Senior Auditor, Payment Integrity (Remote - PA, NJ, and DE)
Bring your drive for excellence, teamwork, and customer commitment to Independence. Join us as we renew and reimagine the future of health care. Together, we will achieve our mission to enhance the health and well-being of the people and communities we serve.
We are seeking a Senior Payment Integrity Auditor to lead the most complex and high-risk audit assignments, ensuring claim payment accuracy and compliance with established billing and coding parameters. This role serves as a subject matter expert (SME) for internal audit staff, provides provider education, and mentors associates on proper audit and claims accuracy methods. The Senior Auditor also identifies new audit opportunities, oversees vendor work, and plays a critical role in fraud detection and process improvement.
Responsibilities:
- Address the most problematic and complex audit assignments to identify claim overpayments in accordance with established billing and coding parameters.
- Ensure claim payment accuracy through sound audit review methods and practices, including:
- Claim payment evaluation
- Medical chart review
- Claim payment data analysis
- Assessment of organizational contractual parameters
- Claim payment evaluation
- Serve as work, technical, and project subject matter expert for internal IBC audit staff.
- Identify new audit areas through screening and analysis of audit samples.
- Identify and refer potential provider fraud or abuse to management.
- Interact with providers to clarify clinical issues, documentation, and billing practices.
- Document and substantiate billing discrepancies and negotiate resolution when appropriate.
- Initiate and verify claim adjustments, maintain comprehensive audit documentation, and prepare statistical data for leadership reporting.
- Serve as vendor claims processing expert, liaison, or point of contact to ensure successful achievement of vendor deliverables.
- Provide provider education and guidance to associates on proper audit and claims accuracy methods.
- Perform duties of Auditors as required and mentor junior team members.
Qualifications - External
- Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
- Certifications (Preferred, Not Required):
RHIA, RRA, CCS / CCS-P / CCS-H, ART, CPC, CORT, or RN. - Experience:
- Minimum 5+ years of relevant experience in healthcare auditing, coding, or compliance.
- Minimum 5+ years of relevant experience in healthcare auditing, coding, or compliance.
- Knowledge & Skills:
- Extensive knowledge of healthcare provider audit methods, provider payment methodologies, clinical aspects of patient care, medical terminology, and medical record/billing documentation.
- Demonstrated analytical and investigative skills.
- Working knowledge of project and work management methods and practices related to provider audit.
- Technical Skills:
- Working knowledge of MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, SharePoint, Access, etc.).
- SQL or database knowledge a plus.
- Working knowledge of MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, SharePoint, Access, etc.).
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and leadership abilities.
- Extensive knowledge of healthcare provider audit methods, provider payment methodologies, clinical aspects of patient care, medical terminology, and medical record/billing documentation.
Fully Remote:
This role is designated by Independence as fully remote. The incumbent will not be required to report to one of Independence’s physical office locations to perform the work. However, the work must be performed in the Tri-State Area of Delaware, New Jersey, or Pennsylvania.
IBX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or disability.
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Inclusion and Belonging
At IBX, everyone can feel valued, supported, and comfortable to be themselves, and all associates have a fair opportunity to achieve their full potential. We put these principles into action every day by acting with integrity and respect. Celebrating and embracing diverse thoughts and perspectives that make up our workforce means our company is more vibrant, innovative, and better able to support the people and communities we serve.
About Our Company
Serving more than 8 million people nationwide, including 2.5 million in southeastern Pennsylvania, Independence Health Group — together with its subsidiaries — is the leading health insurance organization in the Philadelphia region. Our mission to build healthier lives for you, your family, and your employees shapes our actions and decisions every day.
At Independence, we see each of our members as an individual, with unique needs and concerns. We’re dedicated to harnessing the very latest ideas and technologies to deliver access to care that meets those needs and surpasses your expectations. For more information about Independence access our website at www.ibx.com. We’re revolutionizing health care, and our focus is on you!
Equal Employment Opportunity
IBX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or disability.
Agency Disclaimer
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