Great Opportunity for Inpatient Coders (CCA, CCS, RHIT) Central Florida

Description:

The Medical Records Coder II assigns diagnosis and procedural codes using ICD-9-CM and CPT-4 coding systems and monitors bill hold reports. Assists Manager. Director with mentoring/training of Coder I team members and clinical practice students from various colleges. Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

PREFERRED CERTIFICATION
- CCA, CCS or RHIT

REQUIRED EDUCATION
- High school diploma or GED

PREFERRED EDUCATION
- Associate's degree in Health Information Technology

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE
- Two years - acute care coding

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE
- Three years - acute care coding

LICENSURE
- Florida Driver's license

SPECIFIC SKILLS
- Written and verbal communication skills
- Customer service skills
- Critical thinking
- Computer skills appropriate to the position
- Medication terminology use and understanding
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements appropriate to the position
- Organizational skills

Schedule: Varies
Shift: Days
Shift Hours: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Weekend Work: Occasional
On Call: No


Contact Helen Sacco for more information:   Email: hsacco@alliedhealthgroup.com813-514-0546 | Directwww.alliedhealthgroup.com

Cajuncodefest 2.0 positions Lafayette as epicenter of health care innovation | KATC.com | Acadiana-Lafayette, Louisiana

Cajuncodefest 2.0 positions Lafayette as epicenter of health care innovation | KATC.com | Acadiana-Lafayette, Louisiana

Cajuncodefest 2.0 positions Lafayette as epicenter of health care innovation

Posted: May 3, 2013 11:06 AM by MELISSA CANONE 
Updated: May 3, 2013 11:06 AM

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LAFAYETTE, La. - Lafayette was the epicenter of health care technology during the second annual CajunCodeFest, a free, three-day coding competition focused on transforming data into health care solutions. The CajunCodeFest is a signature event for the Center for Business & Information Technologies (CBIT) at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Over 400 people from 42 cities, 12 states and 2 countries gathered at the Cajundome to create solutions and discuss the future of healthcare technology. Participants organized themselves into teams before the event, and over a 27-hour period built exciting new prototypes and tools encouraging patients to "Own your Own Health." Last year, the event spawned 6 potential startup companies through team collaborations.

The event also hosted a full day of plenary sessions with keynote guest speakers including Bryan Sivak, Chief Technology Officer, and Dr. Farzad Mostashari, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, and Kathy Kliebert, Interim Secretary, Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals.

The CajunCodeFest competition ended with a local team taking home $25,000 and a qualifying entry in the National Health Data Palooza in Washington DC, in June. Awards were also given for the Best Student Team, The Opportunity Machine Best "Market Ready Team", Best Use of Microsoft HealthVault Technology, and US Ignite Best Software Defined Networking Application. For more information or to view speaker presentations, visit www.cajuncodefest.org.

Recently, CBIT and the CajunCodeFest were recognized with the Innov8 Education award from the Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce for bringing innovation in healthcare to the Lafayette community. The CajunCodeFest is a major component of INNOV8, an annual festival of innovation and creativity showcasing talented thinkers and entrepreneurs who make the region a unique place to live and work.

CajunCodeFest Winner's Photos:

"Best in Show" Grand Prize Winner & US Ignite Best Software Defined Application: Team BreakFix

(L-R) Bryan Sivak, CTO, US Dept. of Health & Hospitals, Stacy Crochet, Bill Fentsermaker, Fenstermaker & Associates, Monica Suire, Amy Hanchey, Teri Leblanc, William Zhang, Michael Venable, Trent Poche, Clay Allen, Allen & Gooch.

Best Student Team & Best Student Team Use of Microsoft HealthVault: "Geaux KNEAS"

(L-R) Dr. Joe Savoie, UL Lafayette President, Anh Do, Cory Etheredge, Brian Richmond, Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum.

The Opportunity Machine Best "Market Ready" Team & Best Chronic Disease Application using Microsoft HealthVault: The New Old Schoolers 2.0.

(L-R) Bill Fentsermaker, Fenstermaker & Associates, Luke Ashworth-Sides, Reza Jelvah, Bob Miller, Josh Bain, Kevin Webb, Geoff Daily, Clay Allen, Allen & Gooch.

The Center for Business & Information Technologies (CBIT) supports the University's economic development agenda through research, development and technology transfer in the general area of business and information technologies. In cooperation with private sector, academic, and government partners, the Center conducts basic and applied research aimed at establishing scientific foundations and frameworks for business & information technologies. This research facilitates the development and creation of these products. The Center provides strategic and technical support to Louisiana businesses and government. Visit cbit.louisiana.edu for more information.

Docs' Charting Falls Short of ICD-10 Demands

By David Pittman, Washington Correspondent, MedPage Today

Published: April 12, 2013

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Nearly 65% of clinical documentation doesn't contain enough information for coders to use for billing under the upcoming ICD-10 coding system, a coding expert said here at the American College of Physicians annual meeting.

The switch to the new coding system will greatly increase the specificity of diagnostic codes, and most doctors don't provide enough detail for office coders to translate that to ICD-10, said Rhonda Buckholtz, vice-president of ICD-10 education and training at AAPC, a medical coding society based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her estimate of the percentage of charts that were inadequately documented came from a survey of patient charts done by the AAPC, but further detail on the survey was not provided.

Complicating the switch for physicians, most payers said they won't reimburse for unspecified codes, which are commonly used by doctors who may not know how to exactly diagnose a patient when they see them, she said. "Under ICD-10, if we're not ready, we're not going to get paid."

Doctors have bemoaned the switch to ICD-10 -- short for International Classification of Diseases, version 10 -- because of the tremendous increase in complexity from the current ICD-9. The number of diagnostic codes will increase from nearly 14,000 to around 69,000. The number of procedure codes will jump from around 3,000 to roughly 87,000.

ICD-10 requires much greater detail on location of ailments, cause and type, and complications or manifestations compared with ICD-9. For example, diabetes will require complications to be incorporated within a single code. And asthma is listed as "mild," "mild intermittent," "mild persistent," "moderate persistent," or "severe."

Therefore, Buckholtz said physicians need to start work now to ensure they will provide enough information for billers to properly code.

Like it or not, the ICD-10 coding switch will occur on Oct. 1, 2014, a date the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has stood firm on after delaying the launch by a year already.

Jeannine Engel, MD, from the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, said studies range from 4% to 11% in the amount of extra time they estimate doctors will spend because of ICD-10.

Complicating the issue for physicians, ICD-9 won't be going completely away next fall. ICD-10 only applies to patients covered under HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, so Workers Compensation patients -- who aren't covered under HIPAA -- will still be billed under ICD-9.

Buckholtz provided a number of tips for physicians, including:

• Review contracts with health plans and see what additional information they need or what will be changing
• Test systems and procedures before October 2014 to make sure your office is ready to go
• Budget costs of the change
• Train and educate clinicians and other staff members on the changes they need to make
• Update forms, documentation, and internal processes

"You don't want to wait 'till the last minute because there's no quick fix for ICD-10," Buckholtz said.

CMS has produced tip sheets, handbooks, and other content to aid providers on the transition, Dickon Chan of the CMS regional office in San Francisco told attendees. The agency also hosts periodic teleconferences and sends updates via email.

Chan recommended providers not focus on the more than 100,000 codes in ICD-10, but zero in on the ones that are most applicable to their practice. "You don't need to know every single number in the telephone book, but when it's there, you need it," he said.

John Guzek, MD, an internist at Commonwealth Health in Scranton, Pa., attended the talk and said the changes aren't as extreme as he first thought. He'll note what changes there are.

"I've downloaded an app on my iPad to look at the ICD-10 codes," he told MedPage Today in a video interview. "I'm probably going to be looking through that and seeing what the differences are going to be."

Engel said ICD-9 was first employed in 1975 and hasn't been updated much since then.

"Would you use a 30-year-old cardiac stent? Probably not," she said. "With medicine, 30 is pretty old."

Engel argued that the more granular data will provide insurers and researchers with additional information to track public health risks and quality data, and to design payment systems.