[Hiring] Healthcare Credential Exam Specialist @AAPC

Role Description

This is a remote position. The Healthcare Certification Exam Specialist supports AAPC’s certification exam development initiatives through the creation, review, maintenance, and validation of credentialing assessments and related exam products. This role collaborates with subject matter experts, exam committees, and internal stakeholders to ensure certification exams align with industry standards, professional competencies, and exam development best practices.

Responsibilities include:

• Exam item development
• Competency mapping
• Blueprint maintenance
• Exam validation activities
• Oversight of beta testing processes
• Leveraging AI-assisted technologies and emerging assessment tools
• Maintaining adherence to established governance, psychometric, and healthcare industry standards

This position serves as an internal resource for exam development standards, healthcare industry guidelines, certification quality initiatives, and responsible AI-supported content development practices.

Qualifications

• Active coding certification from a recognized organization (e.g., AAPC or AHIMA) required; exam development credentials from organizations such as ICE‑CCP® (I.C.E.); or equivalent experience.
• Strong understanding of medical coding, billing, auditing, compliance, or revenue cycle operations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational abilities.
• Experience collaborating across technical and nontechnical teams.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products.

Requirements

• Experience working in a coding or billing environment.
• Experience in national exam item writing.
• Experience in healthcare education, credentialing, or certification.
• Familiarity with psychometrics, exam development, or adult learning principles.

Benefits

• Passionate about healthcare education and professional development.
• A strong collaborator who enjoys working across teams.
• Curious, innovative, and eager to improve processes.
• Comfortable balancing detail-oriented work with strategic thinking.
• Motivated by meaningful work that impacts thousands of healthcare professionals.
• Demonstrates curiosity and adaptability in working with AI-powered tools and evolving technologies to enhance efficiency, innovation, and content quality.

Company Description

AAPC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This company does not and will not discriminate in employment and personnel practices on the basis of race, sex, age, disability, religion, national origin, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Hiring, transferring, and promotion practices are performed without regard to the above-listed items.