HEDIS Medical Assistant

Health Care Support Staffing, Inc. (HSS). Health Care Support Staffing is a national healthcare recruiting and staffing firm with relationships across healthcare facilities in the United States. Connect with one of our Professional Recruiting Consultants today to explore opportunities.

• Candidate will work with the HEDIS team to collect member records and conduct reviews of these records by contacting providers and placing the results collected into a specific data base.
• If necessary the medical record review is conducted on site in provider office or hospital institution.
• Local travel may be required.
• This candidate will be required to handle a high volume of telephonic interaction with provider offices.
• Candidates must follow up on requested medical records with providers.
• Must keep excellent documentation of research and contact information.
• Candidate must pass a medical record abstraction test prior to starting actual record reviews.
• Candidates must have excellent skill set to read and interpret physician handwriting.

• Must have Medical Assistant certification + Associates Degree
• Prior experience as MA in office management/admin capacity and assistant to physician and nurses in reviewing medical records, applying codes for billing/claims, processing files and submitting to insurance or other requested agencies
• Experience with CPT-4, ICD-9, and ICD-10 coding
• Strong understanding of medical terminology
• Strong computer skills and must know MS Office products with emphasis on Excel knowledge
• Ability to type 30-40 WPM

Hours for this Position:

5 days a week- 40 hours

This is an immediate 5 month contract

Interested in hearing more about this great opportunity? Please call and e-mail your resume to Steph Zymowski at  x220 for immediate consideration.