Exam Specialist

Position Overview

The Healthcare Credential Exam Specialist plays a key role in supporting AAPC’s Exam Development ecosystem. Responsibilities include contributing to the creation and maintenance of certification exams, practice exams, study guides, courses, and related educational materials. This position is also responsible for competency mapping, exam blueprinting, and overseeing beta testing processes to ensure alignment with industry standards and learner needs.

This is a remote position

• Develop new exam items that comprehensively assess the knowledge and skills of medical professionals.
• Assist in developing related exam products including practice exams, study guides, courses, and related educational materials.
• Lead and collaborate with subject matter experts, instructional designers, and other team members to create and modify items that align with learning objectives and industry guidelines.
• Conduct technical and final reviews of content and serve as an internal subject matter expert.
• Participate in regular meetings and training sessions to ensure continuous improvement and knowledge sharing with cohorts.
• Mentor individual Exam Development Committees and Exam Item Authors.
• Create and maintain exam competency mapping and blueprinting of certification exams.
• Stay up to date with developments in the medical administrative field, including evolving coding guidelines, regulatory standards, and industry best practices through ongoing research and professional engagement.
• Validate new items through standard-setting, pilot testing, psychometrics, or other established methods of item validation.
• Coordinate and monitor beta testing of Certification Exams.
• Assist in additional projects and tasks as needed.
• Assist in the selection of and maintain Exam Platform Software.

• Communication – Communicate concisely and clearly – written and verbal.
• Detail Orientation – Demonstrate detail orientation in task completion.
• Problem Solver – Ability to solve problems in collaboration with leadership and peers.

• AAPC CORE Certification required.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with technical teams providing them with direction and support.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with nontechnical teams for understanding and training.
• Project management capabilities.
• Strong change management and communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Product Suite.

• Experience with Healthcare Revenue Management Industry.
• Experience with Membership Based Training Organizations.
• Preferred proficiency with Project Management software.
• Multiple AAPC credentials.

• AAPC (), the nation’s largest and fastest growing training, certification, and solutions association in healthcare, supporting more than 200,000 members.

• DRIVEN | Self-starts and stays highly motivated to achieve ambitious goals.
• HUMBLE | Learns, adapts, and improves relentlessly.
• TRANSPARENT | Integrity-centered, honest, truthful, and trustworthy in all aspects of work.
• SUPPORTIVE | Empowers and uplifts others.
• INNOVATIVE | Entrepreneurial spirit with a scrappy mentality.

AAPC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This company does not and will not discriminate in employment and personnel practices on the basis of race, sex, age, disability, religion, national origin or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Hiring, transferring and promotion practices are performed without regard to the above listed items.

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