[Hiring] Medical Review Specialist III @Empower AI

Role Description

As a Medical Review Specialist III (Medical Reviewer III) for Empower AI Company, you will perform Medicare comprehensive medical record and claims review to make payment determinations for Medicare DRG Inpatient Acute Hospital admissions. You will serve as a critical component in meeting our mission of providing excellent services to our clients. Your experience ensures an exciting and rewarding opportunity to be at the forefront of activities related to implementing healthcare reform on a national level. In assuming this position, you will be a critical contributor to meeting Empower AI's mission:

• Perform comprehensive medical record and claims review to make payment determinations based on insurance coverage, coding, and utilization of services and practice guidelines for Inpatient Acute Hospital admissions (DRG reimbursed).
• Utilize electronic health information imaging and input medical review decisions by electronic database module.
• Utilize internet and intranet sources for policy verification.
• Utilize Microsoft Office suite and other software templates as associated source input for claims review.
• Make clinical judgment decisions based on clinical experience when applicable.
• Responsible for review of Medicare DRG claims.
• Supervising the analysis of provider and service specific claims to identify errors.
• Meeting quality and production standards.
• Ensuring departmental compliance with quality management system and ISO requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree – OR - Associate's degree – OR - Diploma in Nursing.
• At least four (4) years claims knowledge either from billing, reviewing, or processing.
• At least four (4) years medical-surgical clinical experience as a Registered Nurse.
• Minimum four (4) years federal and local policy applications in relation to insurance procedures for medical necessity including the Two Midnight Rule in DRG acute inpatient hospital admissions.
• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in one or more of the 50 states or D.C.
• Ability to keep sensitive and confidential material private.
• Must have no adverse actions pending or taken against him/her by any State or Federal licensing board or program and must have no conflict of interest (COI).
• Must have and maintain a valid state driver’s license for the state of residence.

Requirements

• Prior utilization review experience in the inpatient setting.
• ICD-10-CM, PCS, CPT-4 coding knowledge.
• Prior work as a Medicare Contractor Medical Review Nurse.
• Optional - Bilingual (Spanish) - Fluency in reading and understanding Spanish language especially as it relates to medical records is a plus!

Benefits

• Sitting for long periods.
• Standing for long periods.
• Ambulate throughout an office.
• Ambulate between several buildings.