Remote Senior Medical Policy Release Manager

Cotiviti; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Cotiviti is seeking a Medical Policy Release Manager to oversee the release of policy content, QA, validation, and production deployment. You will coordinate with Clinical Policy, IT, and Operations to ensure accuracy and compliance across systems.

The role requires 6 years in healthcare policy or release management, familiarity with ITIL, Jira, ServiceNow, and strong data-driven decision making. This remote, global role offers a dynamic fast-paced environment and opportunities to lead critical

Qualifications

• Degree and professional certification (AHIMA or AAPC) preferred.
• Experience: 6 years of coding healthcare policy, billing & coding software, regulatory analysis, or IT release management.
• Technical Skills: Familiarity with ITIL frameworks, Change Management tools (e.g., Jira, ServiceNow).
• Oversees release quality, schedule adherence and compliance with Cotiviti standards.
• Plans, schedules and coordinates releases across development, QA, and production environments.

Responsibilities

• Release Planning & Scheduling: Develop and maintain release calendars for medical policy updates or software patches, coordinated dependencies across multiple teams.
• Compliance: Ensure all policy changes or technical releases comply with CMS, federal, state, and regulatory requirements (e.g., Medicare, Medicaid, AMA).
• Coordination & Communication: Act as the liaison between Clinical Policy teams, IT, and Business operations to communicate release status, risks, and timelines.
• Quality Assurance & Risk Management: Lead go/no-go decisions, validate testing (UAT), and establish rollback procedures to handle potential deployment failures.
• Coordinating tickets, communicating data files status reflected in the Release Notes.

Skills

Release management

Healthcare policy knowledge

Quality assurance

Risk management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

AHIMA or AAPC certification

Bachelor's degree in Health Information Management or related field

Tools

Jira

ServiceNow

Job description

Cotiviti is seeking a Medical Policy Release Manager to oversee the release of policy content, QA, validation, and production deployment. You will coordinate with Clinical Policy, IT, and Operations to ensure accuracy and compliance across systems.

The role requires 6 years in healthcare policy or release management, familiarity with ITIL, Jira, ServiceNow, and strong data-driven decision making. This remote, global role offers a dynamic fast-paced environment and opportunities to lead critical