Medicaid Fraud Auditor

Required Qualifications:

• 5 years with BS/BA; 3 years with MS/MA; 0 years with PhD
• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business, healthcare administration, public health, health science, law, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.
• Experience conducting Medicaid, Medicare, healthcare, compliance, financial, internal, or program integrity audits.
• Demonstrated experience independently planning, conducting, documenting, and completing audits or complex reviews.
• Demonstrated ability to research and interpret laws, regulations, policies, contractual requirements, and other authoritative guidance and apply those requirements to audit findings.
• Experience analyzing healthcare claims, billing records, financial information, medical/service documentation, or other provider records.
• Experience identifying and documenting noncompliance, improper payments, billing irregularities, or potential over payments.
• Strong written communication skills and demonstrated ability to prepare professional audit correspondence, findings, reports, and other technical documentation.
• Strong analytical, organizational, research, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment while working within established policies, procedures, and audit methodologies.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments, establish priorities, meet deadlines, and maintain accurate audit documentation.
• Intermediate to advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Must be a US Citizen.

Desirable Qualifications

• Direct Medicaid audit or Medicaid Program Integrity experience.
• Experience researching and applying state-specific Medicaid requirements.
• Experience auditing hospitals, pharmacies, laboratories, physicians, dental providers, behavioral health providers, personal care providers, managed care organizations, or other Medicaid provider types.
• Experience with Medicaid provider compliance and billing requirements.
• Experience identifying Medicaid over payments.
• Professional certification such as CPA, CIA, CFE, CHC, CPC, or a comparable audit, fraud, healthcare, or compliance credential.

Safe Guard Services (SGS), a subsidiary of Peraton, performs data analysis, investigation, and medical review to detect, prevent, deter, reduce, and make referrals to recover fraud, waste, and abuse.

We are looking to add a Medicaid Fraud Auditor to our SGS team of talented professionals.

What you'll do:

This position requires an individual who can research and interpret federal and state Medicaid requirements, develop appropriate audit procedures, analyze claims and supporting documentation, identify and substantiate exceptions, determine potential over payments, and clearly communicate audit conclusions.

• Conduct Medicaid compliance, payment, provider, and focused audits involving a variety of provider types, services, and Medicaid program requirements.
• Independently perform audit activities from planning and development of audit procedures through testing, analysis, findings, and completion of the audit.
• Research and interpret federal and state statutes, regulations, Medicaid manuals, provider requirements, policies, and other applicable guidance.
• Develop audit testing procedures that address identified risks and applicable Medicaid requirements.
• Analyze Medicaid claims, payment data, medical or service documentation, financial records, provider records, and other information to identify potential noncompliance and improper payments.
• Determine, calculate, or validate potential Medicaid over payments using appropriate audit methodologies and supporting documentation.
• Evaluate unique or complex circumstances and exercise professional judgment in determining appropriate audit procedures and…