Medicaid Pre-Billing Auditor

AbleLight; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, Vision benefits

403(b) Retirement Savings Plan with 3.

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Tuition Reimbursements

Any Day Pay via Dayforce Wallet

Job summary

AbleLight is seeking a Medicaid Pre-Billing Auditor to independently evaluate Medicaid billing, coding, authorizations, service documentation, and related reimbursement practices. The role focuses on pre-billing audits, identifying risks, and guiding remediation to reduce regulatory risk, with occasional work on commercial payer reviews as needed.

The position entails evaluating documentation for accuracy against CPT/HCPCS/ICD-10-CM and Medicaid requirements, performing risk assessments, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration, accounting or related field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of five years of auditing experience, including reviewing claims, coding, and supporting documentation for accuracy and compliance.
• Certification required: CPC, CCS-P, CPMA, CHC or other relevant healthcare credential.

Responsibilities

• Auditing and monitoring Medicaid claims and records; raise internal billing holds when necessary.
• Prepare concise audit reports, dashboards, and presentations for leadership; identify corrective actions.
• Collaborate across departments; evaluate and implement audit-management platforms and analytics tools.
• Provide subject-matter expertise on Medicaid billing, coding, documentation, and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Auditing

Regulatory compliance

Quality assurance

Education

Bachelor's degree in healthcare administration, accounting or related field

Tools

Audit software

Analytics tools

Job description

Put Your Heart to Work!

At AbleLight, we believe theworldshinesbrighterwhen people with developmental disabilities achieve their full potential. We pioneer life-changing services that empower the people we serve to thrive.

The Medicaid Pre-Billing Auditor independently evaluates Medicaid billing, coding, authorizations, service documentation, and related reimbursement practices to determine whether claims are accurate, properly coded, and compliant with federal and state requirements. A primary focus will be pre-billing audits. The role identifies billing risks, imposes billing holds before defective billing is initiated, recommends corrective actions, and monitors remediation to reduce regulatory risk. Limited reviews involving commercial payers may also be performed based on organizational need.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration, accounting or a related field; or an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• Minimum of five years of experience in auditing or a related function, including direct experience reviewing claims, coding, and supporting documentation for accuracy and regulatory compliance.
• One of the following:
  • Certified Professional Coder (CPC) through AAPC; or
  • Certified Coding Specialist–Physician-based (CCS-P) through AHIMA; or
  • Certified Professional Medical Auditor (CPMA); or
  • Certified in Healthcare Compliance (CHC); or
  • Another relevant healthcare coding, audit, compliance, or health information credential

Benefits:

We support the whole person and have designed our benefits with you and your family's total well-being in mind:

• Health and Wellness: Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits starting the first of the month following 30 days of employmentand access to Teledoc
• Financial Wellness: 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan with 3.5% matching contributions, Health Savings Account, Flexible Savings Account, and Basic Life, AD&D, STD, and LTD insurance
• Work/Life Balance: Paid Time Off (PTO), Tuition Reimbursements
• Trainingprogram will allow you to become CPR certified
• Ongoing training to support Career Development
• We are now also offering Any Day Pay. With Dayforce Wallet, you get access to your pay as soon as you've earned it at no additional cost to you.

Responsibilities:

• Auditing and Monitoring (70%)
  • Conduct risk-based, prospective, and retrospective audits of Medicaid claims and records.
  • Determine whether documentation meets payer requirements. Impose internal billing holds where pre-billing audits find documentation does not meet billing standards.
  • Evaluate coding and billing accuracy using applicable CPT, HCPCS, ICD-10-CM, Medicaid program, waiver, managed-care, and state-specific requirements.
  • Support billing-related risk assessments, investigations, payer audits, government inquiries, and compliance reviews as assigned.
  • Promptly elevate suspected overpayments and other significant concerns in accordance with organization procedures.
• Reporting and Corrective Action (10%)
  • Maintain complete and defensible audit reports documenting audit objectives, criteria, methodology, samples, evidence reviewed, exceptions, conclusions, and reviewer decisions.
  • Analyze findings to identify patterns, control weaknesses, potential financial exposure, and opportunities for process improvement.
  • Prepare concise written reports, dashboards, and presentations that communicate findings and recommended actions to Compliance leadership and appropriate stakeholders.
  • Recommend practical corrective actions and collaborate with accountable leaders to establish responsibilities, target dates, and validation measures.
  • Monitor corrective action progress, perform follow-up testing, and determine whether remediation is effective and sustainable.
  • Maintain records of findings, corrective actions, management responses, and closure evidence.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration and Audit Technology (10%)
  • Work collaboratively with various departments while preserving the objectivity of the Compliance audit function.
  • Help evaluate and implement audit-management platforms, compliance-monitoring software, analytics tools, dashboards, and automated exception-reporting capabilities.
  • Use approved data analytics and AI-assisted auditing technologies to analyze claims and documentation, identify outliers, prioritize higher-risk records, recognize recurring patterns, and expand audit coverage.
• Consultation and Regulatory Support (10%)
  • Serve as a subject‑matter resource on Medicaid billing, coding, documentation, reimbursement, and audit requirements.
  • Monitor relevant Medicaid billing manuals, waiver requirements, regulatory updates, payer guidance, coding changes, and enforcement activity.
  • Identify education needs arising from audit results and provide content expertise to various departments.
  • Assist with the development or revision of organization policies and procedures