Northwell Health Physician Partners
Great Neck, NY
Job Title Required: Background in Inpatient with 3-5 years' experience in Coding or Auditing. Highly Preferred: Auditing experience with DRGs. Job Description Responds to commercial payers, managed care and third party review organizations in managing the appeals/denials process. Supports the review of denial trends and identifies coding issues and knowledge gaps. Job Responsibility Supports denial reviews and response processes; prioritizes and reviews cases denied by commercial payers. Reports program performance and/or corrective action to management on regular basis. Assists in monitoring inpatient denial types, volume and formulates responses to requesting agency; seeks additional resources (e.g. legal counsel) to resolve issues, as needed; develops case-specific written rationale to substantiate and communicate findings. Addresses coding issues and knowledge gaps; functions as a organization resource for litigation as related to coding denials. Maintains hospital...