jlynnhowe
Networker
I'm looking for advice here more than anything else.
I'm an established coding professional; I've been working for a home health company as the sole coding specialist in my area network, for about 2.5 years. I am responsible for coding a census that varies from 200-360; I review the OASIS documentation but my primary responsibility is the ICD-10 diagnosis coding, and I have a reputation as being one of the best coders for my employer, for the region in which I work.
Due to reorganization in my current place of employment that will affect my job heavily in a negative way, I updated my resume and was pounced on pretty quickly! I am looking at a very nice job offer for full-time (hourly, with overtime as needed), making a considerably higher pay rate than my current job, complete with benefits that are equal to or better than what I have. The only downside is the commute is much greater, but I'm not concerned about that.
What I am a little concerned about is that once again I would be the sole coding specialist, and this company has previous outsourced all of its coding to another company. They want to bring it in-house because they're growing and want to do as much of their own work in house as possible going forward. They also feel an in-house coder will have a greater investment and possibly input for documentation improvement, strategic vision, etc. I feel like this is a tremendous opportunity to get my foot in the door of a company that's going places, that I can grow with professionally and have real influence on. On the other hand, they have no experience having their own in-house coder and may have some unrealistic expectations.
What do you think? Am I setting myself up for trouble? Is there some hidden catch I may have missed? Or is this just an amazing stroke of luck I should grab before it slips through my fingers?
I'm an established coding professional; I've been working for a home health company as the sole coding specialist in my area network, for about 2.5 years. I am responsible for coding a census that varies from 200-360; I review the OASIS documentation but my primary responsibility is the ICD-10 diagnosis coding, and I have a reputation as being one of the best coders for my employer, for the region in which I work.
Due to reorganization in my current place of employment that will affect my job heavily in a negative way, I updated my resume and was pounced on pretty quickly! I am looking at a very nice job offer for full-time (hourly, with overtime as needed), making a considerably higher pay rate than my current job, complete with benefits that are equal to or better than what I have. The only downside is the commute is much greater, but I'm not concerned about that.
What I am a little concerned about is that once again I would be the sole coding specialist, and this company has previous outsourced all of its coding to another company. They want to bring it in-house because they're growing and want to do as much of their own work in house as possible going forward. They also feel an in-house coder will have a greater investment and possibly input for documentation improvement, strategic vision, etc. I feel like this is a tremendous opportunity to get my foot in the door of a company that's going places, that I can grow with professionally and have real influence on. On the other hand, they have no experience having their own in-house coder and may have some unrealistic expectations.
What do you think? Am I setting myself up for trouble? Is there some hidden catch I may have missed? Or is this just an amazing stroke of luck I should grab before it slips through my fingers?