Hi, we're Oscar. We're hiring a SIU Coding Auditor to join our SIU team.
Oscar is the first health insurance company built around a full stack technology platform and a focus on serving our members. We started Oscar in 2012 to create the kind of health insurance company we would want for ourselves—one that behaves like a doctor in the family.
About the roleThe Senior Specialist works in the Special Investigation Unit to support in assessing trends and patterns in FWA across the healthcare industry using deep coding knowledge to prevent and recoup inappropriately paid claims. The Specialist Investigation Unit runs and coordinates activities across Oscar to reduce the incidence and impact of fraud, waste, and/or abuse ("FWA") on all our operations.
You will report to the Manager, SIU Coding Audit.
Work Location: This is a remote position, open to candidates who reside in: Arizona; Florida; Georgia; Illinois; Iowa; Kansas; Michigan; Missouri; Nebraska; New Jersey; North Carolina; Ohio; Oklahoma; Pennsylvania; South Carolina; Tennessee; Texas; or Virginia. While your daily work will be completed from your home office, occasional travel may be required for team meetings and company events.
Pay Transparency: The base pay for this role in the states of New Jersey and New York is: $65,412 - $85,853 per year. The base pay for this role is: $58,870 - $77,267 per year. You are also eligible for employee benefits, participation in Oscar's unlimited vacation program and annual performance bonuses.
- Develop a depth of expertise on CPT, HCPCS, and ICD-10 Coding guidelines and other insurance billing submission requirements.
- Perform complex audits of assigned medical records and claims on both a prepayment and post payment basis to determine accuracy of claims submitted to Oscar.
- Document findings including reference to sources used to support decision making and in a way that can be easily understood by non clinicians or coders.
- Create audit report findings, tools, and reference guide that can be used by other team members to communicate findings or more effectively perform similar reviews.
- Help draft written communications to providers to convey audit findings.
- Participate in educational calls with providers.
- Help train new team members.
- Develop and document processes to improve the effectiveness of the team.
- Compliance with all applicable laws and regulations
- Other duties as assigned
- 2+ years of coding or auditing experience across multiple specialties is required
- Bachelor's degree or 4+ years of work experience
- Certified Professional Coder (CPC), Certified Inpatient Coder (CIC), Certified Outpatient Coder (COC) designation or similar certification
- Experience working in production-based environment
- Experience of both outpatient and inpatient auditing
- Certified Professional Medical Auditor (CPMA)
- Additional certification applicable to this work such as Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Accredited Healthcare Fraud Investigator (AHFI), Certified AML [Anti-Money Laundering] and Fraud Professional (CAFP), other coding certifications or similar
- Knowledge of applicable fraud statutes and regulations, and of federal guidelines on recoupments and other anti-FWA activity
- Demonstrated experience translating technical jargon to non-technical end users.
- Experience working in health insurance specifically with claims processing, billing, reimbursement, or provider contracting.
- Experience with HIPAA, data privacy, and/or data security processes
- Experience working with regulators governing (public or private) health insurance carriers
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Pay Transparency: Final offer amounts, within the base pay set forth above, are determined by factors including your relevant skills, education, and experience. Full-time employees are eligible for benefits including: medical, dental, and vision benefits, 11 paid holidays, paid sick time, paid parental leave, 401(k) plan participation, life and disability insurance, and paid wellness time and reimbursements.
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