A large, multi-market health system is recruiting an experienced Corporate Outpatient Coding Manager for a fully remote position based anywhere in the United States, supporting hospital and outpatient operations anchored in Texas. This is a senior individual-contributor-plus-leadership role that sits directly under the Director of Corporate Coding and carries regional oversight responsibility across multiple hospital markets. The position offers a competitive salary band of $85,280–$136,032 annually, a meaningful annual incentive bonus, and the operational scope that comes with managing coding teams across a 65-hospital, 510-plus outpatient center enterprise.
Perks and Benefits
- Base salary range: $85,280–$136,032 annually, dependent on location, qualifications, and experience
- Annual Incentive Plan bonus eligibility: 10%–25% of base salary depending on role level
- Sign-on and relocation bonus eligibility for management-level positions
- Discretionary 401(k) with up to 6% employer match
- Medical, dental, vision, disability, life, AD&D, and business travel insurance
- Health savings accounts (HSA); healthcare and dependent flexible spending accounts (FSA)
- Paid time off (vacation and sick leave) plus 10 paid holidays per year
- Employee Assistance Program and employee discount program
- Voluntary supplemental benefits: pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long-term care, elder and childcare assistance, auto and home insurance
- Colorado-based employees: paid leave in accordance with Colorado's Healthy Families and Workplaces Act
Practice Highlights
- Fully remote role supporting a multi-hospital, multi-market outpatient coding operation tied to a Texas-based corporate structure
- Regional management oversight of coding operations across multiple hospital markets simultaneously
- Direct leadership of Corporate Coding Supervisors, Leads, Coders, DNFC Specialists, and Coding Coordinators
- Accountable for DNFC (Discharged Not Finally Coded) performance, reporting, and follow-up to senior leadership; attends facility DNFC/B meetings
- Responsible for scheduling and workforce planning to ensure coder productivity metrics and DNFC goals are consistently met and sustained
- Conducts coding quality reviews; tracks, trends, and manages quality performance to enterprise standard; initiates corrective action and performance management as needed
- Delivers coding education, training, and orientation in collaboration with the Director of Coding
- Participates in and contributes to process improvement initiatives under the guidance of the Coding Director
- Supports ad hoc projects related to coding and quality as directed by management
- Travel requirement: up to 10%
- Enterprise scope: 65 hospitals and approximately 510 outpatient centers and additional sites of care across the country
Qualifications
- Associate's degree in Health Information Management or a related healthcare field required; Bachelor's degree in HIM or related field preferred
- RHIT and/or CCS credential required; RHIA and CCS preferred
- Minimum of four years of outpatient coding experience required; five or more years preferred
- Minimum of one year of coding leadership experience required; five or more years of directly leading large coding teams in a complex health system strongly preferred
- Thorough knowledge of ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS coding principles, Official Coding Guidelines, and applicable regulatory requirements; working knowledge of disease processes, anatomy and physiology, pharmacology, and DRG classification and reimbursement structure
- Experience with encoders and computerized abstracting systems required
- Coding proficiency demonstrated by successful completion of an employer-administered coding exercise
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; organizational capacity to manage multiple facilities and teams independently
- Ability to travel up to 10% as needed
About the Community
This role is fully remote and open to candidates based anywhere in the United States, with corporate alignment to the Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas market. Dallas–Fort Worth is one of the fastest-growing metropolitan regions in the country, offering a low state income tax environment, a diverse and affordable housing market across dozens of distinct suburbs and urban neighborhoods, nationally ranked school districts, and a robust arts, dining, and professional sports scene. For candidates who prefer to remain in their current location, the remote structure makes geography a non-issue while still connecting you to a large, well-resourced health system with national reach.