[Hiring] Inpatient Coding/Clinical Data Specialist @Waystar

Role Description

Join our team at Waystar! We’re looking for an Inpatient Coding & Clinical Data Specialist to help drive coding accuracy, data integrity, and product innovation. In this role, you’ll partner across Product, Clinical, Data Science, and Customer Success teams—and work directly with clients—to improve coding quality, enhance workflows, and shape healthcare technology solutions.

What You'll Do

• Conduct inpatient coding & documentation audits to ensure accuracy and compliance
• Analyze clinical and coding data to identify trends and improvement opportunities
• Perform medical record reviews and deliver clear, actionable insights
• Partner with clients to provide feedback, education, and best practice guidance
• Serve as a coding SME supporting product development and innovation
• Collaborate with Data Science and Product teams to enhance performance and insights
• Stay current on coding guidelines and industry trends

Qualifications

• CCS, CIC and/or CDIP required (CCDS preferred)
• 3–5+ years of inpatient coding experience
• Strong audit, data analysis, and client-facing experience
• Ability to translate complex coding concepts into clear insights
• Strong understanding of coding regulations, documentation guidelines, and industry trends
• Experience working cross-functionally; healthcare tech experience is a plus

Benefits

• Competitive total rewards (base salary + bonus, if applicable)
• Customizable benefits package (3 medical plans with Health Saving Account company match)
• Generous paid time off for non-exempt team members, starting with 3 weeks + 13 paid holidays, including 2 personal floating holidays
• Flexible time off for exempt team members + 13 paid holidays
• Paid parental leave (including maternity + paternity leave)
• Education assistance opportunities and free LinkedIn Learning access
• Free mental health and family planning programs, including adoption assistance and fertility support
• 401(K) program with company match
• Pet insurance
• Employee resource groups

Company Description

Waystar helps providers simplify healthcare payments and yield powerful results throughout the complete revenue cycle. Waystar’s healthcare payments platform combines innovative, cloud-based technology, robust data, and unparalleled client support to streamline workflows and improve financials so providers can focus on what matters most: their patients and communities.

Waystar is trusted by 1M+ providers, 1K+ hospitals and health systems, and is connected to over 5K commercial and Medicaid/Medicare payers. We are deeply committed to living out our organizational values: honesty; kindness; passion; curiosity; fanatical focus; best work, always; making it happen; and joyful, optimistic & fun.

Waystar products have won multiple Best in KLAS® or Category Leader awards since 2010 and earned multiple #1 rankings from Black Book™ surveys since 2012. The Waystar platform supports more than 500,000 providers, 1,000 health systems and hospitals, and 5,000 payers and health plans.