Clinical Coding Analyst RN, Consultant

Blue Shield of CA; Long Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Shield of CA is seeking a Clinical Coding Analyst RN, Consultant to support the Facility Compliance Review team. You will lead a small team of coders, conduct in-depth quality audits for ICD-10-CM/PCS, EDC reviews, and UM evaluations, ensuring compliant billing and coding practices. Leadership and AHIMA/AAPC credentials are highly desirable.

Hybrid virtual role with initial in-office hours in PST; strong analytical, coding and leadership skills are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree in nursing is required.
• Current unrestricted California RN License and/or in assigned states; CA license within 90 days if other state.
• 7 years of prior relevant experience.
• 3 years' inpatient coding experience.
• Certification: CCS, CPC-CIC, RHIT, RHIA, CCDS or CDIP.
• Utilization management (UM) experience is required.
• Ability to analyze claim data analytics is required.
• Health plan experience (managed care) preferred.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Arbitration experience preferred.
• Independent motivation and solid work ethic required.
• Familiarity with EHR systems, Oracle Cerner, and ED coding leveling preferred.
• Strong attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Support the FCR team in reviewing post-service prepayment facility claims for contract compliance and medical necessity.
• Lead and train the clinical coding team, review claims and perform quality audits.
• Review outpatient coding for billing accuracy related to injections/infusions, DRG/APC and charge codes.
• Ensure billed coding meets reimbursement, research, epidemiology and quality care criteria.
• Act as a resource for the team and drive refresher trainings when needed.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Motivation

Computer navigation

Education

Associate's degree in nursing

Tools

EHR systems (Cerner)

Oracle Cerner

Job description

Your Role

The Facility Compliance Review (FCR) team reviews post service prepayment facility claims for contract compliance, industry billing standards, medical necessity and hospital acquired conditions/never events. The Clinical Coding Analyst RN, Consultant will report to the Senior Manager, Facility Compliance Review. In this role you will be supporting the FCR team in addition to a small clinical coder team of 2 clinical coders who will be responsible for performing in-depth quality audits of hospital claims to support ICD-10-CM and ICD-10 PCS codes as well as EDC (Emergency Department Coding), MS-DRG and APR-DRG reviews based on clinical determination. Reviews will also be performed for medical necessity and to meet the criteria for the coding billed. You will also be responsible for reviewing outpatient coding for appropriateness of billing related to injection and infusions. This person will review medical records and perform coding analysis on all diagnoses, procedures, DRG/APC and charge codes. Ensure that the billed coding is appropriate based on reimbursement requirements, research, epidemiology, financial and strategic planning and evaluation of quality of care. In this role you will be working in a Lead capacity assisting with reviewing claims, training new hires, facilitating refresher trainings for the team as needed, and being a resource for the team to ask questions. The ideal candidate will have previous leadership experience and hold at least a CPC or CCS certification from AHIMA or AAPC, and higher-level certifications are highly desirable.

Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow - personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.

We are a CA based company and training hours for the first few months will be 8am-5pm PST. After that, this person can work 6am-3pm, 7am-4pm or 8am-5pm PST.

Your Knowledge and Experience

• Associate's degree in nursing is required

• Current unrestricted California RN License and/or in assigned states. If assigned an additional state, they must obtain the CA RN license (in addition to primary assigned state license) within 90 days of hire

• 7 years of prior relevant experience required

• 3 years' inpatient coding experience required

• One of the following is required: Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), Certified Professional Coder (CPC-CIC), Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Certified Documentation Integrity Specialist (CCDS) or Certified Documentation Integrity Practitioner (CDIP)

• Utilization management (UM) experience is required

• Ability to analyze claim data analytics is required

• Health plan experience (managed care) preferred

• Strong attention to detail

• Arbitration experience preferred

• Requires independent motivation, solid work ethic, and strong computer navigation skills

• Familiarity with electronic health record (EHR) systems, Oracle (Cerner) and Emergency Department EM leveling experience preferred

• Strong attention to detail

Hybrid Virtual Work

This role allows employees to work virtually full-time, however employees will be expected to come to the office based on business need.