Professional Fee Auditor/Educator

Apply Description About e4health At e4health, our vision is to Empower Better Health for our clients, our team, and the communities we serve. We live by five core values that guide everything we do: Embrace Change, Fun, and Learning: We maintain an unrelenting focus on quality, client success, and team member growth. Our PEOPLE Make the Difference: We build trusted relationships and celebrate wins every day. WE GROW: We believe in win/win outcomes—when our customers win, we win. GSD (Get Stuff Done): We say no to politics, drama, and egos, and yes to informed, agile decisions. Respectfully Listen, Challenge, & Support Each Other: We listen intently, challenge respectfully, and support fully. Serving more than 400 hospitals and health systems nationwide for nearly two decades, e4health provides solutions to tackle the toughest problems in healthcare with unmatched technology, mid-revenue cycle, and operational expertise. Our solutions streamline clinical, financial, and health information workflows, optimize coding, quality, and clinical documentation integrity processes, and address health IT operational challenges to deliver material results for healthcare organizations across the country. Learn more about us at www.e4.health. POSITION TITLE: Professional Fee Auditor/Educator ROLE TYPE: Full Time EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Non-Exempt JOB SUMMARY: The Professional Fee Auditor is responsible for completing quality assurance reviews on internal and/or external professional coding specialists or external providers. This may also include onboarding audits and training of newly hired e4health coding specialists. This role is responsible for validating the coding specialist is accurately abstracting data into appropriate client electronic medical record systems, following the Official ICD-10-CM, CPT, and HCPCS Guidelines for Coding, AMA CPT Guidelines, Evaluation and Management Guidelines, and CMS directives. The Professional Fee Auditor also plays a key role in reporting quality results, tracking and trending of educational opportunities of the coding specialist or provider, responding to client subject matter needs, and providing educational support and training to coders and/or providers. The Professional Fee Auditor is expected to maintain consistent coding auditing accuracy rate of 95% or better while also meeting agreed upon productivity standards. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Complete all regularly scheduled quality assurance reviews for internal and external clients Completes onboarding quality assurance reviews and training on all newly hired consultants May provide training for newly hired coding consultants Communicate quality issues to management as appropriate Assists with identification of, drafting, implementation, and monitoring of quality improvement action plans for coding consultants Maintain reports and accuracy rates for coding consultants and clients as appropriate Responds to client QA needs at the direction of management Provides coding consultants educational sessions on error trends as requested by management Notifies management when there is a compliance concern or incident Demonstrating knowledge of HIPAA Privacy and Security Regulations as evidenced by appropriate handling of patient information Promotes confidentiality and discretion when handling patient information Attends educational conference calls and client meetings Provides coding support to the business as needed Performs other duties as needed with the project Maintains required productivity and quality requirements Maintains coding credential requirements BENEFITS: We offer an excellent salary, full benefits package including 401(k) with company match, medical, dental, vision, life, short/long term disability insurance, and PTO policy. PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF THE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: This role requires prolonged periods of desk working on a computer Talking, hearing, and near vision are required to perform computer-based tasks and virtual communications Sensory perception (visual, auditory, and tactile) is essential for computer and phone use WORKING CONDITIONS WHILE PERFORMING ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: This is a remote role; work is performed in a home office environment. e4health is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, age, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other legally protected category. Applicants for U.S. based positions with e4health must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Requirements REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: Candidate must possess an approved AHIMA or AAPC coding credential; CIRCC/RCCIR a plus Minimum 4 years’ coding experience required; specialty experience may be preferred as per specific client needs Minimum 2 years of auditing experience preferred Extensive education and training of 2021 and 2023 Evaluation and Management guidelines This is a higher-complexity engagement given the education component in addition to auditing. Candidates need strong E/M auditing and surgical experience and the ability to provide provider education. Job Details: ProFee coding audits (specialty-focused) Audit reporting and trending. Provider-facing education and feedback sessions. Work across multiple specialties (e.g., Neuro, GI, Hospitalist, etc.). Use of Epic, Optum, and Intellicode. KEY SUCCESS ATTRIBUTES: Integrity, passion, and ethics are required Demonstrates strong collaboration skills Has strong analytic and problem-solving abilities and techniques Exhibit consistent initiative with strong drive for results and success Demonstrate commitment to a team environment? Well-developed written, verbal, and presentation communication skills including deep listening and attention to detail Ability to self-motivate and self-direct Possess strong time management and organizational skills Commitment and adherence to company Core Values CORE COMPETENCIES: High level of integrity & ethical judgement Communication Consistency and Reliability Meeting Standards