate impact.
• Work closely with individual staff to ensure efficient and correct processing of charges. Assist staff in organizing work in-process so production levels consistently meet targets. Review quality and accuracy of work and provides feedback to staff and departments.
• Foster and maintain professional and effective relationships with UW Medicine and UW Medicine entity department leadership. Coordinate and communicate with all UWP departments regarding key issues.
• Attends internal and external meetings, interacts with other managers to resolve problems, and conducts regular staff meetings to ensure consistent communication of Coding department as well as UWP policies, expectations, and goals. Coordinates closely with other Revenue Cycle Departments as appropriate.
• Ensure staff properly equipped to carry out assigned duties; coordinates with both internal and external agents. Identify training needs and coordinating training resources. Conduct staff training.
• Develop, document and implement procedures and suggests input for process improvement.
• Provide functional and technical expertise for staff and ensure that they understand and follow all established policies and procedures, are appropriately deployed, and held accountable for delivering outcomes.
• Responsible for all supervisory activities such as interviewing, hiring, training new employees, performance monitoring, progressive discipline, termination, writing and conducting employee performance evaluations, conducting and participating in team meetings and coordinating coverage for open positions.
• Oversee and support staff training and quality by:
• Ensuring staff under direct supervision are trained in a timely manner. Providing back-up to the lead that is training the staff and covering as needed on the coder QAs.
• Managing and facilitating the release of staff to attend learning events.
• Providing constructive feedback regarding performance on a continuous basis.
• Evaluating staff’s quality assurance audit results and work collaboratively with training department to identify and/or design instructional resources to improve performance.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for evaluation and management levels and/or procedural coding in multi-specialty areas.
• Function as a working supervisor who can work coding charge review WQs, claim edit WQs, and denial WQs when coverage is needed or volumes require additional intervention

REQUIRED POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
• Washington State Resident (or plan to relocate)
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Certified as a Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), Certified Coding Specialist – Physician Based (CCS-P), Certified Professional Coder (CPC), Certified Inpatient Coder (CIC), Certified Outpatient Coder (COC), Certified Interventional Radiology Cardiovascular Coder (CIRCC), Radiology Certified Coder (RCC) or Radiation Oncology Certified Coder (ROCC).
• Four years coding experience or equivalent education/experience.
• Two years lead or supervisory experience.
OR
• Equivalent education/experience.

UW Medicine Faculty Practice Plan Services (FPPS) supports UW Physicians (UWP), a practice group for more than 3,000 physicians and other healthcare professionals associated with UW Medicine. UW Medicine includes Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center - Montlake, UW Neighborhood Clinics, UW Medical Center - Northwest, the UW School of Medicine, Valley Medical Center, and Airlift Northwest. UWP members also practice at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, a partnership of UW Medicine, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and Seattle Children’s Hospital.
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ABOUT UW MEDICINE – WHERE YOUR IMPACT GOES FURTHER
UW Medicine is Washington’s only health system that includes a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. UW Medicine’s mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and preparing tomorrow’s physicians, scientists and other health professionals.

All across UW Medicine, our employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity and compassion and to create a respectful, welcoming environment where every patient, family, student and colleague is valued and honored. Nearly 29,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators work in the UW Medicine family of organizations that includes: Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center - Montlake, UW Medical Center - Northwest, Valley Medical Center, UW Medicine Primary Care, UW Physicians, UW School of Medicine, and Airlift Northwest.

Become part of our team. Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community.

Committed to attracting and retaining a diverse staff, the University of Washington will honor your experiences, perspectives and unique identity. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable and welcoming.

The University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.

To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact the Disability Services Office at 206-543-6450 or [email protected] .

Applicants considered for this position will be required to disclose if they are the subject of any substantiated findings or current investigations related to sexual misconduct at their current employment and past employment. Disclosure is required under Washington state law .

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