Charge Master Coordinator
Dallas, TX 
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Job Description
Charge Master Coordinator Full Time Days

Why UT Southwestern? With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the #1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth for the sixth consecutive year, we invite you to continue your healthcare career with us at William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital. You'll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and consistent opportunities for learning and advancement into leadership roles.

Job Summary

Formulates and maintains the hospitals' Charge Master in order to optimize revenue generation and maintain compliance with government and third-party payer requirements.

Experience and Education
  • Two year degree or HS diploma with three to five years' experience in hospital billing and coding.
  • Combination of hospital billing and/or coding experience strongly preferred.
  • Hospital and Professional Chargemaster experience preferred.
  • Experience with hospital information systems, particularly Epic HB strongly preferred.
  • Bachelor Degree preferred, or equivalent combination of education, training and experiences.
  • Hospital Revenue Cycle experience, knowledge of coding, medical record documentation, Government billing requirements.
  • General good health and stress coping ability. Full mobility and ability to participate in vigorous activity. Ability to speak and hear, to allow discussions with physicians, patients and other members of the healthcare team. Possess near vision acuity for accurate reading of computer screens and recording on patient charts.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
  • Work with hospital departments including clinical areas, Compliance, HIM/Coding and PFS
  • Accountable for the overall maintenance of the CDM and annual development of a charge master work plan that includes the routine evaluation of the CDM related policies and procedures.
  • Conduct regular checks to insure the integrity of the CDM in coordination with a third party application
  • Identify areas of opportunity for improvement and perform necessary education.
Job Duties
  • Coordinates, reviews and ensures accurate execution of all charges, additions or deletions to CDM.
  • Conducts ongoing research and review of all regulatory issues related to charging and distributes to Chargemaster Team and affected department heads. Follows-up with each department to ensure appropriate actions are taken.
  • Prepares organization for timely implementation of annual coding updates, periodic Revenue Code updates, modifier revisions, and regulatory updates related to Charge Master Data.
  • Keeps up to date on all new and/or upgraded system functionalities available for CDM. Coordinates with department to analyze, implement or control new applications that effect or interface to CDM.
  • Researches manual claims revisions and claims errors related to CDM in billing process to identify issues and ensures continued accuracy of CDM data.
  • Oversees internal compliance audits requested by Compliance Officer and/or other appropriate members of executive team. Reports findings to Compliance Officer and/or other appropriate member of executive team.
  • Maintains current documentation of charge processes within institution

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This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code *51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information.

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UTSouthwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. In accordance with federal and state law, the University prohibits unlawful discrimination, including harassment, on the basis of: race; color; religion; national origin; gender, including sexual harassment; age; disability; citizenship; and veteran status. In addition, it is UTSouthwestern policy to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

 

Job Summary
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Salary and Benefits
74804.0
Required Education
High School or Equivalent
Required Experience
2+ years
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