What are the responsibilities and job description for the CODING TECH position at Sparta Community Hospital?
Coding Tech
Coding Department
Full time: 80 hours per pay period. Monday – Friday, 07:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Position Summary – Coding Department – Coding Tech – Full Time
Sparta Community Hospital seeks a detail-focused professional to join our Coding Department team as a Coding Tech.
Sparta Community Hospital is dedicated to providing essential medical care to our communities. Join our team to make a meaningful impact on those in need.
Sparta Community Hospital's Coding Department plays a vital role in managing patient medical records, ensuring compliance with healthcare, ethical, legal, and regulatory standards. Organizing, managing, and reporting patient data per health standards, following the healthcare industry's numerical coding system. By doing so, the Coding Department plays a vital role in fulfilling the Organization's mission to provide exceptional healthcare services to the community. Coding technicians collect, organize, summarize, and encode patient data using standardized classification systems in hospitals and physician offices.
The Coding Team verifies patient records for accuracy and completeness. Accurately reflects the physician's final diagnosis and procedures based on the care given. Reviews records to verify adherence to criteria for third-party reimbursement agencies and screening standards.
In addition to our exceptional patient care, we prioritize continuous improvement and innovation. By investing in the latest technologies, our staff have access to the tools they need to deliver the best possible outcomes.
At Sparta Community Hospital, we value our employees as our greatest asset. Our generous and competitive benefits package supports your health and wellbeing, allowing for an ideal work/life balance.
As an employee of Sparta Community Hospital, benefits include but are not limited to:
- 144 HOURS OF PAID TIME OFF IN YOUR FIRST YEAR, and it just goes up from there! We acknowledge that you earn your time off! We do not segregate PTO into "separate buckets" that create use it or lose it situations.
- PTO PAY OUT AT THE END OF THE YEAR. Whether you take a payout at the end of the year or take the time off for yourself – your time is your time.
- ADDITIONAL PAID TIME OFF for Jury Duty, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability.
- EDUCATION. Looking to advance your career? Sparta Community offers various opportunities for loan and tuition assistance.
- PAID LIFE INSURANCE POLICY to protect you and your family in case of unforeseen events.
- HEALTH, DENTAL, AND VISION INSURANCE that provide you with quality care and affordable options. We are very proud of our ability to offer employees affordable health care coverage. Over 80% of current employees rank our benefits package as "excellent"!
- RETIREMENT PLAN. We provide 4% of an employee’s wages to their retirement fund each year! In addition, all employees have the option of contributing to a 457(b) plan.
- PROFIT SHARING. We understand that our employees are the reason that we succeed, that's why in addition to your regular retirement plan contribution, we share our profits with our employees through additional retirement contributions. Over the last several years, we have been averaging a pension bonus around 5% of annualized wages to further invest in our employees’ future.
- Flexible Schedules that allow you to balance your personal and professional responsibilities.
