Clinical Provider Auditor Senior - Payment IntegritySIU

Clinical Provider Auditor Senior - Payment Integrity SIU

This role requires associates to be in-office 1 - 2 days per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work-life balance. This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace. Alternate locations may be considered if candidates reside within a commuting distance from an office.

Carelon, a proud member of the Elevance Health family of companies, is a healthcare services organization that takes a whole-health approach to making care more integrated, personalized, and affordable. We put people at the centerconnecting physical, behavioral, social, and pharmacy services, along with clinical expertise, research, operations, and advanced technology to help care work better, together.

Among us are care providers, engineers, data scientists, and other dedicated professionals determined to recover, eliminate and prevent unnecessary medical-expense spending.

The Clinical Provider Auditor Senior will be responsible for identifying issues and/or entities that may pose potential risk associated with fraud and abuse.

How you will make an impact:

• Examines claims for compliance with relevant billing and processing guidelines and identifies opportunities for fraud and abuse prevention and control.
• Reviews and conducts analysis of claims and medical records prior to payment and uses required systems/tools to accurately document determinations and continue to next step in the claims lifecycle.
• Researches new healthcare related questions as necessary to aid in investigations and stays abreast of current medical coding and billing issues, trends and changes in laws/regulations.
• Collaborates with the Special Investigation Unit and other internal areas on matters of mutual concern to determine patterns of billing behavior.
• Recommends possible interventions for loss control and risk avoidance based on the outcome of the investigation.
• Trains new associates.
• Develops, designs and implements new or revised methods to improve the operations.

Minimum Requirements:

• Requires a AA/AS and minimum of 5 years medical coding/auditing experience, including minimum of 4 years in fraud, waste abuse experience; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.
• Requires coding certification (CPC, CCS, CPMA).

Preferred Experience:

• Prepay review of Medicare and Medicaid experience highly desired.
• Knowledge of ICD-10 and CPT/HCPC coding guidelines and terminology and Bachelor's degree strongly preferred.

Job Level: Non-Management Exempt

Workshift: 1st Shift (United States of America)

Job Family: FRD > Audit

Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities and making healthcare simpler. We are a Fortune 25 company with a longstanding history in the healthcare industry, looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve.

We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few.

Elevance Health operates in a Hybrid Workforce Strategy. Unless specified as primarily virtual by the hiring manager, associates are required to work at an Elevance Health location at least once per week, and potentially several times per week. Specific requirements and expectations for time onsite will be discussed as part of the hiring process.

The health of our associates and communities is a top priority for Elevance Health. We require all new candidates in certain patient/member-facing roles to become vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza. If you are not vaccinated, your offer will be rescinded unless you provide an acceptable explanation. Elevance Health will also follow all relevant federal, state and local laws.

Elevance Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, genetic information, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process should submit the following form: Accessibility Accommodation Request Form and a member of the team will be in contact. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws, including, but not limited to, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act.

Prospective employees required to be screened under Florida law should review the education and awareness resources at HB531 | Florida Agency for Health Care Administration.