Revenue Integrity Supervisor

Revenue Cycle Lafayette, Louisiana Reference ID: JR6340-POS020942


Description

At SCP Health, what you do matters.
As part of the SCP Health team, you have an opportunity to make a difference. At our core, we work to bring hospitals and healers together in the pursuit of clinical effectiveness. With a portfolio of over 8 million patients, 7500 providers, 30 states, and 400 healthcare facilities, SCP Health is a leader in clinical practice management spanning the entire continuum of care, including emergency medicine, hospital medicine, wellness, telemedicine, intensive care, and ambulatory care.   
Why you will love working here:     
  • Strong track record of providing excellent work/life balance
  • Comprehensive benefits package and competitive compensation
  • Commitment to fostering an inclusive culture of belonging and empowerment through our core values - collaboration, courage, agility, and respect
What you’ll be doing: 
The Revenue Integrity Supervisor of Clinical Appeals is a leadership position focused on overseeing the clinical appeals process, supervising a diverse team of state-side and offshore employees, and ensuring the success of the clinical appeal department. This role requires a background in clinical compliance, medical necessity, critical care, and level of care issues, while also demonstrating the ability to manage cross-functional teams, develop and deliver training programs, and ensure operational efficiency across clinical appeal and audit functions.
  • Supervise a team of state-side and offshore employees.
  • Develop & manage all training and educational opportunities as required for the development & success of the clinical appeal team and offshore partners. Providing clinical guidance, training, and education as it relates to Compliance, Critical Care, level of care and medical necessity denials.
  • Create, revise and manage clinical audits performed by both state side staff and offshore team. This plan should encompass standard clinical criteria, frequency, accuracy threshold and feedback process.
  • Manage ETM/user work assignments to ensure deadlines are met. 
  • Develop a training process for educating/training both state side and offshore on new payer processes, and policies and procedures. 
  • Performs and administers performance appraisals of staff.
  • Serves as the subject matter expert for clinical appeals.
  • Collaborate in preparing slides for MOR. 
  • Meet with team members to review goals, production, audit results and performance evaluations. 
  • Maintain a working relationship and communicate any chart issues to Documentation Assurance, HiOps and Chart Acquisition. 
  • Research and document 3rd and 4th level appeals process for all payers.  Maintain updates in 'Appeal Timely Filing' document. 
  • Maintain a working knowledge of coding for all service lines. 
  • Manage the ALJ prep process for all hearings   
  • Research Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) hearing process for new plans.  Pilot new payers, prepare ROI and advise on recommendations of plans to proceed with this level appeal. 
  • Participate in Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) (3rd level appeal) hearings.   Serving as a clinical and administrative resource for SCP ALJ Appeal Nurse. 
  • Serve as a backup to Revenue Integrity Manager in creating and distributing weekly production report for medical record, coding, clinical and commercial appeal teams. 
  • Ensure dept maintains required records procedures in line with coding policies and procedures as HIPAA mandated requirements.
  • Attend appropriate professional and educational meetings.
  • Perform other duties and assist with additional projects as may be deemed necessary.
What we are looking for:  
  • Diploma or certificate program earning an LVN or LPN or 
  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing or Bachelor or Associate degree in Health Information Management 
  • LVN, LPN or RHIA
  • 2-5 years of nursing and/or auditing experience 
    • Experience to be applied when writing appeals to justify medical necessity. 
      Utilization/case management experience 
    • Ability to apply Clinical/UM/Case Management knowledge when writing appeals to justify medical necessity.   
  • Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel 
  • Ability to apply clinical experience to write appeals to justify medical necessity. 
  • Proficient in MicroStrategy 
  • Ability to learn new reporting tools & systems. 
  • Advanced experience in software platforms Athena Idx, OnBase, RightFax 
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills 
  • Excellent interpersonal skills 
  • Leadership experience 
  • Ability to work well in a team environment. 
  • Professional attitude and demeanor 
  • Self-starter/problem solver 
  • Working knowledge of CPT coding, payer regulations and ProCode CDR 
 
This position is eligible for our corporate benefits, please click this link for the details:  https://myscpbenefits.com/
 
SCP Health and its affiliated companies (collectively, “SCP Health”) require applicants for specific positions, such as those onsite at a client company/healthcare facility or affiliate to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment, except where prohibited by state or local law.  To demonstrate compliance with SCP Health’s vaccination policy, proof of COVID-19 vaccination status will be requested upon a conditional offer of employment for onsite positions at a client company/healthcare facility.  SCP health will consider religious and/or medical/disability accommodation and other legally required exemption request as required by applicable law. 
To learn more about SCP Health, please visit:
www.scp-health.com   
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SCP Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer.   
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