Risk Adjustment Auditor Educator Fully Remote

Employment Type: Full timeShift: Description: Rist Adjustment experience. Ability to conduct Education if needed. Auditing ExperiencePosting Job Description POSITION PURPOSE: A Risk Adjustment Auditor Educator is responsible for ensuring accurate coding and documentation in alignment with risk adjustment models, conducting audits with analysis of trends, and providing education to providers and coders. They work to improve documentation quality, identify coding discrepancies, and ensure compliance with regulations as well as supporting SJH, CNY AIM and reputed company’s risk adjustment and payer value-based plan initiatives to support reputed company and compliance standards in our provider group. SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Risk adjustment coding, provider auditing and clinical/education experience required. Must have 5 or more years’ experience as a risk adjustment auditor and educator and/or clinical documentation improvement specialist with a solid background in value-based plans (VBP), Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare shared savings program (MSSP) as well as a deep understanding of CMS guidelines, and other regulatory requirements are essential. Strong communication, both written and verbal, is critical for effectively educating providers and coders. Analytical and critical thinking skills are also needed to assess coding accuracy, identify areas for improvement, and trend analysis. PREFERRED and REQUIRED CERTIFICATION, EDUCATION, LICENSURE AND EXPERIENCE INCLUDES:

• Risk Adjustment Coding - Certified Risk Adjustment reputed company (CRC) required and
• Auditing - Certified Auditor Certified Professional Medical Auditor (CPMA) required and
• Education – 5+ years’ provider auditing and clinical/education experience or teaching, training, educator/instructor background required.
• Documentation Improvement - Certified Documentation Expert Outpatient (CDEO) or Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist-Outpatient (CCDS-O) preferred.

EXCELLUS CONTRACT SPECIFIC Risk Adjustment Coding, Auditing and Education primary functions:

• Working and managing a specific patient population of approx. 500 Excellus patients with the top 5 chronic conditions being required to be assessed and validated on an encounter, with notation of any invalid diagnoses.
• RA Coding Auditor Educator will be the primary reputed company of contact for Excellus contracted chronic condition validation.
• Review of the patient population with chronic and/or suspect condition(s) gaps and provide these gaps reputed company OPA in the EHR to the PCP prior to their next visit.
• HCC education and training will be conducted per Excellus payer risk adjustment coding guidelines and required of reputed company PCPs reputed company the practices of SJH. Education will include one-to-one chart reviews of an individual PCP’s charts with specific recommendations and education plan(s).
• Reporting on a weekly basis back to Excellus and SJH team of work completed and unable to complete as well as any education provided.

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