Creating Life Better Here starts with you. At San Juan Regional Medical Center, we're more than a healthcare provider—we're a values-driven organization dedicated to delivering exceptional care. As a team member, you help fulfill our mission to make life better here for our community.
An Ambulance Coding Specialist is a focused individual who is energetic and self-motivated. This person uses their knowledge of Ambulance (ground and air) coding and billing to ensure correct claims are created and paid.
Required Behaviors:
- As you go about fulfilling this mission, your work habits and work relationships should embody SJRMC's values. These values are our culture, our identity as an organization. Sacred Trust, Personal Reverence, Thoughtful Anticipation, Team Accountability and Creative Vitality ask more of us than merely completing some list of tasks. Our values ask for a deeper level of commitment, and what is asked of us we freely give because we believe in our mission.
Required Qualifications:
- Certified Ambulance Coder Certification
- High School education or GED
- Medical Terminology
- Good communication skills – written and verbal
- Collaborative
- Process oriented
Preferred Qualifications:
- CPC
- Two (2) years’ experience with ambulance coding and/or billing
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Registration of ambulance encounters
- Assignment of CPT/HCPCS codes in accordance with all current coding guidelines
- Entry of charges for ground transport
- Billing to and collections from all third-party payers
- Ensuring goals and objectives established by leadership are met
- Responsible for identifying denials and submitting appeals as appropriate
- Identifying trends and making recommendations for improvements
- Professional appearance and behavior at all times
- Other duties as assigned and overtime as requested or required
Safety, Courtesy, Effectiveness, and Stewardship
Physical Demands and Environmental Work Conditions:
- Job is sedentary in nature and involves long periods of sitting
- Extensive use of computers
- Extensive reading of digital patient records
