Remote Perioperative Revenue Integrity Coordinator

UnityPoint Health; West Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

UnityPoint Health seeks a Perioperative Operations Coordinator to safeguard surgical supply and implant charges across perioperative sites. The role interfaces with Epic OpTime/Cupid and the supply chain ERP, identifying and correcting charge, supply-record, and implant documentation issues before they affect revenue and patient records.

The position reports to the System Director of Perioperative Operations and supports system-wide audits, reconciliation, and improvement initiatives while

Qualifications

• Associate's Degree in a healthcare, health information, informatics, business, or related field.
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, healthcare informatics, or health information management preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conducts routine audits of surgical supply and implant charges across all perioperative sites to ensure accuracy and compliance.
• Reviews cost-change and item master updates, validates changes against the electronic health record and supply chain ERP source data, and determines whether discrepancies reflect valid updates or system errors.
• Analyzes and reconciles usage reports, including historical data back to item creation, to assess downstream charge impact.
• Reviews implant description and classification changes to evaluate whether clinical meaning or billing implications have been altered. Identifies and corrects inaccurate records by updating the surgical log and issuing operative note addenda, ensuring required surgeon co-signatures are obtained.
• Collaborates with site informatics teams to coordinate and track corrections, ensuring alignment between the patient record, surgical documentation, and associated charges.
• Performs monthly audits of special-units billing for HCPCS-coded items requiring unit-based charges (e.g., cm2, mL, mg), with a focus on high-cost implants such as skin substitutes.
• Interprets manufacturer specifications to determine accurate billable units, identifies under- and over-charging, documents audit findings, and tracks site-level confirmation and resolution of corrections.
• Audits newly created supply records to ensure accuracy of charge codes, HCPCS assignment, and pricing prior to activation.

Skills

Epic knowledge

Data analysis

Attention to detail

Communication

Education

Associate's Degree in healthcare, informatics, business, or related field

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing or healthcare informatics (preferred)

Tools

Epic OpTime/Cupid

Job description

UnityPoint Health seeks a Perioperative Operations Coordinator to safeguard surgical supply and implant charges across perioperative sites. The role interfaces with Epic OpTime/Cupid and the supply chain ERP, identifying and correcting charge, supply-record, and implant documentation issues before they affect revenue and patient records.

The position reports to the System Director of Perioperative Operations and supports system-wide audits, reconciliation, and improvement initiatives while