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Benefits Coding Analyst

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Certified Professional Coder (CPC) certification – required
  • 2+ years of medical coding or billing experience in reimbursement, coding, claims processing, claims auditing, and/or payment methodologies – required
  • Experience with ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS, and QNXT
  • Thorough knowledge of anatomy and medical terminology with familiarity of NCCI guidelines

Requirements:

  • Maintain the integrity of plan benefits and develop expertise across all plan benefits, coordinating with Claims, Compliance, Program, IT, and Health Services/Medical Management to ensure regulatory compliance and alignment with program offerings
  • Synthesize input from multiple stakeholders to inform significant business decisions regarding benefit implementation and coordinate/maintain benefit design documentation
  • Research, code, and assist with development of benefit and utilization review policies and criteria for emerging treatments, technology, medications, and health plan services; research code updates and authorization requests; update business rules and benefit repositories as appropriate
  • Address code updates, authorization requests, and claim questions to support accurate benefit coding and reconciliation in reimbursement workflows

Job description

City/State

Richmond, VA

Work Shift

First (Days)

Overview:

Sentara Health is looking to hire a Remote Benefits Coding Analyst.

This position is remote however, candidates must be able to commute to our Richmond location.

The Benefits Coding Analyst – Certified Professional Coder maintains the integrity of the plan benefits for each program and is responsible for developing an extensive expertise of all plan benefits. The Benefits Coding Analyst will work closely with multiple teams across the Health Plan, including but not limited to Claims, Compliance, Program, IT, and Health Services/Medical Management to ensure benefits are compliant with state and Federal guidelines, as well as aligned with Program benefit offerings. This position is responsible for synthesizing the input from multiple stakeholders to inform significant business decisions regarding benefit implementation as well as coordinating and maintaining benefit design documentation for the organization. The Benefits Coding Analyst will research, code, and assist with the development of benefit and utilization review policies and criteria for emerging treatments, technology, medications, and health plan services. This role will assist in researching code updates, authorization requests, and claim questions, updating business rules and benefit repositories as appropriate.

Education:

  • Associate Degree in Healthcare (preferred)

Certification:


• Certified Professional Coder certification (CPC) (required)
• Certified Inpatient Coder (CIC) (preferred)
• Medical Assistant Certification (preferred)

Note: CIC is required for advancement to Level 2 and Level 3
 

Experience:


• 2+ years of medical coding or billing experience specifically within reimbursement, coding, claims processing, claims auditing and /or various payment methodologies (required)
• Experience in both established benefit coding environments as well as experience in determination of coding requirements for new benefits (preferred)
• Experience resolving billing and claims issues related to benefit to code assignment.
•Thorough knowledge of anatomy and medical terminology
• Expertise with NCCI (National Correct Coding Initiative) guidelines
• Knowledge or direct experience processing Government program or commercial health claims for an MCO
• Experience with ICD-10 CM, CPT, HCPCS, QNXT.

Keywords: Talroo-Allied Health, Healthcare, Coding, CPC, CIC, Billing, Claims, Auditing, ICD-10 CM, CPT, HCPCS, QNXT and Revenue coding in a managed care setting

Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career
Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
• Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
• Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
• Emergency Backup Care
• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
• Life Insurance
• 401k/403B with Employer Match
• Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
• Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
• Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development
•Pet Insurance 
•Legal Resources Plan
•Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.


In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.

For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:

Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

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