Freelance Medical & Billing Coder

Dane Street, LLC; Orlando (FL); Remote; USD 34,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Supplemental income

Flexible schedule

Prepped cases & streamlined workflow

User-friendly work portal

Job summary

Dane Street is seeking coders, bill reviewers, and payment integrity reviewers to join our team. You will review medical reports to ensure correct coding and billing, and collaborate with client offices to resolve questions before delivering timely results.

The role emphasizes adherence to program standards, strong communication, and a fast-paced, remote-friendly environment with opportunities for growth within a high-performance organization.

Qualifications

• Must possess CPC, APCC, CMBS, or DRG coder certification.
• Experience in payment integrity or professional bill review is strongly preferred.
• Out-of-network bill review experience is a plus.
• Experience working in a remote environment is preferred.
• Background in a medical office or health care setting is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates the appropriateness of codes and whether they meet program standards.
• Ensures medical records match codes and obtains records if needed.
• Reads and applies policy guidelines and healthcare terminology to determine criteria.
• Evaluates claims for conflict of interest and criterion appropriateness.
• Adheres to program timelines and schedules.

Skills

Deadline-driven

Self-motivated

Clear communication

Google Workspace proficiency

Attention to detail

Education

CPC/APCC/CMBS/DRG coder certification

Job description

Calling all bill review professionals, CPC coders, AAPC, and DRG coders! Dane Street is looking for highly motivated Coders, bill reviewers, and payment integrity reviewers candidates to join our team. Dane Street offers an exciting work environment, competitive compensation, and strong growth potential.

Job Summary:

A new program offering on the group health side of our business enables you to apply your clinical knowledge to review reports accompanying medical records to ensure that medical billing information and coding are correct. You will communicate with other reviewers and their office teams to ensure clarity of information and ensure all questions posed have been addressed, and ensure that reports are returned within client deadlines.

Core Duties & Responsibilities:

• Evaluates the appropriateness of codes and determine whether they meet all established program standards.
• Ensures that the medical records are matched appropriately to the codes and if not, obtains them.
• Read & apply policy guidelines and healthcare terminology and delineate when criteria are/are not met.
• Evaluates claims for conflict of interest and criteria appropriateness.
• Works within established timeframes set by program parameters.
• Provides strong customer service skills and works closely with clients on a case- by-case basis to provide complete, timely, and error-free quality assurance of cases.
• Provides clinical oversight to cases that are complex and need additional review prior to return to the client.
• Serves as an additional level of QA and clinical knowledge/review for cases with quality Issues.

Required Education & Experience:

• Must have a CPC, APCC, CMBS, or DRG coder certification
• Payment integrity or professional bill review experience is strongly preferred.
• Out-of-network bill review experience is a plus.
• Experience working in a remote environment is preferred.
• Experience in a medical office or health care background.

Required Skills:

• Must work with a sense of urgency and meet deadlines.
• Must be self-motivated, with a strong drive for performance excellence.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.
• Proficiency in navigating a variety of computer programs (Experience with Google Chrome, Gmail, Docs, Sheets, etc., is a plus).
• Attention to detail REQUIRED.

PLEASE BE AWARE: In the interest of the security of both parties, please be aware that

Dane Street will never conduct an interview via text or request checks from candidates

for purchasing equipment.

• Robust opportunity for supplemental income
• Schedule flexibility and predictable work hours-conduct reviews based on your schedule availability
• Fully prepped cases, streamlined case flow, transcription services at no cost, and a user-friendly work portal

A fast-paced, Inc. 500 Company with a high-performance culture, Dane Street is seeking

insightful, astute forward-thinking professionals. We process over 200,000 insurance

claims annually for leading national and regional Workers’ Compensation, Disability,

Auto and Group Health Carriers, Third-Party Administrators, Managed Care

Organizations, Employers and Pharmacy Benefit Managers. We provide customized

Independent Medical Exam and Peer Review programs that assist our clients in

reaching the appropriate medical determination as part of the claims management

process.