Inpatient Rehab Auditor - PRN AS NEEDED

About e4health

At e4health, our vision is to empower better health for our clients, our team, and the communities we serve. We live by five core values that guide everything we do:

• Embrace Change, Fun, and Learning: We maintain an unrelenting focus on quality, client success, and team member growth.
• Our PEOPLE Make the Difference: We build trusted relationships and celebrate wins every day.
• WE GROW: We believe in win/win outcomes—when our customers win, we win.
• GSD (Get Stuff Done): We say no to politics, drama, and egos, and yes to informed, agile decisions.
• Respectfully Listen, Challenge, & Support Each Other: We listen intently, challenge respectfully, and support fully.

Serving more than 400 hospitals and health systems nationwide for nearly two decades, e4health provides solutions to tackle the toughest problems in healthcare with unmatched technology, mid-revenue cycle, and operational expertise. Our solutions streamline clinical, financial, and health information workflows, optimize coding, quality, and clinical documentation integrity processes, and address health IT operational challenges to deliver material results for healthcare organizations across the country.

About the Role

This is a PRN (as needed) position, averaging 20 hours per week when projects are active. The Inpatient Auditor is responsible for completing quality assurance reviews on internal and external inpatient coders, including onboarding audits and training of newly hired e4health inpatient coders. The role validates that coders accurately abstract data into client electronic medical record systems, following Official ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS Guidelines, UHDDS guidelines, and CMS directives. The auditor also validates Present on Admission (POA) indicators per AHA POA guidelines and identifies missing or inappropriate provider queries.

Responsibilities

• Complete scheduled quality assurance reviews for both internal teams and external client organizations.
• Conduct onboarding audits and training for newly hired inpatient coders.
• Deliver training sessions and educational feedback to coders, including those at client sites.
• Communicate quality issues and audit findings to management and client contacts.
• Assist in drafting, implementing, and monitoring quality improvement action plans for coders.
• Maintain reports and accuracy rates for coders and clients.
• Respond to client QA needs and inquiries as directed by management.
• Provide educational sessions on error trends to coders and client teams.
• Notify management of compliance concerns or incidents.
• Demonstrate knowledge of HIPAA Privacy and Security Regulations through appropriate handling of patient information.
• Promote confidentiality and discretion in handling patient information.
• Attend educational conference calls and client meetings as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned for the project.
• Maintain required productivity and quality standards.
• Maintain coding credential requirements.

Requirements

• Approved AHIMA coding credential (required).
• Minimum 5 years’ coding experience recommended; 3 years of inpatient coding in an acute care setting (required).
• Minimum 3 years of Trauma Level 1 and Academic Teaching facility experience (recommended).
• Minimum 3 years of auditing experience.
• Proficiency in ICD-10-PCS coding.
• IRF-PAI, IGC, and CMG auditing experience.

Key Success Attributes

• Integrity, passion, and ethics.
• Strong collaboration skills.
• Strong analytic and problem-solving abilities.
• Consistent initiative with a strong drive for results.
• Commitment to a team environment.
• Well-developed written, verbal, and presentation communication skills, including deep listening and attention to detail.
• Ability to self-motivate and self-direct.
• Strong time management and organizational skills.
• Commitment and adherence to company Core Values.

Core Competencies

• High level of integrity & ethical judgement.
• Communication.
• Consistency and reliability.
• Meeting standards.

Benefits

We offer an excellent salary and a full benefits package including:

• 401(k) with company match.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life, short-term, and long-term disability insurance.
• PTO policy.

Physical Demands

• Prolonged periods of desk work on a computer.
• Talking, hearing, and near vision required for computer-based tasks and virtual communications.
• Sensory perception (visual, auditory, and tactile) essential for computer and phone use.

Working Conditions

This is a remote role; work is performed in a home office environment.