Clinician Coding Liaison - Medical Specialties

Department :

13376 Enterprise Revenue Cycle - Individualized Clinician Services Primary Care and Medical Specialties

Status : Full time

Benefits Eligible : Yes

Hou rs Per Week : 40

Schedule Details / Additional Information :

Standard working hours between 6AM - 6PM CST

Desired experience in any of the following specialties : Pulmonology, Sleep Medicine, PT / OT / Speech Therapy, Dental, Allergy, or Dermatology

Remote position and can work remotely out of the following registered states : AL, AK, AR, AZ, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, IL, LA, KS, KY, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WV, WY.

Pay Range

$35.50 - $53.25

Major Responsibilities :

• Deliver proactive coding education through newsletters, scorecards, and presentations, covering CPT (E&M, modifiers), ICD-10-CM, HCPCS, Risk Adjustment, payer requirements, and rejection resolutions.
• Lead onboarding and compliance training for all employed Physicians / APPs, including Locum Tenens, residents, and students, ensuring documentation accuracy from the start.
• Provide individualized documentation feedback by reviewing new clinician records and conducting spot checks, escalating non-coding issues to appropriate teams.
• Serve as the primary contact for coding inquiries, coordinating with internal teams to resolve complex issues such as NCCI bundling and high-complexity charge edits.
• Monitor Epic work queues (charge review, follow-up, claim edit) to ensure timely and accurate charge submissions and reduce claim denials.
• Collaborate across departments—including CMOs, Clinical Informatics, Risk Adjustment, and Population Health—to enhance documentation practices and system optimization.
• Participate in specialty and department meetings, identifying trends and delivering targeted education to improve coding and documentation accuracy.
• Refine Epic documentation tools, including templates, order entries, diagnosis lists, and SmartSets / SmartPhrases, to improve efficiency and accuracy.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory standards, including Medicare, Medicaid, and AHIMA’s Standards of Ethical Coding, while maintaining expert knowledge of evolving policies.
• Promote a culture of ethical coding and continuous improvement, supporting clinicians with timely updates, feedback, and education to ensure accurate reimbursement and compliance.

Licensure, Registration, and / or Certification Required :

Education Required :

Experience Required :

Typically requires 4 years of experience in expert-level professional coding.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required :

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions :

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About Advocate Health

is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names in Illinois; in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.