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Responsibilities: The primary purpose of the job is to be responsible for the maintaining current provider data and provider reimbursement set up, and to address provider/state inquiries as it relates to claim payment issues. Responsibilities:- Develops the Pricing Agreement Templates (PAT) for all provider reimbursement set up.
- Ensure that provider payment issues submitted by Provider Network Management or any other source are validated, researched and resolved within established SLA timeframes.
- Serves as the subject matter expert in State specific health reimbursement rules and provider billing requirements and as liaison to the Enterprise Operations Configuration Department.
- Maintain a current working knowledge of processing rules, contractual guidelines, state/Plan policy and operational procedures to effectively provide technical expertise and business rules.
- Participate in encounter rejection reconciliation activities.
- Responsible for the analysis of provider reimbursement and updating codes and fee schedules for current reimbursement to providers.
- Participate in Provider Reimbursement medical policy and edit reviews.
- Requests/runs queries to identify root causes of claim denials, incorrect payments and claims that are not correctly submitted for payment.
- Act as the resource to other departments by developing and managing work plans which document the status of key relationship issues and action items for high profile providers.
- Ensures ongoing provider data accuracy through regular reconciliation of the state provider master file, provider rosters, and audits.
- Validate potential recovery claim project activities.
- Maintain tracking system of operational issues, progress, and status.
- Performs other related duties and projects as assigned.
- Associate's Degree.
- Ability to focus on technology and business issues, as well as, communicate appropriately with both technology and business experts.
- 2+years of claims analysis experience in a healthcare environment.
- 1-2 years managed care or related experience preferred ; 1-2 years Medicaid experience preferred.
- Claims processing and Provider data maintenance knowledge required.
- Understanding of and experience related to healthcare claims payment configuration process/systems and its relevance/impact on network operations required.
- Billing and coding experience a plus.
- Strong with MS Excel, Access, Word, MS Access, MSOffice, Pivot Charts, Analytics.
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