Director Procedural Coding & Anesthesia

At Henry Ford Health, precision and integrity in coding are essential to delivering high-quality care and ensuring the financial strength of our system. As the Director of Procedural and Anesthesia Coding, youll set the strategy and lead system-wide efforts to optimize coding accuracy, compliance, and reimbursement. Overseeing a team of skilled professionals, youll serve as the subject matter expert in procedural and anesthesia codingdriving best practices, advancing automation, and partnering with clinical, HIM, CDI, and revenue cycle leaders to achieve excellence. This is an opportunity to shape the future of coding across a nationally recognized health system, where innovation, collaboration, and impact come together.

PRINCIPLE DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic Leadership & Oversight

• Provide system-wide leadership for procedural and anesthesia coding, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and consistency across hospitals.
• Establish and communicate long- and short-term strategic goals aligned with Henry Ford Healths mission, revenue cycle objectives, and quality standards.
• Lead consolidation and integration of coding departments into a single, standardized organization with consistent processes, policies, and technology.

Operational Excellence & Performance Management

• Oversee coding and charge capture functions, including coding and charge entry, edit resolution, revenue recovery, and timely posting of services.
• Design, implement, and maintain coding outcome scorecards, benchmarking, and business intelligence to measure performance and identify improvement opportunities.
• Monitor productivity, cycle times, and workflows; direct process improvements to close gaps and optimize resources.
• Maintain revenue cycle accountability to business units and ensure coding workflows support financial performance.

Collaboration & Clinical Partnerships

• Partner with service line leaders, physicians, CDI, HIM, compliance, and revenue cycle teams to align documentation, coding, and charge capture practices.
• Manage CPT/ICD-10 code usage and proactively communicate trends and coding guidance to providers to maximize accurate reimbursement.
• Support initiatives for quality reporting, risk adjustment, provider education, and regulatory compliance.

Innovation, Technology & Vendor Management

• Leverage automation, Epic-based workflows, and advanced tools (e.g., machine-learning prioritization engines) to streamline operations and prioritize workload.
• Work closely with IT on system selection, testing, installation, transition planning, and staff education to ensure high-quality data integrity and user adoption.
• Create and manage strategic partnerships with onshore/offshore vendors and third-party systems; monitor vendor performance with defined metrics and monthly benchmarking.

Team Development & Financial Management

• Recruit, develop, and mentor coding leaders and staff to build a high-performing, engaged workforce.
• Prepare the annual budget and manage departmental expenses and staffing levels to meet operational and financial goals.
• Foster a culture of accountability, continuous learning, and professional growth; ensure ongoing coder education tied to compliance and regulatory changes.

Compliance, Quality Assurance & External Representation

• Ensure coding practices comply with local, state, and federal guidelines and payer policies.
• Lead quality improvement activities related to coding and documentation integrity; use results to drive actionable change.
• Represent coding services on internal committees and in external forums, promoting best practices, benchmarking, and system collaboration.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Bachelors degree in Health Information Management, Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, or other business-related field, required.
• Masters degree in a business or a health administration related field, preferred.
• Five (5) years management experience required with director level, preferred.
• Knowledge of best practices related to revenue cycle operations.
• Experience at a large, complex, integrated healthcare organization, preferred.
• Experience with insurance billing, patient accounting systems and other related applications, preferred.
• Communication skills and the ability to interact effectively with staff.
• Ability to manage, coordinates, and leads simultaneously. Ability to estimate time frames and meet projected deadlines.
• Ability to work with a variety of individuals in executive, managerial and staff level positions.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to understand and lead change.
• Goal oriented, exceptional interpersonal skills, change management and political skill.

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES REQUIRED:

• CPC, CCS, CCS-P, RHIT or RHIA, preferred.

Additional Information

• Organization: Corporate Services
• Department: Revenue Cycle Administration
• Shift: Day Job
• Union Code: Not Applicable