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About the Position: This position is located in Bassett Army Community Hospital at Fort Wainwright, Alaska.
This is a Direct Hire Solicitation
Federal employees in Alaska are currently entitled to receive a 1.49% Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) in addition to the base salary. This is subject to change.
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Duties
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- Coordinate with clinical department chiefs, physicians, and other health care providers for the coding and timely completion of medical records.
- Responsible for reviewing medical records each month to ensure compliance with standards from the Joint Commission as well as the Defense Health Agency Patient Administration Division and Medical Coding Program Branch.
- Review notes, doctor's orders, consultation reports, laboratory, and radiology reports etc., to ascertain all diagnosis, procedures, and complications are recorded in the proper terminology.
- Supervise and plan work to be accomplished by subordinates, to include establishment of priorities and preparation of schedules for completion of work.
- Make decisions on medico-legal matters regarding compliance and release of information issues.
- Audit medical records to determine that appropriate codes describing diseases, injuries, operations, and non-surgical procedures are developed and entered into medical records based on documentation contained therein.
- Provide technical expertise in all activities pertaining to coding and ambulatory patient groups (APGs).
Requirements
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Conditions of employment
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- A Personnel Security Investigation is required.
Qualifications
Who May Apply: US Citizens
In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes supervising medical staff and medical coders, auditing clinical records for coding accuracy, and analyzing medical reports to resolve systemic compliance trends. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience aloneno substitution of education for experience is permitted.
Education
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Additional information
- Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
- You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
- This position requires a 1 year probationary period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest.
- Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
- Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
- Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
- Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
- If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.
- Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest.
- Mission Essential: The incumbent will be required to report to work during times of contingency operations, natural disasters, extreme weather or other emergency situations.
- Statutory return rights for current DoD employees are applicable in many circumstances.
- Applicants selected from the contiguous United States (contiguous United States consists of the 48 adjoining U.S. states plus Washington, D.C., on the continent of North America) will be afforded pay retention in circumstances in which the basic rate of pay would otherwise be reduced if selected for the position.
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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
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