Outpatient Audit Specialist PRN - Remote

Datavant; Saint Paul (MN); Remote; USD 48,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k with match

Paid time off

Paid holidays

CEUs annually

Education stipend

Equipment provided

Job summary

Datavant is seeking an Outpatient Auditing Specialist to lead coding audits, educate staff, and support external payer reviews. This fully remote role emphasizes accuracy, regulatory knowledge, and customer-focused service from your own workspace.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in outpatient coding or auditing, hold CCS or RHIA/RHIT, and are proficient with EMRs like Epic and Cerner. Join a collaborative team shaping healthcare data quality.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of outpatient facility coding experience or auditing.
• Maintains 95% accuracy rate.
• Experience with EMRs such as Epic and Cerner.

Responsibilities

• Performs outpatient facility coding audits of medical records and abstracts using ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS, and modifiers.
• Provides concise rationale with references and location of documentation for changes.
• Keeps abreast of regulatory changes.
• Organizes and prioritizes multiple cases to ensure workflow and resolution.
• Provides coder education via auditing process.
• Acts professionally, efficiently and positively.
• Adheres to AHIMA code of ethics.
• Demonstrates customer service focus and professionalism.
• Exhibits high complexity in decision making.
• Demonstrates strong organizational, teamwork, and leadership skills.

Skills

Outpatient coding

Auditing

Customer focus

Regulatory awareness

Education

CCS or RHIA/RHIT

Tools

Epic

Cerner

Job description

Datavant is the data collaboration platform trusted for healthcare. Guided by our mission to make the world’s health data secure, accessible and actionable, we provide critical data solutions for organizations across the healthcare ecosystem - including providers, health plans, researchers, and life sciences companies. From fulfilling a single patient’s request for their medical records to powering the AI revolution in healthcare, Datavanters are building the future of how data is connected and used to improve health.

By joining Datavant today, you’re stepping onto a driven and highly collaborative team that is passionate about creating transformative change in healthcare.

What We’re Looking For:

As an Outpatient Auditing Specialist, you will be instrumental in addressing consulting and educational needs related to coding quality, compliance assessments, external payer reviews, coding education, and coding workflow operations reviews. In this role, you will offer meaningful information tailored to exceed customer expectations, actively identifying and presenting solutions for customer issues. This role is fully remote with a flexible schedule, allowing you to help shape the future of healthcare from your own workspace!

What You Will Do:

• Performs Outpatient Facility coding audits of medical records and abstracts using ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS, and modifiers and appropriate coding references for accurate coding assignment
• Provides rich and concise rationale explaining the reasoning behind any identified changes, including specific references, location of documentation, etc
• Keeps abreast of regulatory changes
• Organizes and prioritizes multiple cases concurrently to ensure departmental workflow and case resolution
• Provides coder education via the auditing process
• Function in a professional, efficient and positive manner
• Adhere to the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)’s code of ethics
• Must be customer-service focused and exhibit professionalism, flexibility, dependability, desire to learn, commitment to excellence and commitment to profession
• High complexity of work function and decision making
• Strong organizational, teamwork, and leadership skills

What You Need to Succeed:

• 5+ years of outpatient facility coding experience and/or auditing
• CCS or RHIA/RHIT required
• Maintains 95% accuracy rate
• Experience with various software including Epic, Cerner, and other prevalent EMRs

What We Offer:

• Benefits for Full-Time employees: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k Savings Plan w/match, 2 weeks of paid time off, and Paid Holidays, Floating Holidays
• Free CEUs every year
• Stipend provided to assist with education and professional dues (AHIMA/AAPC) If Applicable
• Equipment: monitor, laptop, mouse, headset, and keyboard
• Comprehensive training led by a credentialed professional coding manager
• Exceptional service-style management and mentorship (we’re in this together!)

Pay ranges for this job title may differ based on location, responsibilities, skills, experience, and other requirements of the role.

Pay ranges for this job title may differ based on location, responsibilities, skills, experience, and other requirements of the role.

The estimated base pay range per hour for this role is:

$35—$45 USD

To ensure the safety of patients and staff, many of our clients require post-offer health screenings and proof and/or completion of various vaccinations such as the flu shot, Tdap, COVID-19, etc. Any requests to be exempted from these requirements will be reviewed by Datavant Human Resources and determined on a case-by-case basis. Depending on the state in which you will be working, exemptions may be available on the basis of disability, medical contraindications to the vaccine or any of its components, pregnancy or pregnancy-related medical conditions, and/or religion.

This job is not eligible for employment sponsorship.

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