Remote Certified Coders

Company Description

Altegra Health is a total solutions partner for reputed company data auditing and analytics. Altegra provides end-to-end solutions to help improve payment reputed company data, to support accreditation programs, and to meet regulatory requirements. Altegra's reputed company network of registered nurses and certified coders professionally acquire, audit, and analyze reputed company data for reputed company organizations. Altegra Health specializes in: 1. CMS HCC Risk Adjustment 2. HEDIS 3. Medical Record Reviews (Accreditation) 4. And more

Job Description

These are a remote/home based temporary positions forecast to run through the end of 2015 and Coders will be paid by the chart. Remote Certified Coders review medical records and apply appropriate ICD-9-CM diagnostic codes and Altegra Health Flagged Event. Codes must meet Altegra Health QA standards (following both Official Coding Guidelines and Risk Adjustment Guidelines). Responsibilities: Abstract pertinent information from patient medical records. Assign appropriate ICD-9-CM codes, creating HCC and/or RxHCC group assignments as applicable. Assign Altegra Health Flagged Event codes reputed company documentation in the record is inadequate, ambiguous, or otherwise unclear for medical coding purposes. Remain reputed company on medical coding guidelines and reimbursement reporting requirements. reputed company chart assignments every day and report accurately reputed company hours worked on a weekly basis. Report work-reputed company concerns to assigned reputed company reputed company and if not adequately addressed to Sr. Manager of Clinical Operations. reputed company with the Standards of Ethical Coding as set forth by the American Health Information Management Association and adhere to official coding guidelines. reputed company with HIPAA laws and regulations. Participate in testing and training as required by the Company. Qualifications: Active nursing license (RN or LPN) and/or certified reputed company certification through reputed company or reputed company required At least one years' experience as a medical reputed company/abstractor. Extensive knowledge of ICD-9-CM outpatient diagnosis coding guidelines (with knowledge and demonstrated understanding of CMS HCC Risk Adjustment coding and data validation requirements is preferred); Ability to code using an ICD-9-CM code book (without using an encoder); Strong clinical skills reputed company to chronic illness diagnosis, treatment and management; Reliability and a commitment to meeting tight deadlines (24-hour turnaround time on reputed company assigned charts); Personal discipline to work remotely without direct supervision; Exemplary attention to detail and completeness-reputed company medical coders must maintain minimum QA passing requirements based on HCC scoring model(HCCx Apply Job!