Medical Coder

Description

Job Title : Medical Coder

Department : Billing - SoCal

About the Role :

We are currently seeking a highly motivated Medical Coder. This role will report to our Director - Revenue Cycle and enable us to continue to scale in the healthcare industry.

What You'll Do

• Extract diagnosis codes (specifically HCC codes) and CPT codes from hospital records.
• Reviews medical records to determine if specific disease conditions were correctly reported based on documentation.
• Follow the coding guidelines
• Ensures project activities are in compliance with applicable coding guidelines, government and federal regulations.
• Regularly and consistently meet quality and productivity standards established by management
• Maintain ongoing communication with management regarding coding workload, turnaround time expectations and deliverables.
• Additional duties as necessary to meet the obligations to our providers
• Maintains at least 95% accuracy in all coding projects by researching literature and attending professional seminars, workshops and conference as required by AAPC and / or AHIMA to maintain professional certification(s).

Qualifications

You're great for the role if :

Environmental Job Requirements and Working Conditions

Astrana Health (NASDAQ : ASTH) is a physician-centric, technology-powered healthcare management company. We are building and operating a novel, integrated, value-based healthcare delivery platform to empower our physicians to provide the highest quality of end-to-end care for their patients in a cost-effective manner. Our mission is to combine our clinical experience, best-in-class delivery network, and technological expertise to improve patient outcomes, increase access to healthcare, and make the US healthcare system more efficient.

Our platform currently empowers over 20,000 physicians to provide care for over 1.7 million patients nationwide. Our rapid growth and unique position at the intersection of all major healthcare stakeholders (payer, provider, and patient) gives us an unparalleled opportunity to combine clinical and technological expertise to improve patient outcomes, increase access to quality healthcare, and reduce the waste in the US healthcare system.