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As of Jul 4, 2026, the average hourly pay for va medical coder in Kent, WA is $25.31, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $20.34 and $27.12 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

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VA Medical Coders often encounter challenges such as keeping up with evolving coding guidelines, accurately interpreting complex medical records, and ensuring compliance with both VA and federal regulations. Staying current through regular training, certification renewals, and active participation in industry forums can help address these challenges. Collaboration with healthcare providers and other coding professionals is also key, as it allows coders to clarify documentation and share best practices. By being proactive in their professional development and communication, VA Medical Coders can maintain high accuracy and efficiency in their work.

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A VA Medical Coder is responsible for reviewing medical records and assigning standardized codes for diagnoses, procedures, and treatments provided to veterans. These codes help ensure accurate billing, proper data tracking, and compliance with healthcare regulations. VA Medical Coders must understand medical terminology, anatomy, and coding guidelines (ICD, CPT, and HCPCS). They work in VA hospitals, clinics, or remotely to support the Veterans Health Administration. Certification, such as CPC or CCS, is often required for this role.

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To thrive as a VA Medical Coder, you need expertise in medical coding procedures, knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy, and compliance with HIPAA regulations, often supported by certification such as CPC or CCS. Familiarity with coding software, electronic health record (EHR) systems, and VA-specific coding guidelines is crucial. Strong attention to detail, analytical thinking, and effective communication skills set top performers apart in this role. These abilities are vital for ensuring accuracy in coding, maintaining regulatory compliance, and supporting optimized healthcare reimbursement processes within the VA system.

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Medical Records Administrator (Chief Health Information Management)

Medical Records Administrator (Chief Health Information Management)

Veterans Health Administration

Tacoma, WA • On-site, Remote

$119K - $155K/yr

Full-time

Posted 29 days ago

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8.1

Company rating: 8.1 out of 10

Based on 978 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

68th of 877 rated healthcare providers

Job description

Summary
A RECRUITMENT/RELOCATION INCENTIVE MAY BE AUTHORIZED
This assignment is the Chief Health Information Management (CHIM), which is the highest-level professional position at the facility with responsibility to manage and direct the health information management program. The CHIM has full program management and supervisory responsibility to direct professional Medical Records Administrators, Medical Records Technicians, and other support staff in health information management.
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This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until September 30, 2026. The first cut-off date for referral of eligible applications will be 6/15/2026. All eligible applicants will be reviewed and referred to the hiring manager no later than 6/22/2026. Eligible applications received after 6/15/2026 will be referred at regular intervals or as additional vacancies occur on an as-needed basis.
General Functions
  • Serve as Chief of Health Information Management (CHIM) with full program responsibility for all facets of the Health Information Management (HIM) program and processes.
  • Ensure HIM program meets and exceed national HIM policies, procedures, and performance metrics.
  • Responsible for the administrative management of health records; plan, manage, advise, and direct the health information program in accordance with applicable Federal laws, facility by-laws, VHA policy, The Joint Commission (TJC) standards, the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), and other regulatory and accrediting agency standards.
  • Responsible for all facets of health records management for the facility ensuring maintenance of complete, accurate, timely, clinically pertinent, and readily-accessible patient health records, which contain sufficient recorded information to serve as a basis to plan patient care, support diagnoses, warrant treatment, measure outcomes, support education, research, and facilitate performance improvement processes and legal requirements.
  • Develop policies, processes, and procedures that address all VA, Federal, regulatory, and accrediting requirements for HIM.

Clinical Support Role
  • Be a key advisor to the Chief of Staff, Executive Management, and clinicians.
  • Provide technical guidance on health information issues such as documentation requirements, liability issues, advance directives, informed consent, release of information, transcription/speech recognition, and health information exchange.
  • Complete internal quality assurance reviews to ensure employee performance meets quality and quantity standards.
  • Provide management officials with health records review results and trends on an ongoing basis.

Administration and Strategic Planning
  • Has full operational responsibility to set and carry out the strategic direction, mission, and vision for VAPSHCS' Health Information Management Services.
  • Coordinate individual and group activities to accomplish overall VA, VISN, and Puget Sound goals.
  • Coordinate plans with needs of various VA strategic health groups, provide subject matter expertise, advice, assistance, and guidance in response to questions posed by the Service Line Leaders and other System staff on health information management policy and program needs/issues at the local, VISN and national levels.

Contract Management
  • Administer the Transcription and Coding Contract(s); prepare and monitor budget for contract.
  • Ensure outsourced coding personnel understand and agree to adhere to VA and Puget Sound's HIM compliance program and complete yearly required confidentiality, privacy, and security training.
  • Ensure quality controls are in place for any scope of work conducted by contractors.
  • Collaborate with Service Lines to improve documentation, coding, and reporting for workload, billing, Fee Basis, and other emerging initiatives.

Auditing and Training
  • Develop and coordinate training programs in various areas of health information management, such as medical terminology, health record documentation, release of information, medico-legal matters, speech recognition/transcription, scanning, medical coding, clinical documentation improvement, and health information exchange.
  • Responsible for establishing formal affiliation with university programs in health information and precepting students from such programs.
  • Responsible for coordinating health information training for medical school students and residents to achieve conformance with prescribed standards.

Personnel Management
  • Responsible for overall personnel management for staff in the assigned units and determines staffing patterns and reassigns personnel to meet changing conditions.
  • Make selections for immediate subordinate positions.
  • Review and approve selections made by subordinate supervisors.

Community Service
  • Develop and maintain affiliation agreements with AHIMA recognized schools and programs for health information management and technology.
  • Provide internship and directed student learning opportunities for HIM students and newly graduated professionals; actively support other training such as Veteran Work-Study, Veteran Readjustment Employees, and numerous programs with local learning institutions.

Work Schedule: Mon - Fri, 8:00am to 4:30pm
Telework: Ad-hoc
Virtual: This is not a virtual position
Functional Statement #: 000000
Relocation/Recruitment Incentive: May be authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized
Requirements
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Conditions of employment
  • You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
  • Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
  • Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
  • Subject to background/security investigation.
  • Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
  • Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
  • Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:
  • your performance and conduct;
  • the needs and interests of the agency;
  • whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
  • whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
Qualifications
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement.
BASIC REQUIREMENTS.
  • United States Citizenship: Candidates must be a citizen of the United States. Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified candidates in accordance with 38 U.S.C. § 7407(a).
  • Education or Experience:
    • Experience. Three years of creditable experience in the field of medical records that included the preparation, maintenance, and management of health records and health information systems demonstrating a knowledge of medical terminology, medical records[procedures, medical coding, or medical, administrative, and legal requirements of health care delivery systems. OR
    • Education. Successful completion of a bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, with a major field of study in health information management, or a related degree with a minimum of 24 semester hours in health information management or health information technology. OR
    • Experience/Education Combination. Equivalent combinations of creditable experience and education that equals 100 percent may be used to meet basic requirements. For example, two years above high school from an accredited college or university, with 12 semester hours in health information technology/health information management, plus one year and six months of creditable experience that included the preparation, maintenance, and management of health records and health information systems meets an equivalent combination.
  • Certification: Persons hired or reassigned to MRA positions in the GS-0669 series in VHA must meet one of the following:
    • Coding Certification through AHIMA or AAPC.
    • HIM Certification through AHIMA.
    • Health Data Analyst Certification through AHIMA.
      • NOTE: HIMs Certification is required for all positions above the full performance level.
  • Loss of Credential: Following initial certification, credentials must be maintained through rigorous continuing education, ensuring the highest level of competency for employers and patients. An employee in this occupation who fails to maintain the required certification must be removed from the occupation which may result in termination of employment. At the discretion of the appointing official, an employee may be reassigned to another occupation for which he/she qualifies, if a placement opportunity exists.
  • English Language Proficiency: MRAs must be proficient in spoken and written English. See 38 U.S.C. § 7403(f).

GRADE DETERMINATIONS.
Medical Records Administrator (Chief (CHIM)), GS-13
Experience: One year of creditable experience equivalent to the next lower grade level that demonstrates the KSAs described at that level.
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Certification: Employees at this level must have a HIM Certification.
  • NOTE. Health Information Management (HIM) Certification. Higher-level health information management certification is limited to certification obtained through AHIMA. To be acceptable for qualifications, the specific certification must represent a comprehensive competency in the occupation. Certification titles may change and certifications that meet the definition of HIM certification may be added/removed by the above certifying body; however, current HIM certifications include Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) and Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA).

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Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities.
  1. Ability to determine and evaluate compliance with legal, ethical, and regulatory guidelines and accrediting bodies, as they apply to health information management.
  2. Ability to provide sound, technical guidance to staff at various levels about major program, legal, or procedural changes related to health information management.
  3. Skill in revising facility policies and procedures to improve health information management services and to evaluate, modify, and/or adapt new methods to meet regulatory requirements.
  4. Skill in analyzing complex data, interpreting and trending results for effective management of the HIM program.
  5. Skill in management/administration, which includes program planning, coordination, interpretation, supervision, consultation, negotiation, problem solving, and monitoring of HIM processes.
  6. Ability to delegate authority, evaluate and oversee people and programs, accomplish program goals, and adapt to changing priorities

Assignments: This assignment is the Chief Health Information Management (CHIM), which is the highest-level professional position at the facility with responsibility for the management and direction of the health information management program. This assignment is only for the CHIM in VA Medical Centers for all categories (1a, 1b, and 1c) within the complexity level 1 as designated in the VHA, "2014 Facility Complexity Level Model", with full program management and supervisory responsibility to direct professional MRAs, technical MRTs, and other support staff in health information management. CHIMs in this assignment provide technical advice, planning, and evaluation about health information management issues impacting the overall program on a regular and recurring basis. Multi-division, integrated health care systems under the leadership of a single director are considered to be a single facility with one CHIM. A position with program responsibility over less than a single health care system does not have full program responsibility for the health information management program.
The CHIM establishes policies, procedures, responsibilities, and requirements for HIM-related matters, such as health record documentation, coding and clinical documentation improvement, release of information, file room/scanning, records management, transcription and medical speech recognition, as well as the overall management of health information and Veterans health records. They oversee development, implementation and adherence to HIM industry standards, policies, procedures, laws, regulations, and accrediting bodies. They ensure the facility is in compliance with applicable standards, by completing HIM audits, developing healthcare data reports, and statist

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The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest integrated health care system in the United States, serving millions of Veterans each year. Located in Phoenix, AZ, and many other parts of the US, the VHA operates under the Department of Veteran Affairs, as suggested by their official website va.gov. The VHA is dedicated to providing the highest level of comprehensive care to its veterans. The organization offers a broad spectrum of medical, surgical, and rehabilitative care, including mental health services, research, and pharmacy benefits.

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