DRG Manager

Job Details

• Level
  :
  Management
• Job Location
  :
  California Office - Roseville, CA
• Remote Type
  :
  Fully Remote
• Position Type
  :
  Full Time
• Education Level
  :
  Bachelor's Degree
• Salary Range
  : $125000.00 - $140000.00 Salary/year
• Job Shift
  :
  Day
• Job Category
  :
  Insurance

DRG Manager

Machinify is a leading healthcare intelligence company with expertise across the payment continuum, delivering unmatched value, transparency, and efficiency to health plan clients across the country. Deployed by over 60 health plans, including many of the top 20, and representing more than 160 million lives, Machinify brings together a fully configurable and content-rich, AI-powered platform along with best-in-class expertise. We're constantly reimagining what's possible in our industry, creating disruptively simple, powerfully clear ways to maximize financial outcomes and drive down healthcare costs.

Location: This role is full remote

At New Co, we're constantly reimagining what's possible in our industry-creating disruptively simple, powerfully clear ways to maximize our clients' financial outcomes today and drive down healthcare costs tomorrow. As part of the Complex Payment Solutions team, you will, as the DRG Manager, be responsible for the development and management of our clinical solutions, including MS and APR-DRG validation. This role requires expertise in healthcare payment methodologies and audit and review criteria to target key claims for review and recovery.

Key responsibilities include inventory and team management, implementation support, client support, research, and management. This role requires a proactive and strategic thinker with strong leadership and analytical skills to drive the success of our clinical solutions and ensure optimal team performance.

• Enhance and Review Clinical Solutions: Utilize expertise to assist in the enhancement and review of readmissions, place of service, and other clinical solutions.
• Collaborative Development: Work with a multi-disciplinary team of programmers, operations staff, product leaders, and auditors to bring DRG process ideas from creation to implementation.
• Regulatory Monitoring: Assess and adjust written rules by monitoring their effectiveness, keeping up with regulatory updates, and making necessary changes.
• Team Leadership: Lead the DRG team by providing guidance, counsel, and development plans to ensure long-term retention and professional growth of DRG staff.
• Claims Review Management: Oversee the entire process of clinical claims review, understanding various client configurations and workflows.
• Operational Oversight: Manage scheduling, reporting to management, issue resolution, and execution of plans.
• Work Coordination: Assign and prioritize work, set goals, and coordinate daily activities of the team. Provide regular updates and communication through one-on-one and team meetings.
• Performance Monitoring: Monitor individual and team results to ensure timely completion of work in accordance with department standards and medical policy guidelines.
• Analytical Problem-Solving: Demonstrate analytical skills to identify problems and trends, develop solutions, and implement action plans.
• Policy and Process Development: Develop departmental policies, processes, and training standards.
• Support and Evidence: Provide internal and external partners with evidence and references supporting industry standards, auditing guidelines, and review stances.
• Performance Reporting: Provide reports on key performance indicators, including quality scores, workflows, savings, revenue projections, and inventory on a predetermined schedule.
• Solution Development: Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to suggest solution development, including operations, product, data analytics, and technology.
• Timeline Management: Set timelines and ensure communication on progress, tracking delivery, and escalating roadblocks or dependencies.
• Program Deployment: Design and deploy effective programs/solutions to identify and correct claims with aberrant results, providing feedback to resolve root causes.
• Research and Special Projects: Assist with research, special projects, and ad hoc claim…