Compliance Audit & Education Specialist

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This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver - regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 16,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Major Responsibilities:

• Plans, develops, and implements the review. Determines scope of review, such as number of patient services, sample sizes, mix of physician/facility services, etc.
• Reviews professional and hospital claim form documents in conjunction with patient medical record to ensure appropriate coding and clinical documentation. Also reviews reimbursement documents to validate appropriate reimbursement, identify overpayments and/or missed opportunities.
• Prepares presentation of findings and recommends corrective actions to ensure compliance with applicable governmental regulations and organizational policies and procedures.
• Presents to physicians, clinicians, and/or administrative staff to educate regarding coding, billing, and documentation requirements to meet government and third-party payer requirements.
• Reviews and responds to external audit requests surrounding supervision, coding, billing, and documentation requirements.
• Performs routine risk analyses, staying current with governmental workplans and current healthcare events.
• Remains current regarding changes in Medicare and/or Medicaid regulations. Provides educational material and conducts training sessions for applicable organization.
• Participates and assists in seminars on governmental coding, billing and documentation rules and regulations.

Position Qualifications:

License/Certification/Education:

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Health Care, or related field.
• Coding and/or Auditing Certification such as CPC, CPMA, CEMC, CCS, CCS-P (May consider applicants in process of obtaining with successful completion within one year).

Experience/Skills:

Required:

• Proficient in Evaluation and Management Auditing.
• Strong knowledge in performing risk-based auditing.
• Three to five years of experience with Government Payers (Medicare and Medicaid) as well as large third-party health care insurers or integrated health care delivery system, third-party billing requirements and regulations.
• Strong working knowledge of ICD-10, CPT-4, to include HCPCS coding is essential.
• Knowledge of charge master and/or DRG coding is a significant plus.
• Strong oral and written communication skills and analytical and presentation skills, for interacting with all levels of leadership and staff.
• Must be highly organized and pay strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Proficient computer skills in Microsoft Office, i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

Preferred:

• Epic experience.
• MD Audit (Enterprise).

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We're striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health - for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentacquisition@umassmemorial.org. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.