Associate, Payment Integrity

Oscar Health; Phoenix (AZ); Remote; USD 83,000 - 109,000; Full time

Job summary

Oscar Health is seeking an Associate, Payment Integrity to support process improvement and issue resolution within the Oscar claim environment. The role requires deep knowledge of claims, coding and reimbursement policies and involves cross-functional collaboration with internal teams.

The position is fully remote with potential future hub-based collaboration and offers base pay in the United States, with annual performance bonuses and benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 4+ years of commensurate experience.
• 4+ years of experience in claims processing, coding, auditing or health care operations.
• 4+ years experience in medical coding within payment integrity.
• Medical coding certification through AAPC (CPC, COC) or AHIMA (CCS, RHIT, RHIA).
• Experience with reimbursement methodologies, provider contract concepts and common claims processing/resolution practices.
• 2+ years experience deriving business insights from datasets and solving problems.
• 1+ years experience improving business workflows and processes.
• 1+ years experience collaborating with internal and/or external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide subject matter expertise and in-depth understanding of Payment Integrity internal claims processing edits, external vendor edits and Oscar reimbursement policies.
• Respond to internal and external inquiries and disputes regarding policies and edits.
• Document industry standard coding rules and provide recommendations on reimbursement policy language and scope.
• Ideate payment integrity opportunities based on a deep knowledge of industry standard coding rules. Translate into business requirements; submit to and collaborate with internal partners to effectuate change.
• Ingest information from internal and external partners regarding adverse claim outcomes; collaborate with partners to scope, size, prioritize items and deliver solutions.
• Use insights from partner submissions, data mining, process monitoring, etc., work with the team to proactively identify thematic areas of opportunity to solve problems.
• Perpetuate a culture of transparency and collaboration by keeping stakeholders well informed of progress, status changes, blockers, completion, etc.; field questions as appropriate.
• Support Oscar run state objectives by providing speedy research, root cause analysis, training, etc. whenever issues are escalated and assigned by leadership.
• Compliance with all applicable laws and regulations
• Other duties as assigned

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

About the role

This role is responsible for supporting process improvement and issue resolution in the Oscar claim environment for both the Oscar Insurance business and +Oscar clients. The Associate, Payment Integrity role organizes, scopes, prepares, investigates and/or executes on solutions and process improvements within edits and ideation. This is accomplished by leveraging a deep understanding of Oscar’s claim infrastructure, workflows, workflow tooling, platform logic, data models, etc., to work cross-functionally to understand and translate friction from stakeholders into actionable opportunities for improvement. You will report into the Senior Manager, Payment Integrity.

Work Location

This is a remote position, open to candidates who reside in: Atlanta, Georgia; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas, Texas; Louisville, Kentucky; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Salt Lake City, Utah. You will be fully remote; however, our approach to work may adapt over time. Future models could potentially involve a hybrid presence at the hub office associated with your metro area.

Pay Transparency

The base pay for this role is: $82,717 - $108,566 per year. You are also eligible for employee benefits, participation in Oscar's unlimited vacation program and annual performance bonuses.

Responsibilities

• Provide subject matter expertise and in-depth understanding of Payment Integrity internal claims processing edits, external vendor edits and Oscar reimbursement policies.
• Respond to internal and external inquiries and disputes regarding policies and edits.
• Document industry standard coding rules and provide recommendations on reimbursement policy language and scope.
• Ideate payment integrity opportunities based on a deep knowledge of industry standard coding rules. Translate into business requirements; submit to and collaborate with internal partners to effectuate change.
• Ingest information from internal and external partners regarding adverse claim outcomes; collaborate with partners to scope, size, prioritize items and deliver solutions.
• Use insights from partner submissions, data mining, process monitoring, etc., work with the team to proactively identify thematic areas of opportunity to solve problems.
• Perpetuate a culture of transparency and collaboration by keeping stakeholders well informed of progress, status changes, blockers, completion, etc.; field questions as appropriate.
• Support Oscar run state objectives by providing speedy research, root cause analysis, training, etc. whenever issues are escalated and assigned by leadership.
• Compliance with all applicable laws and regulations
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree or 4+ years of commensurate experience
• 4+ years of experience in claims processing, coding, auditing or health care operations
• 4+ years experience in medical coding within payment integrity
• Medical coding certification through AAPC (CPC, COC) or AHIMA (CCS, RHIT, RHIA)
• Experience with reimbursement methodologies, provider contract concepts and common claims processing/resolution practices.
• 2+ years experience deriving business insights from datasets and solving problems
• 1+ years experience improving business workflows and processes
• 1+ years experience collaborating with internal and/or external stakeholders

Bonus points

• 2+ years experience in a technical role (QA analyst, PM, operations analyst, finance, consulting, industrial engineering) or a process improvement role (Six Sigma or similar)
• Process Improvement or Lean Six Sigma training
• Experience using SQL

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Pay Transparency

Final offer amounts, within the base pay set forth above, are determined by factors including your relevant skills, education, and experience. Full-time employees are eligible for benefits including: medical, dental, and vision benefits, 11 paid holidays, paid sick time, paid parental leave, 401(k) plan participation, life and disability insurance, and paid wellness time and reimbursements.

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