Description Description: SAIC is looking for a Medical Coding Trainer to provide support to the Defense Health Agency (DHA) Medical Coding Program Branch to help the government ensure accuracy and quality of medical coding and documentation. Training audiences will include medical providers, clinical staff, other medical coding professionals, and varying levels of DHA leadership.
Medical coding training supports includes the following:
· Analyzing and identifying medical coding and documentation performance gaps due to knowledge or skills. Researching target audience and topic
· Designing and developing training plan, content, and presentation; delivering training via virtually and in person
· Evaluating and reporting on the effectiveness of the training conducted
· Completing Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) activities, such as reviewing medical record documentation for completeness and accuracy to improve the quality of provider and staff documentation. This initiate provides a better outcome for patients and also improves communication between providers. Additionally, increased coding accuracy leads to more accurate readiness currency, provider workload credit, and reimbursement.
Qualifications Experience Requirements: · Ten years of medical coding and/or auditing experience in two or more medical, surgical, and ancillary specialties within the past 15 years, including at least 5 years of experience in an auditing, training, or compliance role OR 3 years' auditing, training, or compliance experience within the last 6 years in a military coding environment.
· When claiming medical coding experience, a minimum of one (1) year of performance in the specialty is required to be qualifying. Multiple specialties encompass different medical specialties (i.e., Family Practice, Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, OB/GYN, etc.) that utilize ICD, E&M, CPT, and HCPCS codes. Ancillary specialties (PT/OT, Radiology, Lab, Nutrition, etc.) that usually do NOT use E&M codes do not count as qualifying experience. Coding experience limited to making codes conform to specific payer requirements for the business office (insurance billing, accounts receivable) is not a qualifying factor.
· When claiming training experience, training expertise must include identifying coding training opportunities, developing training plans and material, and instruction/delivery of the training to medical coder and clinical audiences.
· Coding, auditing, and training exclusively for specialties such as home health, skilled nursing facilities, and rehabilitation care will not be considered as qualifying auditing experience.
**** Medical coding personnel shall maintain the required continuing education hours in order to maintain current and proper national certification (requirements for this position. Applicants must have ONE of the following medical coding certifications:
RHIT/RHIA/CPC/CCS-P/ CDEO/CDEI/ACDIS/CCDS/CCDS-O/CDIP/CEMA
Applicants that possess multiple certifications from the list above are preferred. Selected applicant must do the following before starting, based on government requirements: · Pass a pre-employment coding test IAW the requirements of the AFMS Coding Manual.
· Provide proof of specific vaccinations
· The selected applicant will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements
Target salary range: $75,001 - $100,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.
Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.
