Hybrid Inpatient Medical Coding Auditor

Posted 3 weeks ago

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About the role

  • Inpatient Medical Coding Auditor for Humana reviewing inpatient hospital claims for proper reimbursement and contributing to cost reduction in healthcare. Remote position with occasional travel to office.

Responsibilities

  • extracts clinical information from a variety of medical records and assigns appropriate procedural terminology and medical codes to patient records
  • reviews inpatient hospital claims for proper reimbursement
  • handles provider disputes in a result-oriented and metrics-driven environment
  • contributes to overall cost reduction by increasing the accuracy of provider contract payments in our payer systems
  • ensures correct claims payment and appropriate diagnosis related group (DRG) assignments
  • analyzes, enters and manipulates database
  • responds to or clarifies internal requests for medical information

Requirements

  • RHIA, RHIT or CCS Certification (should have held at least one of these qualifications for 4 years)
  • MS-DRG coding/auditing experience
  • Experience reading and interpreting claims
  • Experience in performing inpatient coding reviews/ audits in health insurance and/or hospital settings
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Programs Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Can work independently and determine appropriate course of action
  • Ability to handle multiple priorities
  • Capacity to maintain confidentiality
  • Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.

Benefits

  • medical, dental and vision benefits
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan
  • time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave)
  • short-term and long-term disability
  • life insurance and many other opportunities

Job title

Inpatient Medical Coding Auditor

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

$71,100 - $97,800 per year

Degree requirement

Professional Certificate

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