Outpatient Audit Specialist PRN - Remote
About the role
What We’re Looking For:
As an Outpatient Auditing Specialist,you will be instrumental in addressing consulting and educational needs related to coding quality, compliance assessments, external payer reviews, coding education, and coding workflow operations reviews. In this role, you will offer meaningful information tailored to exceed customer expectations, actively identifying and presenting solutions for customer issues. This role is fully remote with a flexible schedule, allowing you to help shape the future of healthcare from your own workspace!
What You Will Do:
- Performs Outpatient Facility coding audits of medical records and abstracts using ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS, and modifiers and appropriate coding references for accurate coding assignment
- Provides rich and concise rationale explaining the reasoning behind any identified changes, including specific references, location of documentation, etc
- Keeps abreast of regulatory changes
- Organizes and prioritizes multiple cases concurrently to ensure departmental workflow and case resolution
- Provides coder education via the auditing process
- Function in a professional, efficient and positive manner
- Adhere to the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)’s code of ethics
- Must be customer-service focused and exhibit professionalism, flexibility, dependability, desire to learn, commitment to excellence and commitment to profession
- High complexity of work function and decision making
- Strong organizational, teamwork, and leadership skills
What You Need to Succeed:
- 5+ years of outpatient facility coding experience and/or auditing
- CCS or RHIA/RHIT required
- Maintains 95% accuracy rate
- Experience with various software including Epic, Cerner, and other prevalent EMRs
What We Offer:
- Benefits for Full-Time employees: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k Savings Plan w/match, 2 weeks of paid time off, and Paid Holidays, Floating Holidays
- Free CEUs every year
- Stipend provided to assist with education and professional dues (AHIMA/AAPC) If Applicable
- Equipment: monitor, laptop, mouse, headset, and keyboard
- Comprehensive training led by a credentialed professional coding manager
- Exceptional service-style management and mentorship (we’re in this together!)
Pay ranges for this job title may differ based on location, responsibilities, skills, experience, and other requirements of the role.
Pay ranges for this job title may differ based on location, responsibilities, skills, experience, and other requirements of the role.
The estimated base pay range per hour for this role is:
$35
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$45 USD