Senior PPI Professional – Inpatient Coding Disputes
Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, 95828, USA
Listed on 2026-01-17
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Healthcare
Medical Billing and Coding, Healthcare Administration
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The Senior Payment Integrity Professional – Inpatient Coding Disputes on the Disputes Team consults and collaborates with coding professionals across departments to ensure high accountability of coding disputes outcomes for timeliness, compliance and quality.
Responsibilities- Will be a SME (Subject Matter Expert) medical coder with in-depth experience in inpatient coding audits (MSDRG/APDRG)
- Contributes to overall accuracy and compliance of coding disputes reviews ensuring that all appropriate coding guidelines are adhered to and will be able to speak to inpatient coding review outcomes to a variety of audiences
- Leverages advanced auditing expertise to guide onshore and offshore DRG coding disputes auditors, reviews disputes escalations and clarification requests
- Manages multiple priorities, collaborates across teams, and ensures timely, accurate inventory management
In addition to being a great place to work, Humana also offers industry leading benefits for all employees, starting your FIRST day of employment. Benefits include:
- Medical Benefits
- Dental Benefits
- Vision Benefits
- Health Savings Accounts
- Flex Spending Accounts
- Life Insurance
- 401(k)
- PTO including 9 paid holidays, one personal holiday, one day of volunteer time off, 23 days of annual PTO, parental leave, caregiving leave, and weekly well-being time
- And more
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years holding one of these Coding Credentials from AHIMA: CCS/ RHIT/ RHIA
- 5+ years’ work experience reading and interpreting claims
- 2+ years verifiable experience in MSDRG disputes/audits
- 2+ years of verifiable SME and/or leadership experience within the last few years in provider/payer inpatient auditing
- Verifiable experience working with and supporting onshore and offshore MSDRG vendors/ staff
- Comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft Office Programs Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- High level of productivity with the ability to turn-around requests quickly and effectively
- Strong attention to detail
- Experience leading people, projects, and/or processes Officially.
- Experience in Financial Recovery
- Experience in a fast paced, metric driven operational setting
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- Humana will provide Home or Hybrid Home/Office associates with telephone equipment appropriate to meet the business requirements for their position/job.
- Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information
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