Director, Quality Centralized Coding

Director, Quality & Centralized Coding Schedule: Days: Monday-Friday. Full time. Job Location Type: Remote work. You may be asked to travel once or twice a year for department meetings. Your experience matters At Lifepoint Health, we are committed to empowering and supporting a diverse and determined workforce who can drive quality, scalability, and significant impact across our hospitals and communities. As a member of the Health Support Center (HSC) team, you’ll support those that are in our facilities who are interfacing and providing care to our patients and community members to positively impact our mission of making communities healthier ® . How you’ll contribute A Director, Quality & Centralized Coding who excels in this role: Responsible for coding operations and medical record documentation improvement operations (as applicable), ensuring timeliness, accuracy, completeness, consistency, compliance, and standards fulfillment as defined in expectations. Contributes to the development of strategic direction. Coaches and provides overall guidance to the quality team to resolve internal and external issues; help resolve dysfunctional behavior within functional areas; discipline and counsel staff, as necessary. Monitors performance according to productivity and quality standards as defined in policies and other standard documents. Manages and motivates quality improvement operations. Assists in the development and management of strategy, specific goals, objectives, budgets, and performance standards for the department. Proactively manages, including corresponding communications and escalations paths, significant issues in the quality processes, and status of projects, barriers, and successes. Identifies and implements process improvements to lower costs and improve services for stakeholders. Stays abreast of regulatory requirements and company compliance policies, ensuring compliant and timely staff education and training. Monitors overall trends and communicates to others, as necessary. Providers leadership to quality management team regarding monthly trending analysis of performance including weekly and monthly reports. Oversees quality review personnel, providing recommendations of hiring, promotion, salary adjustments and personnel action where appropriate. Responsible for ensuring employee work schedules sufficiently meet the requirements as established. Reviews all official data quality standards, coding guidelines, company policies and procedures and clinical/medical resources to assure coding knowledge and skills remain current. Ensures all Federal, State, and Local laws pertaining to patient privacy are adhered to. Practices and adheres to the “Code of Conduct” and “Mission and Value Statement.” All other duties as assigned. Why join us We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers: Comprehensive Benefits : Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees. Financial Protection & PTO : Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off. Financial & Career Growth : Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match. Employee Well-being : Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs). Professional Development : Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities. What we’re looking for Education: High school diploma or equivalent required. Bachelor’s Degree preferred or equivalent experience. Experience: 5-7 years quality review experience, 7 years’ experience in a leadership role. Certifications: CPC or CCS-P and CPMA required Hourly range : $89,937+ per year. The final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. This position is bonus eligible EEOC Statement “Lifepoint Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Lifepoint Health is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.” You must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship. About Company We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve. Company Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.