Description:
Tenet Healthcare has immediate needs for remote, home based Corporate Coders to support the hospital business. Corporate Coders can be based anywhere in the country with home internet access.
The Corporate Coder ( CC ) functions under the direction of the Health Information Corporate Coding Manager. The CC is responsible for accurate coding and abstracting of clinical information from the medical record. The CC is responsible for maintaining standards for coding data quality and integrity, as well as productivity within established guidelines. The CC is responsible for coding of Tenet facilities as assigned, assisting with productive coding to maintain DNFC, assisting with quality chart reviews, assisting with the training of new CC s and/or other projects where indicated.
Qualifications:
* Successful completion of at least one AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association) certified program with achievement of the correlating professional credential preferred (RHIA, RHIT, and / or CCS, etc.)
* Minimum of four years of Medicare inpatient acute care hospital experience
* Supervisory or team lead experience preferred
* Familiarity with 3M-360 software a plus
* This role requires excellent verbal and written communication skills
A pre-employment coding proficiency assessment will be administered.
Job: Corporate
Primary Location: Dallas, Texas
Facility: Tenet Headquarters
Other Locations: Los Angeles,San Luis Obispo,Orange,Palm Springs,Boca Raton,Miami,Fort Lauderdale,Atlanta,Mount Pleasant,Modesto,Worcester,Phoenix,Detroit,Tucson
Job Type: Full-time
Shift Type: Days
Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicants or employees race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Tenet will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.
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Dallas, TX
Tenet Healthcare Corporation is a multinational investor-owned healthcare services company based in Dallas, Texas, United States. Through its brands, subsidiaries, joint ventures, and partnerships, including United Surgical Partners International (USPI), the company operates a number of facility types. At the end of 2018, Tenet had 115,500 employees and operated 68 hospitals with approximately 17,935 licensed beds, 23 surgical hospitals, and 475 outpatient centers. The company subsequently sold three hospitals in the Chicago area in January 2019, bringing the total hospital count to 65.
Since its founding in 1967, Tenet has expanded significantly. Among other major acquisitions and formations, Tenet founded Conifer Health Solutions in 2008, MedPost Urgent Care in 2014, and in 2013 acquired Vanguard Health Systems, Inc., an investor-owned hospital company whose operations complemented Tenet's existing business. The acquisition created the third-largest investor-owned hospital company in the United States in terms of revenue and the third-largest in number of hospitals owned. In 2015, Tenet acquired USPI, which created the largest operator of outpatient surgery centers in the United States. In 2018, the company ranked 147th in the Fortune 500.