Coding Specialist, Payment Integrity

Hi, we're Oscar. We're hiring a Coding Specialist to join our Payment Integrity team.

Oscar is the first health insurance company built around a full stack technology platform and a focus on serving our members. We started Oscar in 2012 to create the kind of health insurance company we would want for ourselves—one that behaves like a doctor in the family.

About the role

This role is responsible for supporting process improvement and dispute resolution in the Oscar payment integrity environment. The Specialist reviews, investigates, and resolves provider disputes related to claims, payments, contract terms, etc. This is accomplished by leveraging a deep understanding of Oscar’s claim and payment integrity infrastructure.

You will report to the Manager, Payment Integrity.

Work Location:

Oscar is a blended work culture where everyone, regardless of work type or location, feels connected to their teammates, our culture and our mission.

If you live within commutable distance to our New York City office (in Hudson Square), our Tempe office (off the 101 at University Dr), or our Los Angeles office (in Marina Del Rey), you will be expected to come into the office at least two days each week. Otherwise, this is a remote / work-from-home role.

You must reside in one of the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, or Washington, D.C. Note, this list of states is subject to change. #LI-Remote

Pay Transparency:

The base pay for this role in the states of California, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Washington is: $74,700 - $91,300 per year. The base pay for this role in all other locations is: $67,230 - $82,170 per year. You are also eligible for employee benefits, participation in Oscar's unlimited vacation program and annual performance bonuses.

Responsibilities

• Contribute as a subject matter expert for Oscar reimbursement policies, payment integrity internal claims processing edits and external vendor edits.
• Respond to internal and external inquiries and disputes regarding policies and edits.
• Research industry standard coding rules, summarize and provide input into reimbursement policy language and scope.
• Use knowledge gained through research and claims review to ideate payment integrity opportunities. Translate into business requirements; submit to and collaborate with internal partners to effectuate change.
• Ingest information from internal and external partners regarding adverse claim outcomes; collaborate with partners to scope, size, prioritize items and deliver solutions.
• Use insights from partner submissions, data mining, process monitoring, etc., work with the team to proactively identify thematic areas of opportunity to solve problems.
• Perpetuate a culture of transparency and collaboration by keeping stakeholders well informed of progress, status changes, blockers, completion, etc.; field questions as appropriate.  
• Support Oscar run state objectives by providing speedy research, root cause analysis, training, etc. whenever issues are escalated and assigned by leadership.  
• Compliance with all applicable laws and regulations
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree or 4+ years of commensurate experience 
• 3+ years of experience in claims processing, coding, auditing or health care operations
• 3+ years experience in medical coding
• Medical coding certification through AAPC (CPC, COC) or AHIMA (CCS, RHIT, RHIA)
• Experience with reimbursement methodologies, provider contract concepts and common claims processing/resolution practices.
• 2+ years experience deriving business insights from datasets and solving problems 

Bonus Points

• 2+ years experience in a technical role (QA analyst, PM, operations analyst, finance, consulting, industrial engineering) or a process improvement role (Six Sigma or similar)
• 2+ years of experience working with large data sets using excel or a database language
• Experience in a professional healthcare claims organization
• Knowledge management, training, or content development in operational settings
• Process Improvement or Lean Six Sigma training
• Experience using SQL