Senior Director, Claims & Payment Integrity - Remote

Senior Director, Claims & Payment Integrity

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The Senior Director, Claims & Payment Integrity, is responsible for oversight of health plan claims administration and payment integrity functions. The position will develop, maintain, and optimize process flows to maintain claims payment accuracy.

• Drives quality, timely claims processing to allow the health plan to achieve regulatory compliance, robust financial management and product strategy outcomes
• Oversee strong inventory management processes and enhance auto adjudication
• Delivers strong vendor oversight to optimize system processing to improve efficiency and accuracy; pursue new vendor opportunities including Request for Information (RFI)/Request for Proposal (RFP) as deemed appropriate
• Collaborates with business and IT teams to ensure system and operational readiness for system fixes, configuration, and project rollouts impacting claims processing
• Ensures operational readiness, testing, training, reporting, and communications are in place for claims processing updates
• Acts as business owner for claims processing and edit vendors, ensuring oversight of vendor, including day-to-day management, roadmap reviews and joint operating committee management
• Oversees, develops, and maintains documentation for claims and configuration processes and procedures with appropriate controls, reporting and quality assurance
• Develops work intake mechanisms, exploring and implementing tools to manage claims processing tickets, prioritize backlog and assess different work types (i.e., reporting, configuration, project vs. production fixes, etc.)
• Remains up to date on industry trends and advancements in claims provider reimbursement and system technology to identify opportunities for improvement
• Supports regular audits and quality checks to ensure data accuracy and system performance
• Oversees the research, development, implementation, ongoing operational maintenance and administration of provider payment methodologies and fee schedules for all provider types in support of provider contractual arrangements
• Supports the development and integration of provider payment policies and guidelines applicable to institutional and professional reimbursements and in concert with the Organization's products and member benefits
• Maintains all institutional and professional reimbursement methodologies leveraged by the organization. This includes demonstrating deep knowledge in industry standard payment methods
• Demonstrates working knowledge in the design and roll out of alternative payment methods that are focused on an incentive-based pay for value approach. This will require partnering cross organizationally to support the development of these new programs, and direct the operational activities necessary to stand them up
• Researches and provides recommendations on development of new or enhancements to existing reimbursements in conjunction with corporate and contractual initiatives including sound financial modeling/impact analyses

• Bachelor's degree required;
  Master's in business administration or comparable advanced degree strongly preferred
• CPC Preferred
• 10+ years health plan management experience required
• Experience managing vended system applications
• Experience with test plan development, strategy, and execution

• Demonstrates an understanding of and alignment with Martin's Point Values.
• Maintains knowledge and understanding of reimbursement agreements as well as…