Salary
💰 $62,000 - $76,000 per year
About the role
- Conducts COB investigations and associated claims reviews to determine proper payment according to COB rules, commercial billing guidelines, contracts, CMS regulations, and applicable laws/policies.
- Documents findings within audit tracking system and maintains thorough objective documentation.
- Provides support to client business processes related to claim recovery and supports appeals as needed.
- Investigates, researches, and analyzes claims data, applying medical or pharmacy policy to determine order of benefits with other payers.
- Creates narrative rationale corresponding with audit determinations and meets assigned revenue and metric goals.
- Serves as a senior claims payment resource, providing expertise and guidance and may support training other analysts.
- Works collaboratively to identify vulnerabilities, monitors and reports on work, and contributes to process improvements and quality assurance.
- Complies with company policies, completes required training, and demonstrates Performant core values.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent level of competence obtained through experience, education and/or training.
- 8+ years of experience in the health care industry in eligibility or claims analyst type of function.
- 5+ years of experience with clearing houses/claims processing systems (e.g. UNET, COSMOS, NDB, TOPS, FACETS, AMYSIS, MHS, etc.).
- 5+ years working with large volumes of membership or eligibility data.
- Previous COB claims recovery experience required.
- Experience with CMS shared data files and CAQH files preferred.
- Employment VISA Sponsorship is not available for this position.
- Must submit to, and pass, a pre-hire criminal background check and drug test.
- Ability to obtain and maintain client required clearances and pass regular background/drug screenings post-hire as required.
- Must not appear on any state/federal debarment or exclusion lists.
- Access to reliable, secure high-speed Internet at home office if working remote.
- Intermediate to advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, and Access.
- Typing skills and working knowledge of computer functions and applications such as MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel).