Overview

St. Luke's Health System is seeking a Charge Capture Specialist 2 to join our team.

Must be located in Idaho or Oregon.

Unit/Position SummaryUnder limited supervision, the Charge Capture Specialist 2, is responsible for ensuring that all appropriate charges are captured to maximize revenue.

- Hospital Outpatient Surgical CPT Coding; Procedural CPT Coding experience preferred.

- Revenue Integrity and Charging functions including reviewing documentation for potential missed charges, reviewing documentation for appropriateness of charges, manually creating charges, and understanding of overall gross revenue accountability.

- Use your Coder certifications to continue improving your coding skillsets and advance years of experience in the Procedural Coding field!

-Front and back-end Revenue Cycle functions

- Clearly and appropriately communicate charging concerns, needs, and account-level resolutions with external teams including Surgical Services department leaders and other Revenue Cycle departments.

- Epic EMR and Workqueue experience preferred

- Previous Remote work experience preferred

- Flexible schedule: Monday-Friday (weekdays), early login available, easily adjust for appointments, family schedules, etc.

- Work with a team that exemplifies high integrity, compassion and a collaborative culture!

Responsibilities

• Identifies, analyze and reconciles billing errors or omissions by reviewing documentation and educate staff on proper charting techniques to reduce errors.
• Identifies discrepancies in documentation and reports findings to manager.
• Collects health information about services provided including demographic data, appropriate length of stay, third-party payer and continued stay reviews, and other related data concerning patients.
• Assigns codes for straightforward/complex recurring accounts by interpreting clinical data for reimbursement, planning, management, and statistical planning.
• Supports all providers in diagnosis coding as well as support billing with CPT and Diagnosis coding questions.
• Collaborates with department managers, directors and/or other designated contacts to continually improve and maintain the efficiency and accuracy of the overall charging process.
• Maintains the accuracy of charge capture documents and systems, including updating charge capture tools.
• Communicates with leadership, physicians or clinicians concerning diagnoses and procedures when questions arise.
• Analyzes and interprets company policies, procedures and state and federal regulations related to charge capture.
• Solves complex problems and seeks guidance for highly complex problems. May lead project teams. May serve as a resource to others in the resolution of complex problems and issues.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications

• Education: High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Experience: 6 months experience in the field or related area.
• Licenses/Certifications: Must have at least one of the following credentials: RHIA (Registered Health Information Administrator), RHIT (Registered Health Information Technician), CCA (Certified Coding Associate), CPC-A (Certified Professional Coder - Apprentice), or any American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) coding credential, or any American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) coding credential.

Why St. Luke's

A strong, talented staff is at the heart of St. Luke's Health System. We are the state's largest employer with more than 15,000 employees and a medical staff of more than 1,800 physicians and advanced practice providers. We're proud of our people who deliver skilled, compassionate care every day, and are looking to add dedicated individuals who will continue this same tradition of excellence.

*St. Luke's is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by law.