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Job Responsibilities

• Maintains applicable department databases and prepares reports for management.
• Participates in the research, analysis, implementation, problem resolution, recommendations, maintenance and coordination of coding process improvement across the organization.
• Detects and reports potential provider coding educational opportunities and/or fraudulent/aberrant billing practices, and distributes issue resolution as necessary.
• Participates in the implementation of coding, reimbursement, and billing changes with all areas of the Enterprise identified by business needs.
• Serves as an advisor regarding the process related to end-to-end code set dissemination on various corporate committees, workgroups, and/or sub-workgroups.

Job Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience required. Equivalent experience is defined as 4 years of professional work experience in a corporate environment

Experience

• 5 years - Experience with Medical/Clinical Coding

Skills\Certifications

+

Certified Professional Coder (CPC)

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision or function in a team environment sharing responsibility, roles and accountability.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Proven analytical and problem solving skills and ability to perform non-routine analytical tasks
• Must be a team player, be organized and have the ability to handle multiple projects
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills
• Ability to build relationships with stakeholders in multiple divisions/functions

The ideal candidate for this position will have extensive experience in Medicare claims processing in addition to significant coding expertise. Strong analytic skills and a drive to identify solutions is critical. The position will review data and investigate claims payment processing and Medicare guidelines to insure the health plan is properly paying claims according to Medicare guidelines and health plan policies.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to identify efficiencies and potential cost savings to the health plan.

This role will require an individual to be a self-starter who can reach out to different teams within the Enterprise to ask questions and identify potential issues. The individual in this role will routinely meet with executive leadership of the health plan and executive leadership from our sister Medicare Advantage products within the Enterprise.

Medicare Claims Payment Experience is strongly preferred.

Number of Openings Available:

1

Worker Type:

Employee

Company:

SHI Shared Health, Inc.

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As Tennessee's largest health benefit plan company, we've been helping Tennesseans find their own unique paths to good health for over 65 years. More than that, we're your neighbors and friends – fellow Tennesseans with deep roots of caring tradition, a focused approach to physical, financial and community good health for today, and a bright outlook for an even healthier tomorrow.

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