[Hiring] Medical Auditor @AnewHealth

Role Description

This role will apply technical and specialized expertise to help risk adjusted organizations remain compliant while identifying opportunities for increased financial success. This Remote position performs highly technical and specialized functions. The primary function of the Medical Auditor is to perform a review of patient encounters to assess for completeness and accuracy of provider documentation, along with correct ICD-10 code assignment. Additionally, the Medical Auditor will work remotely, assisting clients to maintain compliance through completion of focused chart audits, ensuring compliance with established coding guidelines, third party reimbursement policies, regulations, and accreditation guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Perform clinical validation audits and interpretation of medical documentation to ensure capture of patient conditions in compliance with coding guidelines.
• Perform reviews for prospective audits, retrospective audits, and RADV audits when requested by client.
• Integrate coding principles in performance of medical audit activity and educate as needed on those principles.
• Upon completion of medical record audit, compile detailed findings and prepare client reports.
• Review medical record audit results with the client on a monthly or as needed basis.
• Provide feedback and process improvement recommendations to Client Service Liaison regarding assigned clients and participate in workgroups/committee meetings and process improvement solutions as required.
• Advise Client Service Liaison of possible trends in inappropriate utilization.
• Maintain professional license and certifications. Attend training conferences and webinars, as necessary to keep abreast of latest trends in ICD-10 coding.
• Review bulletins, newsletters, and periodicals and attend workshops to stay abreast of current issues, trends, and changes in the laws and regulations governing medical ICD-10 CM coding and documentation.
• Understand and adhere to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements.
• Participate as requested in department meetings, client calls, and annual performance evaluation.
• Embody AnewHealth’s Core Values in all communications and interactions.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Required: Professional Medical Coder Certification, one or more of the following:
  • Certified Coding Specialist designation (CCS) issued by the American Health Information Management Association
  • Certified Professional Coder (CPC)
  • Technologist (RHIT) with 6 months experience coding ICD-10 CM
• Preferred: CRC certification, CPMA
• Experience in Clinical documentation improvement.
• Experience in Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCC).
• Knowledge of or experience in Medicare Advantage plans.
• Knowledge of or experience in managed health care systems, PACE or Medicare.
• Must have experience with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and be comfortable with learning and becoming an expert on new and proprietary software.

Requirements

• This position is administrative in nature and will present physical demands requisite to a position requiring: hearing, seeing, sitting, standing, talking, and walking.
• Must be able to commute to multiple site locations within assigned territory.
• May be necessary to work extended hours as needed.

Schedule

• This is a full-time position with an expectation to work an average of 40 hours per week and be available outside of normal business hours to meet customer expectations on an ad-hoc basis.
• Schedules are set to accommodate the requirements of the position and the needs of the organization and may be adjusted as needed.

Travel

• Travel may be required for special organization or department events, department team meetings, trade shows, conferences, and other client engagements.

Benefits

• AnewHealth offers a comprehensive benefit package for full-time employees that includes:
  • Medical/dental/vision
  • Flexible spending
  • Company-paid life insurance and short-term disability
  • Voluntary benefits
  • 401(k)
  • Paid Time Off and paid holidays
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage are effective 1st of the month following date of hire.

Company Description

AnewHealth is one of the nation’s leading pharmacy care management companies that specializes in caring for people with the most complex, chronic needs—wherever they call home. We enable better outcomes for patients and the healthcare organizations who support them. Established in 2023 through the combination of ExactCare and Tabula Rasa HealthCare, we provide a suite of solutions that includes comprehensive pharmacy services; full-service pharmacy benefit management; and specialized support services for Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly. With over 1,400 team members, we care for more than 100,000 people across all 50 states.