Datavant
Inpatient Audit Specialist
Job Summary
The role involves performing inpatient facility coding audits based on scope of work and providing detailed rationale for coding adjustments. Candidates should have at least five years of inpatient coding or auditing experience, with certifications like CCS, RHIA, or RHIT preferred. The job emphasizes adherence to regulatory standards, coder education, and ensuring accurate DRG coding. It offers a fully remote, flexible schedule with comprehensive benefits including health coverage, paid time off, professional development, and training.
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Job Description
Datavant is a data platform company and the world’s leader in health data exchange. Our vision is that every healthcare decision is powered by the right data, at the right time, in the right format.
Our platform is powered by the largest, most diverse health data network in the U.S., enabling data to be secure, accessible and usable to inform better health decisions. Datavant is trusted by the world’s leading life sciences companies, government agencies, and those who deliver and pay for care.
By joining Datavant today, you’re stepping onto a high-performing, values-driven team. Together, we’re rising to the challenge of tackling some of healthcare’s most complex problems with technology-forward solutions. Datavanters bring a diversity of professional, educational and life experiences to realize our bold vision for healthcare.
What We’re Looking For:
As an Inpatient Auditing Specialist, you will be instrumental in addressing consulting and educational needs related to coding quality, compliance assessments, external payer reviews, coding education, and coding workflow operations reviews. In this role, you will offer meaningful information tailored to exceed customer expectations, actively identifying and presenting solutions for customer issues. This role is fully remote with a flexible schedule, allowing you to help shape the future of healthcare from your own workspace!
*****Preferred: Ideal candidate will preferably have experience with SMART software experience. Candidate MUST have 3-5+ years of auditing experience at an Academic/Trauma Level 1 facility.*******
What You Will Do:
- Performs Inpatient Facility coding audits according to scope of work, for the purpose of Onboarding, Focused, Service Level Agreements or Other Types of reviews, using appropriate assignment of codes and other coding-related elements using MS DRG or APR DRGs.
- Provides rich and concise rationale explaining the reasoning behind any identified changes, including specific references, location of documentation, etc.
- Keeps abreast of regulatory changes.
- Organizes and prioritizes multiple cases concurrently to ensure optimal workflow and turnaround time
- Provides coder education via the auditing process
- Function in a professional, efficient, and positive manner
- Adhere to the American Health Information Management Association’s code of ethics.
- Must be customer-service focused and exhibit professionalism, flexibility, dependability, desire to learn, commitment to excellence and commitment to profession.
- High complexity of work function and decision making
- Strong organizational, teamwork, and leadership skills
*****Preferred: Ideal candidate will preferably have experience with SMART software experience. Candidate MUST have 3-5+ years of auditing experience at an Academic/Trauma Level 1 facility.*******
What You Need to Succeed:
- 5+ years of facility inpatient coding experience and/or auditing.
- CCS (required), RHIA or RHIT preferred
- Maintain 95% DRG accuracy rate
- Experience with various software including Epic, Cerner, and other prevalent EMRs.
What We Offer:
- Benefits for Full-Time employees: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k Savings Plan w/match, 2 weeks of paid time off, and Paid Holidays, Floating Holidays
- Free CEUs every year
- Stipend provided to assist with education and professional dues (AHIMA/AAPC) If Applicable
- Equipment: monitor, laptop, mouse, headset, and keyboard
- Comprehensive training led by a credentialed professional coding manager
- Exceptional service-style management and mentorship (we’re in this together!)
Pay ranges for this job title may differ based on location, responsibilities, skills, experience, and other requirements of the role.
To ensure the safety of patients and staff, many of our clients require post-offer health screenings and proof and/or completion of various vaccinations such as the flu shot, Tdap, COVID-19, etc. Any requests to be exempted from these requirements will be reviewed by Datavant Human Resources and determined on a case-by-case basis. Depending on the state in which you will be working, exemptions may be available on the basis of disability, medical contraindications to the vaccine or any of its components, pregnancy or pregnancy-related medical conditions, and/or religion.
This job is not eligible for employment sponsorship.
Datavant is committed to a work environment free from job discrimination. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status. To learn more about our commitment, please review our EEO Commitment Statement here. Know Your Rights, explore the resources available through the EEOC for more information regarding your legal rights and protections. In addition, Datavant does not and will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay.
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