Marketing Statement
NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue is America’s oldest public hospital, established in 1736. Affiliated with the NYU School of Medicine, the 844-bed hospital is a major referral center for highly complex cases, with its 6,000 employees including highly skilled, interdisciplinary clinical staff. It sees more than 110,000 emergency room visits and 500,000 outpatient visits annually. Bellevue is an academic medical institution of international renown. We have served as an incubator for major innovations in public health, medical science, and medical education. Bellevue is a Level I Trauma Center delivering around-the-clock care in adult, pediatric, psychiatric and pediatric psychiatric emergencies as well as in the nationally-designated categories of cardiology, neurology, toxicology, and neonatology. In addition to providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient state-of-the-art care Bellevue is a city-wide medical specialty referral source. Bellevue’s clinical centers of excellence include: Emergency Medicine and Trauma Care; Cardiovascular Services; Designated Regional Perinatal Center and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (ICU); Comprehensive Children’s Psychiatric Emergency Program; and Cancer Services.
At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.
Job Description
- Receive notices of DRG Validation and Clinical Documentation Denials, log manually and/or electronically in EPIC, where appropriate.
- Review findings and perform chart review to ascertain if coding and/or DRG are Valid. Engage respective provider and/or physician champion for input if necessary. Determine impact on both data quality and revenue and submit report on same to department management.
- Verify principle diagnosis, all relevant secondary diagnosis, principle and secondary procedures are coded, abstracted and sequenced accurately appropriately.
- Perform pre- and post-bill DRG validation of daily flagged cases on 3M HDM “Coder Hold” report and Provider Consultant Solutions (PCS) “Sentinel” review process.
- Assist on education and training of new and existing coding and CDI staff. Provide adequate feedback regarding basic, intermediate and advanced level coding principles and techniques, where appropriate.
- Assist in monitoring of daily discharge not final billed (DNFB) report to facilitate timely coding and DRG assignment.
- Assist management team to keep DNFB and coding backlog status reports at lowest and optimal level on daily basis. Review backlog and hold reports and validate cases belong on lists.
- Participate in performance improvement activities; data collection, tracking, trending and reporting initiatives. Assist in development of monthly Physician Documentation Improvement newsletter.
Minimum Qualifications
- Possession of a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) credential from AHIMA and two (2) years of satisfactory experience in coding and abstracting medical records in a recognized hospital or health care organization, of which one (1) year has been in a supervisory and/or administrative capacity; or
- Possession of a Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) credential from AHIMA and four (4) years of satisfactory experience in coding and abstracting medical records in a recognized hospital or health care organization, of which two (2) years have been in a supervisory and/or administrative capacity; or
- Possession of a valid certificate as a Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) from AHIMA and six (6) years of satisfactory experience in coding and abstracting medical records in a recognized hospital or health care organization, of which three (3) years have been in a supervisory and/or administrative capacity; or
- A satisfactory equivalent of education and experience.
Department Preferences
How To Apply
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NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:
- Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
- Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
- Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
- Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
- College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
- Multiple employee discounts programs
