Audit Specialist

Audit Specialist

Job Locations US-Remote

Requisition ID

2024-36701

of Openings

Category (Portal Searching)

HIM / Coding

Position Type (Portal Searching)

Equal Pay Act Minimum Range

$35.00 - $45.00 per hour

Overview

Datavant protects, connects, and delivers the world's health data to power better decisions and advance human health. Datavant is a data platform company for healthcare whose products and solutions enable organizations to move and connect data securely.

Datavant has a network of networks consisting of thousands of organizations, more than 70,000 hospitals and clinics, 70% of the 100 largest health systems, and an ecosystem of 500+ real-world data partners.

By joining Datavant today, you're stepping onto a highly collaborative, remote-first team that is passionate about creating transformative change in healthcare.

We hire for three traits : we want people who are smart, nice, and get things done. We invest in our people and believe in hiring for high-potential and humble individuals who can rapidly grow their responsibilities as the company scales.

Datavant is a distributed, remote-first team, and we empower Datavanters to shape their working environment in a way that suits their needs

The Auditing Specialist will respond to consulting and education needs related to coding quality, compliance assessments, external payer reviews, coding education, interim coding management and coding workflow operations reviews.

Offer meaningful information to meet customer expectations including identifying and proposing solutions for customer issues.

Develop and maintain account relationships through responsiveness and calm, reflective work practices. Work cooperatively with the Data Quality & Coding Compliance leadership and scheduling for optimal services outcome.

Details :

PRN : Flexible Schedule

• Location : Remote / Work from home
• Required : A minimum of 3 years of coding or auditing experience.
• Preferred : CCS, RHIT, or RHIA credentials.
• Preferred : Recent academic medical center or level I trauma center auditing experience.

We Offer :

• Full Benefits : 401k Savings Plan
• 20-24 free CEUs per year, provided by Ciox
• AAPC / AHIMA dues compensation
• Company equipment will be provided to you (including computer, monitor, etc.)
• Comprehensive training lead by a hiring manager

Responsibilities

You Will :

• Performs inpatient and outpatient coding audits medical records and abstracts using ICD-10-CM CPT and appropriate coding references for appropriate DRG and APC assignment.
• Reviews non-CC / MCC records to determine if record was properly coded or if additional
• documentation is needed. Reviews all HCPCS and CPT codes impacting APC assignment
• Provides coder education via the auditing process
• Prepares preliminary results for review by the facility or CCS HIM director
• Reviews APC / DRG change disagreements with appropriate manager
• Prepares the final reports for the coding audit. Participates in settlement of audit findings.
• Provides coder education via email and / or conference call using the audit spreadsheet findings and comments
• Attends coding workshops as necessary
• Keeps abreast of regulatory changes
• Organizes and prioritizes multiple cases concurrently to ensure departmental workflow and case resolution
• Shows versatility and exemplary work including a wide range of services coded
• Meets with client facility representatives to discuss issues and trends identified in audit
• Develops and implements education for physician, nursing, and other clinical staff to improve documentation
• Demonstrate initiative and judgment in performance of job responsibilities
• Communicates with co-workers, management, and hospital staff regarding clinical and reimbursement issues
• Function in a professional, efficient and positive manner
• Adhere to the American Health Information Management Association's code of ethics
• Must be customer-service focused and exhibit professionalism, flexibility, dependability, desire to learn, commitment to excellence and commitment to profession
• Audits external coding staff as needed and provides reports to manager as directed
• High complexity of work function and decision making
• Strong organizational, teamwork, and leadership skills

Qualifications

What you will Bring to the Table :

• Minimum of 3 years experience coding or auditing
• CCS and RHIA or RHIT credentials preferred
• Recent experience in academic / level 1 trauma centers
• Experience coding or auditing inpatient and outpatient records for various facilities
• Track record of acceptable productivity standards
• Maintain 95% accuracy rate for APC assignment and 95% productivity rate
• Experience with various software including EMR, Encoder and Auditing software

We are committed to building a diverse team of Datavanters who are smart, nice, and get things done, where every Datavanter is empowered to bring their authentic self to their work.

We are all responsible for stewarding a high-performance culture in which all Datavanters belong and thrive. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

Our compensation philosophy is to be externally competitive, internally fair, and not win or lose on compensation. Salary ranges for this position are developed with the support of benchmarks (competitive San Francisco rates for US-based roles) and industry best practices.

We're building a high-growth, high-autonomy culture. We rely less on job titles and more on cultivating an environment where anyone can contribute, the best ideas win, and personal growth is driven by expanding impact.

This means we default to simple job titles (e.g., Software Engineer) rather than complex ones (e.g., Senior Software Engineer).

The range posted is for a given job title, which can include multiple levels. Individual rates for the same job title may differ based on level, responsibilities, skills, and experience for a specific job.

At the end of this application, you will find a set of voluntary demographic questions. If you choose to respond, your responses will be anonymous and used to help us identify areas of improvement in our recruitment process.

We can only see aggregate responses, not individual responses. In fact, we aren't even able to see if you've responded or not.

Responding is your choice and it will not be used in any way in our hiring process.

This job is not eligible for employment sponsorship.

Equal Pay Act Minimum Range

$35.00 - $45.00 per hour

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