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Nurse Audit Senior - Operating Room

Shift: Days, Monday- Friday, EST/CST

Location:Virtual: This role enables associates to workvirtually full-time, except for required in-person training sessions, providing maximum flexibility and autonomy. This approach promotes productivity, supports work-life integration, and ensures essential face-to-face onboarding and skill development.Alternate locations may be considered if candidatesresidewithin a commuting distance from an office.

Please note that per our policy on hybrid/virtual work, candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered for employment, unlessaccommodationis granted as required by law.

TheNurse Audit Senior - Operating Room is responsible foridentifying, monitoring, and analyzing aberrant patterns of utilization and/or fraudulent activities by health care providers through prepayment claims review, post payment auditing, and provider record review.

How you will make an impact:

• Investigates potential fraud and over-utilization by performing medical reviews via prepayment claims review and post payment auditing.
• Correlates review findings with appropriate actions (provider education, recovery of monies, cost avoidance, recommending sanctions or other actions).
• Assists with development of audit tools, policies and procedures and educational materials.
• Acts as liaison with service operations as well as other areas of the company relative to claims reviews and their status.
• Analyzes and trends performance data, and works with service operations to improve processes and compliance.
• Notifies areas of identified problems or providers, recommending modifications to medical policy and on line policy edits.
• Communicates and negotiates with providers selected for prepayment review.
• Assists investigators by providing medical review expertise to accomplish the detection of fraudulent activities.
• Serves as resource to nurse auditors.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Requires AS in nursing and minimum of 4 years of clinical nursing experience; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.
• Current unrestricted RN license in applicable state(s) required.

Preferred Skills, Capabilities and Experiences:

• Broad understanding of OR roles and procedures, highly preferred.
• Operating room Circulator experience, highly preffered.
• Knowledge of auditing, accounting and control principles and a working knowledge of CPT/HCPCS and ICD 9 coding and medical policy guidelines strongly preferred.
• Ability to travel to worksite and other locations as necessary.
• BA/BS preferred.
• Medical claims review with prior health care fraud audit/investigation experience preferred.
• Certification as a Professional Coder preferred.

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Who We Are

Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities - and making healthcare simpler. We are a Fortune 25 company with a longstanding history in the healthcare industry, looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve.

How We Work

At Elevance Health, we are creating a culture that is designed to advance our strategy but will also lead to personal and professional growth for our associates. Our values and behaviors are the root of our culture. They are how we achieve our strategy, power our business outcomes and drive our shared success - for our consumers, our associates, our communities and our business.

We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few.

Elevance Health operates in a Hybrid Workforce Strategy. Unless specified as primarily virtual by the hiring manager, associates are required to work at an Elevance Health location at least once per week, and potentially several times per week. Specific requirements and expectations for time onsite will be discussed as part of the hiring process.

The health of our associates and communities is a top priority for Elevance Health. We require all new candidates in certain patient/member-facing roles to become vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza. If you are not vaccinated, your offer will be rescinded unless you provide an acceptable explanation. Elevance Health will also follow all relevant federal, state and local laws.

Elevance Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, genetic information, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact elevancehealthjobssupport@elevancehealth.com for assistance. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws, including, but not limited to, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act.

Prospective employees required to be screened under Florida law should review the education and awareness resources at HB531 | Florida Agency for Health Care Administration.

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