Auditor

• We are hiring an Auditor or Senior Auditor based on skills, experience, and demonstrated scope of impact.
• In this role, you will evaluate and improve the effectiveness of the organization’s risk management, control, and governance processes through internal assurance and consulting engagements, collaboration with business partners, and support of external audit and regulatory examination activities.
• Position level will be determined based on the individual’s skills, knowledge, and experience.
• Perform internal assurance and consulting reviews to evaluate the effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance processes.
• Use audit evidence, analysis, and root cause thinking to identify observations, risks, and practical improvement opportunities, and communicate findings through written reports and verbal discussions.
• Collaborate with business partners to recommend process and internal control changes that balance company and customer interests.
• Assist external auditors with interim and year-end external audits and support coordination of regulatory financial examinations.
• Support assigned projects and audit-related activities, which may include control certification work, audit planning support, system implementation reviews, automation initiatives, or process redesign efforts depending on level.
• At more advanced levels, provide mentorship, guidance, and support to less experienced auditors.

Auditor, Senior Auditor

• Collaborates with clinical documentation team in the review of inpatient accounts (with an emphasis on mortality reviews) identifying documentation improvement opportunities
• Assess DRG, PDx, secondary Dx, PCS, POA and all other components of documentation that impact quality metrics
• Consistently assures coding practices remain compliant with coding guidelines and regulations
• Continually identifies educational opportunities related to coding and documentation
• Expert educator to clinical teams and medical staff
• Identifies strategic plans that will result in a positive impact to the clinical dashboard
• Develops clinical relationships across the health system securing interdepartmental support necessary for successful implementation of education strategies assuring achievement of overall strategic targets
• Ability to multi-task a variety of audits
• Ability to analyze data and construct appropriate action plans
• Develops teaching tools to promote quality outcomes
• Is an active member of clinical and executive meetings as identified
• Advanced understanding of quality metrics for health system (Vizient, PSI, USNWR)
• Advanced understanding of clinical documentation and coding through the lens of local and national quality and ranking methodologies, including but not limited to, U.S News and World Report, Vizient, Leapfrog, the CMS Star Rating, and payer contracts and assists the Managers of Clinical Documentation and Coding in implementing key strategies to effect change.
• Partners with Coding, Clinical Documentation leadership and Medical Directors to coordinate, maintain, and execute advanced project work that includes but, is not limited to, Mortality Review, HAC/PSI Review, Quality Abstraction and Analysis, and/or special and non-traditional project work.
• Partners with NM departments that includes but is not limited to: IT; Analytics; and Innovation to design and implement new and advanced workflow solutions.
• Partners with third-party consultants/partners to contribute to workflow and methodology build and refine as necessary.

Coding Quality Auditor, Specialist

• Leads and performs complex internal audits and coordinates related large-scale projects.
• Identifies, documents, and analyzes audit findings and develops audit programs that address and test identified key risks.
• Performs follow-up audits and monitoring to ensure appropriate adherence to policies and procedures.
• Monitors compliance with regulations and controls by examining and analyzing records, reports, operating practices, and documentation.
• Evaluates opportunities for improvement, develops recommendations, and presents improvement opportunities/audit findings to leadership.
• Acts as a resource to educate, consult and collaborate with staff on various audit related topics.
• Guides and educates departments on methods to decrease risk and increase compliance in organizational-wide programs, policies, and procedures.
• Assists the independent external auditors by gathering information, answering questions, executing testing, coordinating any further assistance needed, and performing related projects.
• Assists with establishment of annual audit plans by leading discussions with management to identify timing, scope and objectives of audits.
• Assists with the coordination of risk models/assessments to identify and develop an audit plan to address potential risks for specific audit scope areas.
• Ensures alignment of audit and project plans with risk assessment.

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