Associate General Manager

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced AGM Medical Coding professional to join our team at Hyderabad location. The ideal candidate will have over 10-12 years of experience in medical coding, with a proven track record of managing large teams of 150 to 200 coders. The candidate should be certified from AAPC or AHIMA, with strong leadership capabilities, client handling experience, and a deep understanding of the healthcare and medical coding industry.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Oversees the daily operations of the coding unit including workload and staffing;
• hiring, disciplining, and performance appraisals; training; and monitoring quality of
• work.
• Develops long range and short term goals, objectives, plans, and programs and
• ensures they are implemented.
• Assists in planning, developing, and controlling the budget, including staffing costs,
• capital equipment, and operations of the coding unit.
• Evaluates the impact of innovations and changes in programs, policies, and procedures
• for the coding unit.
• Designs and implements systems and methods to improve data accessibility. Identifies,
• assesses, and resolves problems.
• Prepares administrative reports.
• Oversees and monitors the coding compliance program.
• Develops and coordinates educational and training programs regarding elements of the coding compliance program such as appropriate documentation and accurate coding to all appropriate staff.
• Ensures the appropriate dissemination and communication of regulatory, policy, and
• guideline changes.
• Conducts and oversees coding audit efforts and coordinates monitoring of coding
• accuracy and documentation adequacy.
• Reports noncompliance issues detected through auditing and monitoring, the nature
• of corrective action plans, and the results of follow up audits.
• Conducts trend analyses to identify patterns and variations in coding practices.
• Reviews claim denials and rejections pertaining to coding and medical necessity issues
• and, when necessary, implements corrective action plan to prevent similar denials and
• rejections from recurring.

Required Expertise & Qualification:

• Life Science graduation or any equivalent graduation with Anatomy/Physiology as
• main subjects.
• Master’s degree in business administration preferred.
• 10-12 years of overall coding experience, out of which a minimum 5 years in team
• handling of a team size ranging between 250 to 600 team members.
• Anyone of the following coding certifications CPC, COC, CRC, CPCP from AAPC CCS,
• CCSP, CCA from AHIMA.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Strong managerial, leadership, analytical and interpersonal skills.
• Outstanding organizational skills.
• Hands on Experience in generating reports using MS Office Excel, word and MS power
• point.