Claims QA Auditor

Posted May 25

We exist for workers and their employers -- who are the backbone of our economy. That is where Centivo comes in -- our mission is to bring affordable, high-quality healthcare to the millions who struggle to pay their healthcare bills.

Centivo is looking for a Claims QA Auditor to join our team!

As a Claims QA Auditor your will be primarily responsible for pre-payment, post payment, and adjudication audits of claims across multiple employer groups and products, including complex high dollar claims. This includes handling all aspects of the Claims Quality Review program, establishing processing standards, responding to quality issues, assisting in implementing performance improvement plans, providing data for performance guarantee service level agreements, and assisting with ensuring reports are completed and distributed timely.

What you’ll do:

  • Perform auditing of claims, ensuring processing, payment, and financial accuracy by verifying all aspects of the claim have been handled correctly and according to both standard process and the client’s summary plan description.
  • Completes reporting of audits finalized with decision methodology for procedural and monetary errors, which are used for quality reporting and trending analysis utilizing QA tools.
  • Responsible to communicate corrections and adjustments to Examiners as identified on pre-payment audits, including high dollar claims, and to verify corrections and adjustments are complete and accurate.
  • Identify and escalate trends based on the quality reviews.
  • Confer with Claims QA Lead, Claims Supervisors, Claim Managers, and/or Training Lead on any problematic issues warranting immediate corrective action.
  • May investigate and research issues as required to create or improve standard processing guidelines and may participate in projects as a subject matter expert as needed.
  • Perform any other additional tasks as necessary, including processing of claims, creating policies, training, and/or mentoring examiners through quality improvement plans.

You should have:

  • Prior experience with a highly automated and integrated claims processing system.
  • Minimum of three (3) years of experience as a claim examiner and/or auditor with self-funded health care plans and processing in a TPA environment, meeting production and quality goals/ standards.
  • Detailed knowledge of relevant systems and proven understanding of processing principles, techniques, and guidelines.
  • Strong analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with others.
  • Attention to details, organized, quality and productivity driven.
  • High School diploma or GED required.
  • Associate or bachelor’s degree preferred.
  • Proficient experience in MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint required.

These are not required, but would be nice to have: 

  • Ability to acquire and perform progressively more complex skills and tasks in a production environment.
  • Ability to work under limited supervision and provide guidance and coaching to others.
  • Excellent coaching skills and ability to mentor others towards quality improvement.

Work Location:

  • This position is remote.

Pay Transparency

The ranges we place in our job postings reflect what we anticipate to be the minimum to maximum of the base salary for this role. Additionally, our overall benefits package includes a few things you may consider towards a total compensation such as bonus, health benefits (some employer paid), PTO, and equity option grants. 

Salary Range

$47,000—$51,000 USD

Our Values: 

  • Resilient – This is wicked hard. There is no easy button for healthcare affordability. Luckily, the mission makes it worth it and sustains us when things are tough. Being resilient ensures we don’t give up.  
  • Uncommon - The status quo stinks so we had to go out and build something better. We know the healthcare system. It isn't working for members, employers, and providers. So we're building it from scratch, from the ground up. Our focus is on making things better for them while also improving clinical results - which is bold and uncommon
  • Positive – We care about each other. It takes energy to do hard stuff, build something better and to be resilient and unconventional while doing it. Because of that, we make sure we give kudos freely and feedback with care. When our tank gets low, a team member is there to be a source of new energy. We celebrate together. We are supportive, generous, humble, and positive.  

Who we are:

Centivo is an innovative health plan for self-funded employers on a mission to bring affordable, high-quality healthcare to the millions who struggle to pay their healthcare bills. Anchored around a primary care based ACO model, Centivo saves employers 15 to 30 percent compared to traditional insurance carriers. Employees also realize significant savings through our free primary care (including virtual), predictable copay and no-deductible benefit plan design. Centivo works with employers ranging in size from 51 employees to Fortune 500 companies. For more information, visit centivo.com.

Headquartered in Buffalo, NY with offices in New York City and Buffalo, Centivo is backed by leading healthcare and technology investors, including a recent round of investment from Morgan Health, a business unit of JPMorgan Chase & Co.