Lead a team of Training and Quality Associate Directors and Operations Delivery leaders for multiple business units/customers and across locations
Lead calibrated quality outcomes for end customers
Lead training initiatives for the existing and new clients- finalise training plans for various sources of hired resources
Innovate and restructure training curriculums to suite business needs and also manage cost
Drive customer satisfaction for quality of coding output including corrective and preventive actions for customer quality concerns
Build and operate a predictable quality model and well aligned outcome-based quality assurance unit for coding
Actively collaborate new customer engagements for better training and quality outcomes including calibration, SOP inputs
Drive the structure and governance for ongoing customer calibrations
Collaborate and drive coding compliance reviews, alignment, and actions
Lead quality representation in business reviews - weekly, monthly, and quarterly as well customer and internal stakeholders/leadership visits
Drive high level of visibility on business performance and measures to relevant internal stakeholders.
Actively lead collaborative efforts and cohesive outcomes between US and Global QA teams
Drive and guide analytics for comprehensive quality dashboards along with business insights and publish for internal stakeholders and leaders.
Drive quality transformation initiatives and continual process improvement
Create effective quality sampling process and governance
Drive QA effectiveness and alignment with customer perceived quality
Collaborate with product team to build and manage comprehensive QA workflow tool along with reporting and insights capabilities
Drive process improvement initiatives including process reengineering, lean and automation initiatives to drive efficiency
Drive value-based initiatives including upstream opportunities from AR to coding, coding denials to abstract coding as well coding optimization, benchmarking, and CDI/provider education initiatives as well technology initiatives such as autonomous coding, coding edits/scrubbers and auto fixes
Collaborate with training team to drive effective feedback loop to address quality and training gaps through onboarding training
Drive high performing quality operations with closer governance on KPIs such as productivity, absenteeism, shift adherence, utilization, productive time etc
Drive high people engagement including framework for periodical connects including 1 to 1, skips, FGDs as well use the people survey tool to drive meaningful actions, EWS and employee retention and govern attrition
Manage all exceptions and escalations for quality team
Drive people development efforts and framework around IDP and R&R initiatives and be an inspiring people leader
Closely work with operations to meet dynamic business needs on quality support
Review and govern external audits rebuttals and final outcomes
Govern transactional quality operations as well drive strategic initiatives and implement best QA practices
Identify process improvement/business excellence/process reengineering opportunities and drive further
Drive automation and transformation initiatives
Required Experience:
Minimum 18 Years of Experience in managing Multispecialty Coding (inpatient and outpatient) in RCM/US healthcare along with understanding on Quality and Training Concepts - Provider experience preferred.
Exposure to digital solutions, automation, AI and analytics and ability to implement digital solutions
Analytical and structured approach with extensive experience in implementing high impact projects and delivering transformation projects in scale.