IT Healthcare Consultant (Clinical Analyst and Coding Specialist) - REMOTE (MUST be a SC resident) - W2 ONLY

Job Description:

***Only W2 resumes are accepted

Work Location: Fully Remote

Candidate Location: Candidate MUST be a SC resident. No relocation allowed. This project is a multi-year effort which primarily focuses on providing consulting services to operations and policy staff for the current Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS).

The current position’s focus and priority is the continued support of serving as a subject matter expert (SME), building knowledge that allows policy and process owners to make the best recommendations for Medicaid members and providers.

DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:

The principal duties of this position are to assist with the CPT/HCPCS and ICD-10 code maintenance. As the IT Healthcare Consultant – Business Analyst – Advanced (Clinical Analyst and Coding Specialist):

Specific duties include, but are not limited to:

• Initiates annual (and quarterly) updates from CMS of all ICD-10, CPT/HCPCS coding changes.
• Performs initial review of codes to determine scope of changes.
• Prepares listings of codes changes to Reference Administration staff and Medicaid Program staff for review and analysis.
• conduct meetings with Agency personnel, stakeholders, and process owners.
• (Future) Participates in DASH (Replacement MMIS) project meetings, as needed, where reference administration expertise is required.
• Serves as an agency subject matter expert (SME) for medical coding methodologies, Medicaid policy, and related topics.
• Research business rules, requirements, and models to complete initial analysis and recommendations.
• Maintains business rules, requirements, and models in a repository.
• Collaborate with team to ensure process documentation is complete, owner and stakeholder, as needed, training content is complete and routinely updated.
• May serve as a back-up to review patient records against established criteria to determine medical necessity.
• Other project-related duties.
• 5+ years written and oral communications skills, strong proficiency in English.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite 

Required Skills:

• 5+ years in healthcare insurance; medical review, program integrity, or appeals.
• 5+ years working with IT developers/programmers in a payor environment.
• 5+ years Medical Coding in payer environment.
• 3+ years clinical experience in a healthcare environment (strong clinical assessment and critical thinking skills.)
• 5+ years of knowledge of ICD/CPT/HCPCS translation and coding methodologies.
• 5+ years of knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, and medical terminology.

Preferred Skills:

• 5+ years’ experience in policy remediation.
• 5+ years claims processing systems experience.
• 5+ years Optum Encoder and/or other medical coding software programs