Medical Auditor

AnewHealth; United States; A distancia; USD 70.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Medical/dental/vision

401(k)

Paid Time Off

Remote work flexibility

Descripción de la vacante

AnewHealth, a leading national pharmacy care management firm, seeks a Medical Auditor to work remotely across the United States. You will review patient encounters for completeness and accurate ICD-10 coding, perform chart audits, and help clients stay compliant with HIPAA and coding guidelines.

The ideal candidate has professional medical coding credentials (CCS or CPC) and CDI/HCC experience, with familiarity in Medicare Advantage and managed care systems.

Formación

• This role requires professional Medical Coder certification and expertise in ICD-10 coding.
• Experience in Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) and HCC is preferred.
• Familiarity with Medicare Advantage and managed care systems is desirable.

Responsabilidades

• Perform clinical validation audits and interpret medical documentation for coding accuracy.
• Conduct prospective, retrospective, and RADV audits as requested by clients.
• Integrate coding principles into audit activity and educate clients when needed.
• Prepare detailed audit findings and client reports.
• Monitor and discuss audit results with clients on a monthly basis.
• Provide feedback and process improvement recommendations to Client Service Liaison.

Conocimientos

Medical coding

CDI

HCC

HIPAA

MS Word/Excel

Educación

CCS

CPC

RHIT

CRC/CPMA (preferred)

Herramientas

MS Office

Descripción del empleo

AnewHealth is one of the nation’s leading pharmacy care management companies that specializes in caring for people with the most complex, chronic needs—wherever they call home. We enable better outcomes for patients and the healthcare organizations who support them. Established in 2023 through the combination of ExactCare and Tabula Rasa HealthCare, we provide a suite of solutions that includes comprehensive pharmacy services; full-service pharmacy benefit management; and specialized support services for Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly. With over 1,400 team members, we care for more than 100,000 people across all 50 states.

Job Details

This role will apply technical and specialized expertise to help risk adjusted organizations remain compliant while identifying opportunities for increased financial success.

This Remote position performs highly technical and specialized functions. The primary function of the Medical Auditor is to perform a review of patient encounters to assess for completeness and accuracy of provider documentation, along with correct ICD-10 code assignment. Additionally, the Medical Auditor will work remotely, assisting clients to maintain compliance through completion of focused chart audits, ensuring compliance with established coding guidelines, third party reimbursement policies, regulations, and accreditation guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Perform clinical validation audits and interpretation of medical documentation to ensure capture of patient conditions in compliance with coding guideline
• Performs reviews for prospective audits, retrospective audits, and RADV audits when requested by client.
• Integrates coding principles in performance of medical audit activity and educates as needed on those principles
• Upon completion of medical record audit, compiles detailed findings and prepares client reports.
• Reviews medical record audit results with the client on a monthly or as needed basis.
• Provides feedback and process improvement recommendations to Client Service Liaison regarding assigned clients and participates in workgroups/committee meetings and process improvement solutions as required.
• Advises Client Service Liaison of possible trends in inappropriate utilization.
• Maintains professional license and certifications. Attends training conferences and webinars, as necessary to keep abreast of latest trends in ICD-10 coding.
• Reviews bulletins, newsletters and periodicals and attends workshops to stay abreast of current issues, trends and changes in the laws and regulations governing medical ICD-10 CM coding and documentation.
• Understands and adheres to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Adt (HIPPA) requirements
• Participates as requested in department meetings, client calls and annual performance evaluation
• Embody AnewHealth’s Core Values in all communications and interactions.
• Other duties as assigned.

The above essential functions are representative of major duties of positions in this job classification. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary based upon departmental needs. Other duties may be assigned similar to the above consistent with knowledge, skills and abilities required for the job. Not all of the duties may be assigned to a position.

Qualifications:

These represent the desired qualifications of the ideal candidate. They are not meant to limit consideration for candidates who do not meet all of the standards listed. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education

• Required: Professional Medical Coder Certification, one or more of the following:

  • Certified Coding Specialist designation (CCS) issued by the American health Information Management Association
  • Certified Professional Coder (CPC)
  • Technologist (RHIT) with 6 months experience coding ICD-10 CM

• Preferred:

  • CRC certification, CPMA

Experience

• Experience in Clinical documentation improvement.
• Experience in Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCC).
• Knowledge of or experience in Medicare Advantage plans.
• Knowledge of or experience in managed health care systems, PACE or Medicare.
• Must have experience with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and comfortable with learning and becoming an expert on new and proprietary software.

Physical/Mental Demands:

This position is administrative in nature and will present physical demands requisite to a position requiring: hearing, seeing, sitting, standing, talking, and walking. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Must be able to commute to multiple site locations within assigned territory. May be necessary to work extended hours as needed.

Schedule:

This is a full-time position with an expectation to work an average of 40 hours per week and be available outside of normal business hours to meet customer expectations on an ad-hoc basis. Schedules are set to accommodate the requirements of the position and the needs of the organization and may be adjusted as needed.

Travel

Travel may be required for special organization or department events, department team meetings, trade shows, conferences, and other client engagements.

This is a remote position.

AnewHealth offers a comprehensive benefit package for full-time employees that includesmedical/dental/vision, flexible spending, company-paid life insurance and short-term disability as well as voluntary benefits,401(k), Paid Time Off and paid holidays. Medical, dental and vision coverage are effective 1st of the month following date of hire

AnewHealth provides equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status, or other legally protected classification in the state in which a person is seeking employment. Applicants are encouraged to confidentially self-identify when applying. Local applicants are encouraged to apply. We maintain a drug-free work environment. Applicants must be eligible to work in this country.