Director, Payment Integrity

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Director overseeing payment integrity processes and compliance in the healthcare sector for Centene. Leading audit programs and training initiatives to reduce waste and fraud.

Responsibilities:

  • Oversee prepay waste and abuse reviews through coding, editing, and audit programs
  • Provide guidance and set policies to ensure all programs adhere to state and federal regulations as well as company policies
  • Oversee prepay editing and retrospective audits to ensure accurate and timely payments of coding and pricing issues
  • Interpret audit results, develop action plans and present findings to senior management
  • Develop and implement continuous processes from analytic design to final report stage
  • Design, develop, and implement internal payment integrity edit and audit programs, policies, and procedures
  • Monitor laws and regulations that may impact payment integrity policies and procedures and implement changes while maintaining compliance with all state and federal regulations
  • Recommend process improvement to assist in developing and executing strategic initiatives and goals
  • Develop and deliver educational training programs to providers and employees to streamline operational processes and ensure accurate coding
  • Direct and lead Prepay Compliance Managers in their efforts to reduce waste, abuse, and fraud
  • Performs other duties as assigned
  • Complies with all policies and standards

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Nursing, Operations Management, Healthcare related, or related field or equivalent experience
  • 7+ years of finance, accounting, operations, or auditing experience
  • Experience in claims operations preferred
  • Compliance/ERM: 7+ years experience preferred

Benefits:

  • competitive pay
  • health insurance
  • 401K and stock purchase plans
  • tuition reimbursement
  • paid time off plus holidays
  • flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules