Join us as we work to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.
Senior Coding Associate – Customer Insights
We are looking for a Senior Coding Associate of Customer Insights to join the Medical Coding team here at athenahealth. In this role, Senior Coding Associate of Customer Insights will be responsible for evaluating customer readiness and ensuring customers successfully adopt the athenaOne Medical Coding Service. The Senior Associate will need a strong understanding of the healthcare industry and medical coding guidelines required to ensure our customers realize improved outcomes on the athenaOne Medical Coding service. This individual must be an analytical thinker, demonstrate strong attention to detail, be organized, communicate effectively with both internal teams and customers, think critically, and be a creative problem solver. The Senior Coding Associate must be an expert in coding principles and adhere to compliant coding standards in your work to ensure the integrity of our service with the ability to translate customer needs into process improvements. As a Senior Associate, this individual will be responsible for managing projects independently and influencing internal and external stakeholders to ensure alignment and direction.
Job Responsibilities
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Analyze provider documentation and audits to identify areas of opportunity for our customers to improve their documentation and system usage
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Analyze customer configurations and practice information relevant to the Medical Coding work to identify gaps, discrepancies, and areas that could cause disruption in the work
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Exemplify a mindset of continuous process improvement to ensure we evolve our work to improve efficiency, outcomes, and support scale
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Design elegant solutions that favor automation, work prevention, and product enhancement over manual workflows
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Master workflow design and analysis through Lean Six Sigma or other operational engineering techniques, considering impact on dependent processes and ensuring continuity of work delivery
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Identify opportunities to expand the value we provide to clients through more or better service(s) using your understanding of customer business problems
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Independently manage multiple complex projects concurrently ensuring appropriate prioritization to meet deadlines
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Create project presentations with multiple audiences in mind – internal stakeholders, leadership, and customers
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Ensure presentations are on-brand, clearly written, informative, providing value to your intended audience, and concisely written as a show of respect for everyone’s time
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Provide support, mentoring, and ongoing education opportunities for new hires and colleagues across Service Integrity, creating content and collateral as needed
Typical Qualifications
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Bachelor’s Degree (or commensurate level of professional experience)
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CPC and/or CCS certified from AAPC or AHIMA required
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3+ years of professional experience in Medical Coding
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Experience working with cross-functional groups and teams to achieve common goals and communicating and presenting to stakeholders
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Experience communicating directly with customers and/or medical providers
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Demonstrated ability to assume sole and independent responsibility for various projects
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Experience implementing computer assisted coding and/or coding automation tools preferred
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CPC and/or CCS certified from AAPC or AHIMA required
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Experience in auditing medical charts for accuracy to support coding decisions and compliance with coding regulations
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Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite: Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, OneNote
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Knowledge of Lean Six Sigma and Agile development methodologies preferred
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SQL experience preferred
About athenahealth
Here’s our vision: To create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.
What’s unique about our locations?
From an historic, 19th century arsenal to a converted, landmark power plant, all of athenahealth’s offices were carefully chosen to represent our innovative spirit and promote the most positive and productive work environment for our teams. Our 10 offices across the United States and India — plus numerous remote employees — all work to modernize the healthcare experience, together.
Our company culture might be our best feature.
We don't take ourselves too seriously. But our work? That’s another story. athenahealth develops and implements products and services that support US healthcare: It’s our chance to create healthier futures for ourselves, for our family and friends, for everyone.
Our vibrant and talented employees — or athenistas, as we call ourselves — spark the innovation and passion needed to accomplish our goal. We continue to expand our workforce with amazing people who bring diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives at every level, and foster an environment where every athenista feels comfortable bringing their best selves to work.
Our size makes a difference, too: We are small enough that your individual contributions will stand out — but large enough to grow your career with our resources and established business stability.
Giving back is integral to our culture. Our athenaGives platform strives to support food security, expand access to high-quality healthcare for all, and support STEM education to develop providers and technologists who will provide access to high-quality healthcare for all in the future. As part of the evolution of athenahealth’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program, we’ve selected nonprofit partners that align with our purpose and let us foster long-term partnerships for charitable giving, employee volunteerism, insight sharing, collaboration, and cross-team engagement.
What can we do for you?
Along with health and financial benefits, athenistas enjoy perks specific to each location, including commuter support, employee assistance programs, tuition assistance, employee resource groups, and collaborative workspaces — some offices even welcome dogs.
In addition to our traditional benefits and perks, we sponsor events throughout the year, including book clubs, external speakers, and hackathons. And we provide athenistas with a company culture based on learning, the support of an engaged team, and an inclusive environment where all employees are valued.
We also encourage a better work-life balance for athenistas with our flexibility. While we know in-office collaboration is critical to our vision, we recognize that not all work needs to be done within an office environment, full-time. With consistent communication and digital collaboration tools, athenahealth enables employees to find a balance that feels fulfilling and productive for each individual situation.
athenahealth is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity—that’s why we recruit and hire applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, or any other factor prohibited by law. We’re happy to provide a reasonable accommodation, for those with a disability, to complete any part of the application process. If you are unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, please contact us at [email protected] for assistance.
https://www.athenahealth.com/careers/equal-opportunity
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What We Do
athenahealth strives to cure complexity and simplify the practice of healthcare. Our innovative technology includes electronic health records, revenue cycle management, and patient engagement solutions that help healthcare providers, administrators, and practices eliminate friction for patients while getting paid efficiently. athenahealth partners with practices with purpose-built software backed by expertise to produce the insights needed to drive better clinical and financial outcomes. We’re inspired by our vision to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.
For more information, please visit www.athenahealth.com
Why Work With Us
We are here to make an impact on the healthcare industry at scale. We enable our diverse teams to move fast, grapple with interesting technical challenges, and innovate at every level. We are on a modernization journey and build on the hybrid cloud. We deliver best-in-class solutions to help every patient receive the best possible care.
