Medical & Billing Coder - Texas

Dane Street; Town of Texas (WI); Remote; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health services company in Wisconsin seeks a skilled medical coder to review medical records and coding information. The role requires certifications and strong communication skills. You will ensure quality assurance in medical billing and work closely with clients. Competitive salary and generous benefits included in the offer.

Benefits

Generous Paid Time Off

Excellent benefits package

Competitive salary

Qualifications

• 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.
• Access to your own billing references/engine is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate appropriateness of codes and ensure medical records match those codes.
• Read and apply policy guidelines and healthcare terminology.
• Provide strong customer service and work closely with clients.
• Provide clinical oversight for complex cases prior to return.

Skills

Urgency in meeting deadlines

Self-motivation

Excellent written communication

Excellent verbal communication

Attention to detail

Education

CPC, APCC, or DRG coder certification

CPC, CCS, or CCA certification

Tools

Google Chrome

Gmail

Google Docs

Google Sheets

Job description

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

Requirements

Required Education & Experience:

• Must have a CPC, APCC, 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
• CPC, CCS, or CCA certification is preferred, but not required
• Experience is a must
• Must have access to your own billing references/engine
• Deposition/Testimony experience is preferred, but not required
• Extensive knowledge of Texas billing resources- for example: ( FairHealth, Medicaid Texas, Texas Healthcare, etc.)
• Coding counter-audit experience is a plus

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

Security notice: In the interest of the security of both parties, Dane Street will never conduct an interview via text or request checks from candidates for purchasing equipment.

Benefits

We offer generous Paid Time Off, an excellent benefits package, and a competitive salary. If you are an outstanding candidate for this position, if you thrive in a fast-paced environment, and if you are interested in doing meaningful work that impacts others' lives, then we encourage you to apply!

About Dane Street

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.