AmeriHealth Caritas
Provider Reimbursement Policy Specialist Sr
AmeriHealth Caritas, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, United States, 19073
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At AmeriHealth Caritas, we're passionate about helping people get care, stay well and build healthy communities. As one of the nation's leaders in health care solutions, we offer our associates the opportunity to impact the lives of millions of people through our national footprint of products, services and award-winning programs. AmeriHealth Caritas is seeking talented, passionate individuals to join our team. Together we can build healthier communities. If you want to make a difference, we'd like to hear from you.
Headquartered in Newtown Square, PA, AmeriHealth Caritas is a mission-driven organization with more than 30 years of experience. We deliver comprehensive, outcomes-driven care to those who need it most. We offer integrated managed care products, pharmaceutical benefit management and specialty pharmacy services, behavioral health services, and other administrative services.
Discover more about us at www.amerihealthcaritas.com.
Responsibilities:
The Medical Policy Reimbursement Department (MPR) is responsible for maintenance and development of clinical edits and the corresponding reimbursement policies that promote accurate and consistent claim payment determinations across the ACFC enterprise.; Aligning with industry standards as well as state and federal regulations to ensure claims processing integrity.; The MPR department also ensures that all policies are easily accessible to internal stakeholders and network providers.; The Senior Medical Policy Specialist;independently interacts with the internal business partners to support inquiries, internal editing function reviews, the development of new policies and coordination of plan policy and edit approvals; Responsibilities include and are not limited to:
Creates and maintain standardized documentation for medical and clinical claim payment policies and edits.
Research and advise on Medical Coding including CMS, State Medical Agencies, AMA/CPT, HCPS, ICD-10.
Translate health care benefits to the procedure code level to support enterprise and internal processes.
Act as a liaison between Payment Integrity vendors and the internal business teams to Implement, Test and Troubleshoot Medical Policy Reimbursement.
Research, create and compose Reimbursement Policies.
Review and validate annual changes required for existing Reimbursement policies
Assist in the development and implementation of new claim reimbursement edits for all vendors, corporate initiatives and Facets configuration teams.
Coordinate testing of Reimbursement Edits with outside Vendors and Internal Resources
Assist the Team Lead with implementation of reimbursement edits and policies for new Markets
Perform analytics of Reimbursement Edits across systems and vendors to mitigate duplication and conflicts ensure effective edit application.
Navigate the CMS databases and manuals for Medicare and Medicaid for change impacts and edit conflicts
Facilitate meetings to promote communication, education and synergy within the Medical Policy Reimbursement and Plan Network Operations Team.
Support the Medical Policy Reimbursement Team in researching and identifying edit discrepancies and providing corrective action to remedy claims payment issues as they relate to edits.
Mentors/trains Medial Policy Specialist.
Education/Experience:
Associate's Degree or equivalent experience in Medical Policy and Reimbursement Claim Edits.
Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA); or Certified Coding Specialist (CCS); or Certified Professional Coder (CPC) + Certified Professional Coder-Hospital (COC)
10 or more years in Claim Auditing, Claims Billing, Medical Loss Review or Fraud, Waste and Abuse position within a medical facility, medical insurance carrier or Managed Care Organization or provider contracting configuration and maintenance.
10 or more years in a Business Analyst function with a medical insurance carrier operations team, preferably managed care operations.;;
Other Skills:
Medicaid, Medicare and Commercial Insurance experience.
Must have expert skills utilizing Microsoft Office programs.; SharePoint, MS Access or SQL is a plus.
Ability to work with all levels of staff from Analysts to Senior VPs.
Our Comprehensive Benefits Package
Flexible work solutions including remote options, hybrid work schedules, Competitive pay, Paid time off including holidays and volunteer events, Health insurance coverage for you and your dependents on Day 1, 401(k) Tuition reimbursement and more.
As a company, we support internal diversity through:
Recruiting. We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, or disability. Our inclusive, equitable approach to recruiting and hiring reinforces our commitment to DEI.
At AmeriHealth Caritas, we're passionate about helping people get care, stay well and build healthy communities. As one of the nation's leaders in health care solutions, we offer our associates the opportunity to impact the lives of millions of people through our national footprint of products, services and award-winning programs. AmeriHealth Caritas is seeking talented, passionate individuals to join our team. Together we can build healthier communities. If you want to make a difference, we'd like to hear from you.
Headquartered in Newtown Square, PA, AmeriHealth Caritas is a mission-driven organization with more than 30 years of experience. We deliver comprehensive, outcomes-driven care to those who need it most. We offer integrated managed care products, pharmaceutical benefit management and specialty pharmacy services, behavioral health services, and other administrative services.
Discover more about us at www.amerihealthcaritas.com.
Responsibilities:
The Medical Policy Reimbursement Department (MPR) is responsible for maintenance and development of clinical edits and the corresponding reimbursement policies that promote accurate and consistent claim payment determinations across the ACFC enterprise.; Aligning with industry standards as well as state and federal regulations to ensure claims processing integrity.; The MPR department also ensures that all policies are easily accessible to internal stakeholders and network providers.; The Senior Medical Policy Specialist;independently interacts with the internal business partners to support inquiries, internal editing function reviews, the development of new policies and coordination of plan policy and edit approvals; Responsibilities include and are not limited to:
Creates and maintain standardized documentation for medical and clinical claim payment policies and edits.
Research and advise on Medical Coding including CMS, State Medical Agencies, AMA/CPT, HCPS, ICD-10.
Translate health care benefits to the procedure code level to support enterprise and internal processes.
Act as a liaison between Payment Integrity vendors and the internal business teams to Implement, Test and Troubleshoot Medical Policy Reimbursement.
Research, create and compose Reimbursement Policies.
Review and validate annual changes required for existing Reimbursement policies
Assist in the development and implementation of new claim reimbursement edits for all vendors, corporate initiatives and Facets configuration teams.
Coordinate testing of Reimbursement Edits with outside Vendors and Internal Resources
Assist the Team Lead with implementation of reimbursement edits and policies for new Markets
Perform analytics of Reimbursement Edits across systems and vendors to mitigate duplication and conflicts ensure effective edit application.
Navigate the CMS databases and manuals for Medicare and Medicaid for change impacts and edit conflicts
Facilitate meetings to promote communication, education and synergy within the Medical Policy Reimbursement and Plan Network Operations Team.
Support the Medical Policy Reimbursement Team in researching and identifying edit discrepancies and providing corrective action to remedy claims payment issues as they relate to edits.
Mentors/trains Medial Policy Specialist.
Education/Experience:
Associate's Degree or equivalent experience in Medical Policy and Reimbursement Claim Edits.
Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA); or Certified Coding Specialist (CCS); or Certified Professional Coder (CPC) + Certified Professional Coder-Hospital (COC)
10 or more years in Claim Auditing, Claims Billing, Medical Loss Review or Fraud, Waste and Abuse position within a medical facility, medical insurance carrier or Managed Care Organization or provider contracting configuration and maintenance.
10 or more years in a Business Analyst function with a medical insurance carrier operations team, preferably managed care operations.;;
Other Skills:
Medicaid, Medicare and Commercial Insurance experience.
Must have expert skills utilizing Microsoft Office programs.; SharePoint, MS Access or SQL is a plus.
Ability to work with all levels of staff from Analysts to Senior VPs.
Our Comprehensive Benefits Package
Flexible work solutions including remote options, hybrid work schedules, Competitive pay, Paid time off including holidays and volunteer events, Health insurance coverage for you and your dependents on Day 1, 401(k) Tuition reimbursement and more.
As a company, we support internal diversity through:
Recruiting. We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, or disability. Our inclusive, equitable approach to recruiting and hiring reinforces our commitment to DEI.