Lead Charge Capture Nurse

Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of nine hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 400 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky in a joint venture with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana. Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has nearly 1,500 providers, including more than 750 physicians and more than 740 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

Baptist Health is looking for a Lead Charge Capture Nurse to join their team. This is a remote work position for candidates who reside in KY or IN Supports the day-to-day operations related to clinical charge audit and charge capture. Supports implementation and maintenance of standardized workflows developed in collaboration with the Director of Charge Capture, Special Projects Manager, and Associate Vice President of Revenue Integrity.

Provides leadership on a daily basis to Charge Capture staff including mentoring employees, educating employees on new policies or payor guidelines, orienting new employees and other duties as assigned by the Director of Charge Capture. Provides support to all processes within Charge Capture including but not limited to scheduled/routine audits, payor audits, audits following billing edits or errors, and audits following denials or payment variances. Performs human resources functions typical of a lead within Baptist Health including reviewing and editing payroll, evaluating employees, assuring employee compliance with mandatory education and employee health requirements, and reviewing productivity and peer review results with employees. Supports the monitoring of productivity, error rates, delayed claims, and key performance indicators to identify performance gaps. Collaborates to develop and implement effective mechanisms to address these opportunities. Communicates effectively with staff and incorporates staff feedback to improve operations. Provides ongoing education to promote compliant charging and coding practices. Constantly works with Charge Capture staff to identify opportunities for more efficient workflow. Communicates process improvement opportunities to Director and offers suggestions to address these opportunities. Collaborates with Director to develop and implement effective mechanisms for process improvement.