Associate, Payment Integrity at Oscar Health

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Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

02 Jan, 26

Salary

104895.0

Posted On

04 Oct, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Claims Processing, Medical Coding, Data Analysis, Reimbursement Methodologies, Process Improvement, Collaboration, Training, Documentation, Root Cause Analysis, Stakeholder Management, Coding Rules, Excel, SQL, Auditing, Health Care Operations

Industry

Insurance

Description

Hi, we're Oscar. We're hiring an Associate to join our Payment Integrity team. Oscar is the first health insurance company built around a full stack technology platform and a focus on serving our members. We started Oscar in 2012 to create the kind of health insurance company we would want for ourselves—one that behaves like a doctor in the family. About the role This role is responsible for supporting process improvement and issue resolution in the Oscar claim environment for both the Oscar Insurance business and +Oscar clients. The Associate, Payment Integrity is responsible for ensuring claims are paid accurately and timely with the highest quality. This is accomplished by leveraging a deep understanding of Oscar's claim infrastructure, workflows, workflow tooling, platform logic, data models, etc., to work cross-functionally to understand and translate friction from stakeholders into actionable opportunities for improvement within edits and ideation. The Associate provides thought leadership for Payment Integrity process and workflows that impact claims payments and works closely with cross functional partners on execution of changes. You will report to the Senior Manager, Payment Integrity. Work Location: This is a remote position, open to candidates who reside in: Arizona, Florida, Georgia, or Texas. #LI-Remote Pay Transparency: The base pay for this role is: $79,920 - $104,895 per year. You are also eligible for employee benefits, participation in Oscar's unlimited vacation program and annual performance bonuses. Responsibilities Provide subject matter expertise and in-depth understanding of Payment Integrity internal claims processing edits, external vendor edits and Oscar reimbursement policies. Identify claims payment issues from data mining, process monitoring, etc., provide scoping and action steps needed to remediate the issue. Respond to internal and external inquiries and disputes regarding policies and edits. Document industry standard coding rules and provide recommendations on reimbursement policy language and scope. Ideate payment integrity opportunities based on a deep knowledge of industry standard coding rules. Translate into business requirements; submit to and collaborate with internal partners to effectuate change. Provide training and education to team members when necessary. Perpetuate a culture of transparency and collaboration by keeping stakeholders well informed of progress, status changes, blockers, completion, etc.; field questions as appropriate. Support Oscar run state objectives by providing speedy research, root cause analysis, training, etc. whenever issues are escalated and assigned by leadership. Compliance with all applicable laws and regulations Other duties as assigned Qualifications A bachelor's degree or 4+ years of commensurate experience 4+ years of experience in claims processing, coding, auditing or health care claims operations 4+ years experience in medical coding 3+ years of experience working with large data sets using excel or a database language Medical coding certification through AAPC (CPC, COC) or AHIMA (CCS, RHIT, RHIA) Experience with reimbursement methodologies, provider contract concepts and common claims processing/resolution practices. Bonus points 3+ years experience in a technical role (QA analyst, PM, operations analyst, finance, consulting, industrial engineering) or a process improvement role (Six Sigma or similar) Process Improvement or Lean Six Sigma training Experience using SQL This is an authentic Oscar Health job opportunity. Learn more about how you can safeguard yourself from recruitment fraud here. At Oscar, being an Equal Opportunity Employer means more than upholding discrimination-free hiring practices. It means that we cultivate an environment where people can be their most authentic selves and find both belonging and support. We're on a mission to change health care -- an experience made whole by our unique backgrounds and perspectives. Pay Transparency: Final offer amounts, within the base pay set forth above, are determined by factors including your relevant skills, education, and experience. Full-time employees are eligible for benefits including: medical, dental, and vision benefits, 11 paid holidays, paid sick time, paid parental leave, 401(k) plan participation, life and disability insurance, and paid wellness time and reimbursements. Reasonable Accommodation: Oscar applicants are considered solely based on their qualifications, without regard to applicant’s disability or need for accommodation. Any Oscar applicant who requires reasonable accommodations during the application process should contact the Oscar Benefits Team (accommodations@hioscar.com) to make the need for an accommodation known. Artificial Intelligence (AI) Guidelines: Please see our AI Guidelines for the acceptable use of artificial intelligence during the interview process at Oscar. California Residents: For information about our collection, use, and disclosure of applicants’ personal information as well as applicants’ rights over their personal information, please see our Notice to Job Applicants.

Responsibilities

The Associate, Payment Integrity is responsible for ensuring claims are paid accurately and timely. This includes supporting process improvement and issue resolution in the Oscar claim environment.