Coding Audit Consultant

at Crowe LLP in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Your Journey at Crowe Starts Here:

At Crowe, you have the opportunity to deliver innovative solutions to today's complex business issues. Crowe's accounting, consulting, and technology personnel are widely recognized for their in-depth expertise and understanding of sophisticated process frameworks and enabling technologies, along with their commitment to delivering measurable results that help clients build business value. Our focus on emerging technology solutions along with our commitment to internal career growth and exceptional client value has resulted in a firm that is routinely recognized as a "Best Place to Work." We are 75 years strong and still growing. Come grow with us!

Job Description:

Crowe Healthcare Consulting is now Kodiak Solutions!

This role is with Kodiak Solutions, Crowe's Healthcare Consulting business that is now its own standalone company.Read more about the Healthcare practice's impressive story and Kodiak below!At Kodiak you have the opportunity to deliver innovative solutions to today's complex business issues facing the Healthcare industry. Kodiak personnel are widely recognized for their in-depth Healthcare expertise and application of data and technology to simplify the business of Healthcare for thousands of hospitals nationwide.

Your Journey at Kodiak Solutions Starts Here:

At Kodiak Solutions, you have the opportunity to deliver innovative solutions to today's complex business issues. Kodiak's accounting, consulting, and technology personnel are widely recognized for their in-depth expertise and understanding of sophisticated process frameworks and enabling technologies, along with their commitment to delivering measurable results that help customers build business value. We are focused on emerging technology solutions along with a commitment to internal career growth and exceptional customer value. Come grow with us!

Role Description:
The Coding Audit Consultant conducts independent and integrated internal audits and consulting engagements utilizing their coding knowledge, audit documentation skills and Kodiak's proprietary audit documentation software. This role will also assist other Kodiak audit team members by providing a coding perspective, and/or performing coding specific testing steps in their assigned projects. In addition, the Coding Audit Consultant will serve as the primary coding liaison to several customers, to include providing coding project status updates, performing follow up on completion of action plans from prior coding audits, and participate in risk assessment meetings to provide coding insight for up coming audit plans.

Specific Roles and Responsibilities:

Understand customer needs and provide creative, strategic recommendations

Perform risk assessments, planning, fieldwork and report writing

Work on special projects and management requests

Utilize a data first and data-driven approach to all projects

Participate in business development growth in various ways from supporting a pursuit to identifying an opportunity to serving as a Crowe Account Lead

Respond timely to all inquiries by Customers and other Team members

Perform technical reviews for other coding professionals

Participate in the Subject Matter Expert (SME) Program in writing thought leadership and speaking on coding topics as needed

Assist in creating and updating tools, guidelines, resources and solutions to support the growth of the clinical operations team

Required Qualifications:

One of the following coding certifications through AHIMA / AAPC is required: CPC, COC, CCA, CCS, CRC, RHIA, or RHIT.

Minimum of three years hospital coding audit experience

Working experience in reviewing records within Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems

Strong knowledge of chart auditing

This position requires minimum of 10% travel

Preferred Knowledge and Skills

Additional knowledge and experience in revenue cycle activities is a plus

Advanced knowledge of ICD-10-CM, CPT and HCPCS

Effective communication, relationship-building and interpersonal skills.

Exceptional attention to detail, ability to ask questions and advanced knowledge in Microsoft Office suite

The ability to interact in a remote team environment and foster customer relationships.

Excellent time management, verbal, and written communication skills.

About Kodiak Solutions
This is an exciting time to join our growing Kodiak Solutions team!Recently, Crowe LLP reached a decision to divest its Crowe Healthcare Consulting practice, now Kodiak, in a sale to TPG, a global asset management firm that will be the perfect partner to take Kodiak to the next level.The story around Kodiak is an impressive one.Derek Bang, the practice founder and inventor of the group's flagship software product for net revenue reporting, Revenue Cycle Analytics (RCA) came to Crowe nearly 20 years ago with an idea for a... For full info follow application link.

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