Medical transcription supervisor vs medical coder

Differences between medical transcription supervisor and medical coder duties and responsibilities

Medical transcription supervisor example responsibilities.

• Manage the transcription department's annual budget, preserve statistical information on quality control and productivity.
• Monitor a safe and HIPPA compliant workplace.
• Ensure all dictation transcribe and or edit within hospital define guidelines.
• Develop rapport with physicians for clarification of their preference in their dictation.
• Monitor transcription workloads and make operational decisions to assure maximum efficiency, process improvements, effectiveness and economy of operations.
• Provide medical information to doctors, insurance providers or government medical programs like Medicare & Medicaid.

Medical coder example responsibilities.

• Manage all EDI relate communication with trading partners and assist to produce all operational documents for all end users.
• Manage all aspects of AR including writing letters for medical necessity, claim denials, bundling issues and charge capture.
• Manage health records while applying ICD-10 coding to update and process insurance claims for time and accuracy to various insurance companies.
• Manage the outsourced transcription company.
• Create documentation education classes to general surgery residents, increasing the leveling of reporting which lead to increase revenues.
• Adhere to regulations with CPT-4, ICD-9-CM and HCPCS coding with medical terminology and effort meet all audit requirements.
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