Denial Management Specialist

General Information:

Job title: Denial Management Specialist

Schedule: Full-time 80 hours per pay period; Monday-Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm

Weekend rotation: No weekends

Holiday rotation: Paid Holidays

Position Summary:

The Denial Management Specialist position gathers interprets and reviews data to assess for root cause analytics to then implement process improvement to reduce denials and write offs to optimize A/R.

Position Responsibilities:

• Creates Revenue Cycle reports
• Responsible for collecting researching and analyzing business and operational data.
• Provides monitoring and trending of system denials.
• Works with other departments including operational to reduce the dollar amounts of denials and rework.
• Works denials to resolution.
• Collaborates with other revenue cycle departments to educate on denial trends.
• Identifies and monitors process improvement efforts with the revenue cycle.
• Establishes definitions and criteria for reporting avoidable denials.
• Attends workshops and seminars to maintain a high level of knowledge and capabilities related to position.
• Perform other duties as requested.

Position Requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• AA or 4 years of equivalent experience required.
• 5 years of related work experience preferred.
• Experience working in the medical industry preferred.
• Exceptional accuracy and attention to detail required.

Knowledge Skills & Abilities

• Intermediate to Expert proficiency with computers is required.
• Thorough understanding of billing process.
• Basic understanding of coding.
• Strong quantitative and analytical competency.
• Self-starter with excellent interpersonal communication and problem-solving skills.