HEDIS Abstractor and Overreader

About the role

This position is not eligible for current or future sponsorship or employer-supported work authorization by agilon health. Applicants must be able to accept and maintain employment with agilon health in the United States for the full duration of their employment without sponsorship or work authorization support.

Responsibilities

• Review and abstract clinical data from electronic medical records in alignment with HEDIS technical specifications
• Perform overreads of abstracted medical records for accuracy, completeness and measure compliance
• Demonstrate high level of proficiency in HEDIS measures and coding standards (including but not limited to ICD-10, CPT and CPTII) to close gaps in care
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to resolve documentation discrepancies and provide recommendations for improvement
• Support audit preparation and participate in internal quality reviews and training sessions
• Manage all activities to meet health plan contractual and reporting timeframes
• Identify trends in abstraction that may impact measure performance or audit readiness and proactively escalate to leadership

Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience working with NCQA HEDIS programs and/or HEDIS abstraction in all measures
• Proficiency in EMR platforms (i.e., Epic, Cerner)
• Familiarity with Medicare Advantage lines of business and Stars Measures
• Familiarity with supplemental data processes and quality data integration

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to be a team player and exercise initiative in responding to team members or Sr. Manager
• Thorough understanding of medical record documentation and medical terminology
• High level of attention to detail and ability to follow direction on project deadlines
• Strong language skills in English speaking and understanding
• Ability to meet high productivity requirements and Interrater Reliability standards
• Strong Excel skills
• Ability to interpret compliance vs non-compliance on health plan gap file use to direct abstraction efforts
• Ability to apply deep level of measure understanding to legal medical records
• Strong Adobe skills (including saving records in PDF format and annotation)
• Ability to interpret large data files for needed abstraction
• Deep level of ability to recognize medical records that are not complete or are missing needed data points in overreading
• Ability to report clearly on both positive or negative findings and apply possible solutions on Team calls
• Ability to protect yourself from fraud: agilon health will never send unsolicited job offers or request payments or financial information. Such communications are fraudulent.

Benefits

Individual compensation packages can vary based on factors unique to each candidate, such as skill set, experience, and qualifications.

Pay

Pay Range: $24.00 - $28.70