Employer:
AE & Associates, LLC
506 Queensland Circle, Corona, CA 92879
Location:
After initial orientation/onboarding, the position is 100 percent remote from anywhere in the United States
Schedule:
Full Time, 40 hours, Weekdays 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. pacific time
Project:
Kaiser Permanente (KP), Pleasanton, CA - Diagnosis Validation Team; Encounter Information Operations. This is a temporary but long-term project with potential hiring by KP as full-time permanent employee. KP is a national American healthcare organization that combines health insurance coverage and medical care delivery into an integrated health system. It was founded in 1945 and headquartered in California but operates in several regions throughout the United States.
Qualifications:
- International medical graduate (MD or MBBS). Passage of medical board exam or USMLE not required
- No specific medical coding skills or diagnoses validation experience needed, but CCS or CPC, CRC, CDIP or CCDS is beneficial
- Legally able to work in the USA
- Proficient computer skills including Microsoft Office and electronic medical records (EMR)
- Experience with EPIC EMR is highly beneficial
- Excellent clinical knowledge; no specialty requirements
- Strong English verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work continuously for 8 hours shifts (with breaks)
- Quick learner, team worker
- Not excluded from participation in federally funded healthcare programs (OIG, SAM, DHCS exclusions lists)
Job Description:
- Analyze medical records of inpatient and outpatient services patients and determine if the diagnoses provided by physicians meet the guidelines for documentation with clinical indicators supporting the diagnoses
- Communicate with providers the findings via phone calls and emails and discuss the validity of the diagnoses
- Work under the supervision of KP Validation team manager
- Meet monthly productivity numbers and accuracy scores
Screening:
The KP Validation team will select the resumes of candidates who will participate in an oral interview and 3-part exam (clinical knowledge, computer/Microsoft office skills and employer/employee relationships). If not selected, you may be called for future opportunities.
After a week, the selected candidates will be announced and scheduled for a required 4-hour onboarding/orientation at Pleasanton, CA. KP will ship laptops and other equipment to your home before the meeting (you will bring these with you to the meeting). The actual project starts 2 days after.
Background Checks, employment documents, and drug screens are required.
Salary: $65-$72 per hour, based on experience with benefits
Pay: $65.00 - $72.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Vision insurance
Work Location: Remote
