[Hiring] Consultant I Data Mining @Sagility
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Role Description
A Payment Integrity Data Mining Consultant I is a professional who is market/client facing and responsible for identifying new audit opportunities, researching new pricing methodologies, and engaging with various work teams to generate systems automation and enhancement capabilities in our state-of-the-art audit workstation.
• Identify, develop, and implement new concepts that recognize incorrect payments based on industry experience and regulatory research.
• Analyze client data and generate high-quality recoverable claims.
• Assist in the identification, validation, and documentation of moderate to more complex recovery projects.
Qualifications
• High School Diploma or equivalent required; BA/BS in Business Administration or related field preferred but not necessary.
• 4-5+ years of knowledge of direct claim processing/reimbursement, medical facility contracts, fee schedules, inpatient/outpatient/physician claims required.
Requirements
• Prior claims auditing or consulting experience desirable in either a provider or payer environment.
• Excellent communication skills both oral and written.
• Strong interpersonal skills that support collaborative teamwork.
• Microsoft Office Proficient: Word and Excel; Access – highly preferred.
• Provide recommendations for improving payment integrity processes, fraud prevention measures, and operational efficiency based on audit findings.
• Collaborate & establish strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to define, align, and deliver payment accuracy initiatives.
• Work with audit teams to ensure the concepts being deployed are working as expected with higher findings, thus ensuring higher hit rates on the concepts deployed.
Preferred Skills
• Knowledge of payment systems, financial transactions, and claims processes end to end.
• Understanding of payment integrity concepts and fraud detection methodologies.
• Experience in auditing, payment processing, or financial fraud prevention is a plus.
• Experience working within a health plan, managed care organization, provider operated healthcare environment, or third-party administrator.
• Development of end-to-end payment integrity reports like Data Intake, Audit Selections, Findings, Appeals, Medical Record Management, Audit Operations, Recovery Operations, Provider Correspondence, and Forecasting & Invoicing.
Roles & Responsibilities
• Utilize healthcare experience to perform audit recovery procedures.
• Identify overpaid claims.
• Identify and define issues, develop criteria, review, and analyze contracts and Health Plan reimbursement policies and various state and federal regulations.
• Enter and document the incorrect payment issue into Devlin’s systems accurately and in accordance with standard procedures.
• Update and develop new and current audit recovery report ideas and work with the IT team to automate the process.
• Research reimbursement regulations for claim payment compliance reviews and documentation to support current audit findings.
Location
Work@Home USA, United States of America
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