DRG (Diagnosis-Related Group) Business Solutions Lead

2 hours, 15 minutes ago
Full-time
Senior
Data Science and Analytics
Abacus Insights

Abacus Insights

Abacus Insights simplifies healthcare data with intelligent solutions, unlocking data value and empowering health plans, consumers, and providers.

Insurance
51-250
Founded 2017
$82M raised

Description

  • Define product requirements, audit methodologies, and business logic for scalable audit workflows.
  • Translate coding guidelines and CMS reporting rules into structured, codifiable audit logic.
  • Define and maintain the DRG audit prompt library across principal diagnosis, CC/MCC, PCS, POA, discharge disposition, transfer DRG, mechanical ventilation, and late-entry integrity.
  • Map audit signals to data domains, evidence requirements, and citation frameworks.
  • Partner with product management on vision and roadmap prioritization across coding validation, clinical validation, IBR, observation, and readmission workflows.
  • Work with data science to define clinical entity extraction targets for the NLP pipeline.
  • Test model outputs, identify false positives and negatives, and drive refinement loops.
  • Develop edit specifications, assumptions, test scenarios, and validation criteria for new audit capabilities and AI features.
  • Participate in client discovery sessions, demonstrations, solution reviews, and advisory discussions as a subject matter expert.
  • Represent the voice of the customer across the product lifecycle and use internal AI tools to prototype and communicate solutions.

Requirements

  • RN with 7+ years of progressive DRG audit experience in a payer or vendor environment.
  • Active coding credential: CCS, CIC, RHIA, or RHIT.
  • Deep knowledge of U.S. healthcare payer payment integrity programs, including pre-pay and post-pay audit strategies, vendor management, savings methodologies, recovery operations, and performance measurement.
  • Strong mastery of ICD-10-CM/PCS Official Coding Guidelines, AHA Coding Clinic, MS/APR-DRG Definitions Manual, and CMS POA Reporting Guidelines.
  • Experience in payer-side DRG coding validation audit or vendor-side DRG audit.
  • Direct experience defending or overturning DRG findings on appeal.
  • Clear written and verbal communication skills for translating technical coding rules into product requirements and executive narratives.
  • Familiarity with payer contract language, including readmission policies, audit rights, and lookback windows.
  • Understanding of payer regulatory, compliance, and audit considerations that affect payment integrity program design and execution.
  • Preferred: experience partnering with Product Management, Engineering, Data Science, or AI/ML teams; familiarity with prompt engineering, generative AI, NLP, and clinical document extraction; experience translating requirements into user stories or product specs; experience with client implementations, demos, or training; familiarity with Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or similar tools; experience in a startup or high-growth healthcare technology company.

Benefits

  • Competitive leave and benefits.
  • Comprehensive health coverage.
  • Equity for every employee.
  • Growth-focused environment with support for professional development.
  • Remote role with US working hours (Eastern time zone).

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