Location: Jackson At Home | Department: Home Health & Hospice Coding | Schedule: Full-time | Hours: Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, with no weekend work required.

Join Henry Ford Health as a CBO Coding Certified Specialist, supporting Home Health Care and Hospice services through accurate diagnostic and procedural coding. This newly created role brings essential coding functions in-house to improve accuracy, data integrity, and continuity of care across our Jackson At Home programs.

Reporting directly to departmental leadership, you will collaborate with clinical teams, quality educators, and coding supervisors to ensure documentation compliance and reimbursement optimization. Your expertise will play a vital role in building reliable patient databases that inform care delivery and support research initiatives.

This role offers a unique opportunity to work autonomously while being fully integrated into a collaborative and supportive multidisciplinary team. If you are detail-oriented, certified, and excited to make a meaningful impact in post-acute care coding—we invite you to explore this opportunity.

GENERAL SUMMARY: 

Under established coding principles and procedures reviews, analyzes, and validates the diagnostic and/or procedural codes applied from front-end coding and clinical teams for reimbursement and billing purposes.

The CBO Coding Certified Specialist accurately abstracts information from the electronic health record for compilation of a patient database, which supports medical research projects, patient care evaluation, and administrative decision making related to patient care.

The coding function is considered a primary source for data and information used in health care today, and promotes provider/patient continuity, accurate database information, and the ability to optimize reimbursement.

The coding function also ensure compliance with established coding guidelines, third party reimbursement policies, and regulation and accreditation guidelines.

EDUCATION REQUIRED:

High school diploma or G.E.D. equivalent required. Billing or coding experience preferred. Some college or additional coursework in Accounting, Business, Healthcare Administration or Medical Record Sciences preferred.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Prior experience in a healthcare revenue cycle position preferred. Must have through knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, disease processes, medical terminology, pharmacology, and coding systems. Six (6) months prior coding experience preferred, but not required. Strong organizational and time management skills required to effectively prioritize work. Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, supervisor, and manager. Ability to work independently. Ability to work remotely. Proficient in medical terminology. Proficient in ICD-10 CM, CPT and HCPCS coding. Able to recognize patterns and trends and escalate to supervisors to support root-cause analysis. Able to assist other team members. Supports the standards set forth in the HFHS Code of Conduct by adhering to legal and ethical guidelines.

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES REQUIRED:

Certification as a Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), RHIT Certification eligibility, or CPC, CPC-A, CCS, CCP or CCA certification required. Additional Information Organization: Henry Ford Jackson Hospital Department: HOSPICE IN HOME Shift: Day Job Union Code: Not Applicable