Director, Healthcare Domestic Coding Operations

Company: Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement
Location: Chicago
Posted on: May 13, 2025

Job Description:

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.

Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future.

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.

The Huron Managed Services Coding Operations Director oversees a portfolio of clients and is responsible for ensuring smooth day-to-day operations, contractual compliance, and coding operations performance. Core functions include Client Relationship Management, Business Analytics, Resource Management, Culture, Staff Engagement, Training and Solution Development.

The Huron Managed Services Coding Operations Director leads the operations management team to execute on core activities related to sustained coding operations performance. This position has a pulse on the day-to-day operational needs for existing client engagements, as well as planning for future client opportunities. This leader works directly with HMS Senior Leadership to design and deliver both internal and client facing work.

KEY JOB DUTIES:

• Executes the HMS Coding Operations objectives, responsibilities, and initiatives
• Makes key operational decisions independently and effectively prioritizes projects
• Establishes quarterly goals and works with both the domestic and international business offices and HMS leadership teams to ensure they are achieved
• Analyzes, interprets, and summarizes pertinent coding operations data components, and monitors performance against Key Performance Indicators
• Identifies issues, risks, barriers, and opportunities for improvement related to Huron Coding Support Services along with both the domestic and international business office responsibilities, processes, service level agreements, technology, and people
• Manages a cohort of Coding Operations Managers and clients, providing direction and removing barriers
• Provides coaching, development, and mentorship to direct reports and other subordinates
• Establishes and maintains strong relationships with both domestic and international service center stakeholders
• Establish systems and processes to ensure the quality and compliance of all coding activities
  
  REQUIRED SKILLS:
  
  • Leadership and integrity
  • Strong communication skills and executive presence
  • Strategic decision-making and critical thinking
  • Results-oriented
  • Effective relationship building and networking
  • People development and coaching
  • Mental/physical health sufficient to meet the demands and pressures of the position
  • Ability to read and write in the English language
  • Preferred experience in a matrixed organization
    
    CORE QUALIFICATIONS:
    
    • Current permanent U.S. work authorization required
    • Bachelor's degree in healthcare administration, business, finance, or a related field required. A master's degree is preferred
    • Limited travel required
    • Proficient in Microsoft office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
    • Direct Supervisory Experience
    • 7+ years of healthcare operations experience with 5+ in managerial positions
    • Strong leadership and management skills aligning to Huron's core values and competencies
    • Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
    • Proven ability to lead and motivate a team, with strong interpersonal and communication skills
    • Oversight/Management of International teams strongly preferred
      
      PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
      
      • This role requires remaining seated at a desk/computer for 8 hours daily; repetitive use of computer keyboard and mouse; use of computer monitors for 8 hours daily; interaction though video/audio conference calls and possible use of a headset with microphone; very rarely duties might require the ability to lift up to 20 pounds and bending & standing for periods at a time.
        
        TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS:
        
        • Required Certifications:
          • Certified Coding Specialist (CCS)
          • Certified Coding Specialist - Physician (CCS - P)
            
            
            • Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) preferred
              • Encoder experience (3M/Solventum, Encoder Pro, Codify) preferred
              • Epic experience preferred
              • Cerner experience preferred
              • Meditech experience preferred
                
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                The estimated salary range for this job is $130,000 - $180,000. The range represents a good faith estimate of the range that Huron reasonably expects to pay for this job at the time of the job posting. The actual salary paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to specific skills or certifications, years of experience, market changes and required travel. This job is also eligible to participate in Huron's annual incentive compensation program, which reflects Huron's pay for performance philosophy and Huron's benefit plans which include medical, dental and vision coverage and other wellness programs. The salary range information provided is in accordance with applicable state and local laws regarding salary transparency that are currently in effect and may be implemented in the future.
                
                Position Level
                Director
                
                Country
                United States of America
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