What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas' resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That's where you come in.

The Manager of Charge Capture and Coding Revenue Cycle - Surgical Services will play a pivotal leadership role in ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant coding and charge capture across all surgical specialties. Overseeing a team of 25 professionals, this individual will be responsible for optimizing revenue integrity, streamlining workflows, and maintaining adherence to regulatory standards. The ideal candidate will possess extensive expertise in surgical coding, including CPT, ICD-10, and HCPCS, with a deep understanding of operative procedures and documentation requirements. Proven supervisory or managerial experience is essential, as this role demands strategic oversight, performance management, and cross-functional collaboration with clinical, billing, and compliance teams to drive operational excellence and financial performance.

Once you join us you won't want to leave. It's because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you'd expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time - all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you'll accrue!
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!

We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees' wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...

• Free financial and legal counseling
• Free mental health counseling services
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
• Resources for child and elder care
• Plus many more!

Position Summary:

Responsible for the leadership of organization-wide initiatives and processes designed to support the Revenue Charge Capture, Coding and front-end Billing Operations for UT physicians at all locations in an effort to reach 100% charge capture. In addition, will also be responsible for various revenue cycle initiatives and associated operational support.

Position Key Accountabilities:

1. Provides leadership and direction to the charge capture and coding staff.
2. Provides solutions and gains consensus with the revenue charge capture and coding process and leads improvement efforts (including providing input to operational training groups) across the clinical departments and front-end billing functions for the development of consistent and comprehensive revenue cycle practices to optimize revenue capture.
3. Develops, implements, and monitors productivity standards for coding and charge capture.
4. Performs analyses along the charge capture process as well as payer denials and manages an action plan for performance improvement in an effort to improve revenue, reduce charge lag and payer denials.
5. May assist with the development, implementation and maintenance of new features and functionalities in the GECB charge capture and coding processes with a keen understanding of their downstream effect.
6. Manages Human Resources activities of department in regards to: recruiting and selection, hiring and termination, training, professional development, mentoring, counseling, performance evaluations, and salary planning.
7. Responsible for the design, execution and effectiveness of a system of internal controls which provides reasonable assurance that operations are effective and efficient, assets are safeguarded; financial information is reliable and compliant with applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures.
8. Performs other duties as assigned.

Certification/Skills:

• Strong leadership, analytical and communication (oral and written) skills.
• Proficiency in various practice management systems, MS Office products as well as various claim scrubber technologies preferred.
• Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) by American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) required or
• Certified Professional Coder (CPC) by American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) required

Minimum Education:

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration or related; or equivalent experience in lieu of degree.

Minimum Experience:

Five (5) years of leadership experience in an academic physician practice environment preferably in financial operations.

Physical Requirements:

Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects.

Security Sensitive:
This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code §51.215 and Texas Government Code §411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code §117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R. §791.4.
Residency Requirement:

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.