Coding Manager Jobs in Missouri (NOW HIRING)

Why you’ll want to work at nimble!

Interested in becoming a part of a dynamic Coding team? This is a great opportunity to join a well-established and market-leading brand serving a high-growth end market while gaining valuable experience working closely with Executive leadership. As an organization, we are in high growth mode through acquisition with a laser focus on positive culture building!

Who we are:

nimble solutions (“nimble” and f/k/a National Medical) is currently seeking a Manager to join the Coding Team. nimble provides revenue cycle outsourcing services to ambulatory surgery centers (“ASCs”), surgical practices, surgical hospitals, and anesthesia groups. This role will serve as our coding leader and subject-matter expert for our professional coding service-delivery organization. This is a great opportunity to join a market-leading brand serving a high-growth end market while gaining valuable experience working closely with executive leadership.

On a typical day, here's what you'll be working on:

• Manage client SLA's
• Responsible for departmental KPI's to ensure targets are achieved
• Manages employee performance management - conducts employee performance evaluations
• Creates & enforces standard operating procedures across the coding function
• Monitors coding inventory and takes action to balance across coders to maintain TAT
• Executes on quality assurance remediation actions as indicated
• Drives process improvement in coding service delivery
• Collaborates with other RCM functional areas regarding coding needs
• Has the authority and responsibility to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, discipline, direct, or recommend such actions by using independent judgment
• Creates and presents client reports
• Participates in thought leadership - internal and external facing
• Completes monthly business review packages and presents as needed
• Project management - resource planning as per project scope, risk management, and escalation management
• Take action to drive client revenue and expense management to hit margin targets as defined through the financial forecasting process

This job description will be reevaluated by leadership periodically to allow any necessary modification due to client profile changes/updates, workflows, policy changes, and regulatory compliance requirements

Who you are!

• 5-7+ years of relevant experience
• Associate's degree or equivalent in applicable field
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in applicable field preferred
• Subject matter expertise in surgical coding
• Certifications from AAPC and/or AHIMA

Key Competencies

• Drives Results. Consistently achieves results, even under difficult circumstances. Fosters a sense of urgency in the team for reaching goals and meeting deadlines. Readily takes action on challenges, identifies and seizes new opportunities; Leads others to persist despite setbacks or obstacles; Establishes clear responsibilities and processes for monitoring work and measuring results
• Communicates Effectively. Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences. Provides timely and helpful information to others across the organization; Encourages the open expression of diverse ideas and opinions; Picks up on situational cues and adapts personal, interpersonal and leadership behavior to fit
• Quality Decision-making. Makes sound decisions, even in the absence of complete information; Considers all relevant factors and uses appropriate decision-making criteria and principles; shows courage in speaking up in driving appropriate decisions for the organization based on sound risk/reward analysis
• Customer Focus. Gains insight into customer needs; Identifies opportunities that benefit the customer; Builds and delivers marketing messaging and solutions that meet customer expectations.