About XpertDox
XpertDox is a healthcare technology company that uses AI and data analytics to improve healthcare efficiency. Our flagship platform, XpertCoding, is an autonomous medical coding platform that uses neural networks, machine learning, and natural language processing to automate medical coding, risk adjustment, clinical documentation improvement, and clinical care improvement.
As XpertDox expands across large healthcare organizations and into payer markets, we are seeking a nationally recognized coding and compliance authority to join our executive leadership team as the public face of compliant autonomous medical coding.
The Opportunity
The Chief Medical Coding and Compliance Officer will serve as XpertDox's senior authority on medical coding, reimbursement, and coding compliance, and as the company's national spokesperson and representative to clients, payers, regulators, and the broader coding and compliance community.
This is an executive, client-facing, and industry-facing role designed for an established national leader whose reputation and presence strengthen XpertDox's credibility with healthcare providers, health plans, compliance organizations, and professional associations. The successful candidate will advise clients on complex coding matters, represent XpertDox at national conferences, personally stand behind the company's coding governance and audit results, and serve as a credible senior counterpart to payer compliance, payment integrity, and medical policy leaders.
The position reports directly to the Chief Executive Officer, with no intervening layers. The Coding Excellence Team and the Audit Team report to this role, and the position collaborates closely with product, engineering, client success, and marketing leadership in the United States and India.
Key ResponsibilitiesCoding and Compliance Leadership
- Serve as XpertDox's senior authority on medical coding, risk adjustment, clinical documentation improvement, and payer-specific coding requirements.
- Interpret CMS, NCCI, AMA, Medicare Administrative Contractor, and commercial payer guidance.
- Provide executive oversight of coding accuracy, compliance, validation, and audit readiness, with direct leadership of the Coding Excellence Team and the Audit Team.
- Author and personally stand behind XpertDox's coding governance framework and compliance methodology.
- Participate in the governance and release review of autonomous coding workflows.
Client and Prospect Engagement
- Serve as the senior coding and compliance authority in meetings with enterprise clients and payer representatives.
- Explain and defend XpertDox's coding methodologies, governance standards, and audit results, including direct participation in client and payer audit discussions.
Speaking and Thought Leadership
- Represent XpertDox at national healthcare, coding, compliance, reimbursement, and payer conferences.
- Deliver keynote presentations, panel discussions, webinars, and educational sessions.
- Publish commentary and educational materials on medical coding, reimbursement policy, compliance, and autonomous coding under your own name.
- Build relationships with national coding, compliance, payer, and healthcare leadership organizations.
Marketing and Industry Credibility
- Strengthen the credibility of XpertDox's sales, marketing, and client success efforts.
- Contribute to white papers, policy publications, webinars, research, case studies, and market-facing educational materials.
- Work with marketing leadership to ensure that coding and compliance claims are accurate, supportable, and appropriately presented.
Payer Engagement
- Serve as XpertDox's credible senior counterpart to payer compliance, payment integrity, coding validation, and medical policy leaders.
- Help payer audiences understand and gain confidence in autonomous coding, including use cases such as coding validation, payment integrity, prepayment review, risk adjustment, provider education, and claims operations.
- Support the company's expansion into payer-side automation as those relationships mature.
Preferred Background
The strongest candidates will combine national coding authority, senior healthcare leadership, and public visibility. Preferred qualifications include:
- Fifteen or more years of experience in medical coding, coding compliance, reimbursement, payment integrity, clinical documentation, or related healthcare functions.
- Prior executive or national leadership experience with CMS, a major health plan, a Medicare Administrative Contractor, AAPC, or AHIMA.
- Demonstrated expertise in professional medical coding and reimbursement policy.
- Deep knowledge of CMS, AMA, NCCI, Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial payer requirements.
- Experience working with payer payment integrity, coding validation, reimbursement, medical policy, claims, or risk adjustment functions.
- Established relationships across payers, healthcare organizations, coding associations, or regulatory bodies.
- A recognized national profile through speaking, publishing, policy development, committee participation, or industry leadership.
- Experience advising senior executives, compliance officers, physicians, auditors, and legal teams.
- Relevant credentials may include CPC, CCS, CCS-P, CPMA, CRC, COC, CIC, RHIA, RHIT, or comparable credentials. Advanced training in clinical medicine, law, compliance, healthcare administration, or a related field is valued but not required.
Compensation and Benefits
XpertDox expects the base salary for this position to range from $200,000 to $300,000, depending on the candidate's experience, national reputation, and demonstrated ability to advance the company's strategic objectives. The compensation package includes:
- Competitive executive base salary.
- Signing bonus.
- Annual stock option awards of up to 10% of base salary, refreshed each year.
- Comprehensive executive relocation package, including a full-service household move, paid house-hunting trips, temporary housing in Scottsdale, and tax gross-up on relocation benefits.
- Phased relocation available: begin the role immediately with regular time on site and complete the move within the first year.
- Executive benefits.
- National travel and speaking support.
Life in Scottsdale
XpertDox is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, one of the most desirable places to live and work in the country. For a role with regular national travel, Phoenix Sky Harbor offers direct flights to nearly every major U.S. market. Arizona's flat 2.5% state income tax is among the lowest in the nation, and housing and living costs are well below those of coastal metros. The region is also home to a serious healthcare ecosystem, including Mayo Clinic and HonorHealth, along with year-round sunshine, world-class golf, and outstanding dining and outdoor recreation.
Why Join XpertDox
This is an opportunity to help shape the national standards for responsible and compliant autonomous medical coding, with the title, authority, and platform to match.
- A true executive seat: the role reports directly to the CEO with meaningful authority from day one, no layers, and no committees.
- A national platform: XpertDox will actively invest in building your national profile, including sponsored speaking engagements at major conferences, bylined publications, media opportunities, and positioning you as the public face of compliant autonomous coding.
- Freedom from bureaucracy: decisions here take days, not fiscal years. Your guidance shapes the product within weeks, and there are no clearance processes or committee approvals required to publish, speak, or act.
- A defining industry moment: the opportunity to influence how healthcare providers and payers adopt the next generation of coding technology.
XpertDox is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics.
To apply, please submit your resume and a brief summary of your national speaking, publishing, and industry leadership experience.
Pay: $200,000.00 - $300,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Relocation assistance
- Retirement plan
Experience:
- medical coding, reimbursement, or payment integrity: 10 years (Required)
License/Certification:
- CPC, CCS, CCS-P, CPMA, CRC, COC, CIC, RHIA, or RHIT (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Scottsdale, AZ 85258: Relocate with an employer provided relocation package (Required)
Willingness to travel:
Work Location: In person
