Director - Health System Coding

Huron helps its clients drive growth, enhance performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. We help healthcare organizations build innovation capabilities and accelerate key growth initiatives, enabling organizations to own the future, instead of being disrupted by it. Together, we empower clients to create sustainable growth, optimize internal processes and deliver better consumer outcomes.

Health systems, hospitals and medical clinics are under immense pressure to improve clinical outcomes and reduce the cost of providing patient care. Investing in new partnerships, clinical services and technology is not enough to create meaningful and substantive change. To succeed long-term, healthcare organizations must empower leaders, clinicians, employees, affiliates and communities to build cultures that foster innovation to achieve the best outcomes for patients.

Joining the Huron team means you’ll help our clients evolve and adapt to the rapidly changing healthcare environment and optimize existing business operations, improve clinical outcomes, create a more consumer-centric healthcare experience, and drive physician, patient and employee engagement across the enterprise.

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Baystate Health is seeking a dynamic and strategic Coding Director to lead and advance our Health Information Management (HIM) operations. This role is Huron helps its clients drive growth, enhance performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. We help healthcare organizations build innovation capabilities and accelerate key growth initiatives, enabling organizations to own the future, instead of being disrupted by it. Together, we empower clients to create sustainable growth, optimize internal processes and deliver better consumer outcomes.

Joining the Huron team means you’ll help our clients evolve and adapt to the rapidly changing healthcare environment and optimize existing business operations, improve clinical outcomes, create a more consumer-centric healthcare experience, and drive physician, patient and employee engagement across the enterprise.
Health systems, hospitals and medical clinics are under immense pressure to improve clinical outcomes and reduce the cost of providing patient care. Investing in new partnerships, clinical services and technology is not enough to create meaningful and substantive change. To succeed long-term, healthcare organizations must empower leaders, clinicians, employees, affiliates and communities to build cultures that foster innovation to achieve the best outcomes for patients.

Huron manages the Baystate Health Information Management and Coding operations. Baystate leadership are key stakeholders for Revenue Cycle Operations and critical factors to ongoing Revenue Cycle success.
The HMS HIM & Coding Director leads the Baystate HIM & Coding functions in a complex mix of high-volume, high-revenue, and/or multi-services settings to execute on core activities related to sustained Health Information Management & Coding operations performance. This position has a pulse on the day-to-day operational needs for existing client engagements. This leader works directly with HMS Senior Leadership to design and deliver both internal and client facing work. This position is responsible for the enhancement of the management skills of direct reports to implement new and best practice approaches that improve customer service, operational effectiveness, and financial outcomes.

• • Provides visionary leadership and comprehensive operational oversight for a broad scope of Health Information Management (HIM) and Coding functions.
  • Prepares departmental budgets and implements effective cost control measures. Supervises, trains, develops, and motivates subordinate staff members to achieve performance excellence.
  • Holds accountability for Discharged Not Final Coded (DNFC) processes.
  • Acts as Custodian of Medical Records, ensuring proper management and security.
  • Oversees the appropriate release of legal medical record information in response to authorized requests.
  • Manages medical records forms and ensures accuracy and compliance.
  • Contributes to the development and execution of strategic plans, goals, and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to fulfill organizational imperatives.
  • Analyzes, interprets, and summarizes essential revenue cycle data, monitoring performance against established KPIs.
  • Evaluates and interprets variances and trends in HIM &
  • Coding to strategically align operational objectives.
  • Develops departmental policies, procedures, and protocols in accordance with Joint Commission, federal, and state guidelines.
  • Ensures compliance with all applicable Federal, State, local, a