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Vista Community Clinic is a private, non-profit, multi-specialty outpatient clinic providing care in a comprehensive, high quality setting. Located in San Diego, Orange and Riverside counties, we work to advance community health and hope by providing access to premier health services. We are looking for dedicated, motivated, enthusiastic team players who want to make a difference in the community. Our competitive compensation and benefits program includes health, dental, vision, company-paid life, flexible spending accounts and a 403(B) plan, for eligible employees. VCC is an equal opportunity employer.

Responsible for daily coding and auditing, and providing guidance for other staff in coding process. Responsible for accurate billing for all assigned payer accounts, to include: follow up on accounts receivable, appeals, refunds, correspondence and communication with each payer and patients on such accounts as needed.  This position is 100% remote. 

• Perform daily coding and reviews, and provide coding guidance to provider staff
• Responsible for ensuring diagnosis and procedures are coded accurately and in a timely manner
• Communicate clearly and effectively with all levels of billing and operations staff
• Responsible for developing training materials for the coding process
• Responsible for developing audit tools and reports
• Responsible for auditing coding organization-wide
• Provider coding education to provider staff, individually & in group settings
• Provide proactive identification of simplification/automation opportunities
• Utilize metrics to improve performance
• Proactively manage and ensure compliance with control objectives
• Support internal and external audits
• Assist director in writing/establishing operating procedures to meet coding regulations/compliance and follow-up enhancement

Minimum

• High school graduate or equivalent
• CPC Certification 
• Minimum three years' coding experience 
• Currently working in healthcare field
• Experience working with clinicians and training them on coding and documentation
• HCC coding experience

Preferred

• Bachelor's Degree
• Two years' experience in an FQHC environment
• Experience with NextGen
• Coding compliance program implementation experience

Required Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Familiar with medical terminology
• Knowledge of payer coding policies and guidelines 
• Proficient with MS Office and data entry skills
• Ability to perform a high volume of detail work with speed and accuracy
• Ability to communicate initiatives, results and analyses, to multiple levels

Pay Range

• $26.00 - $34.00 DOE