Dane Street
Orthopedic Surgery- Independent Medical Examiner (IME)
This role reviews insurance appeals and prospective and retrospective claims, providing interpretation of the medical necessity of services in compliance with client-specific policies, evidence-based guidelines, and standards of care. It involves reviewing medical records, supporting determinations with clear rationale and documentation, and handling assigned review-related tasks within required timelines.
Key Responsibilities
- • Reviews all medical records and addresses each question posed by the client utilizing client specific criteria or other nationally recognized evidence-based criteria
- • Ensures that the rationale for the determination is clear, concise, and contains adequate supporting documentation to substantiate the decision
- • Identifies, critiques, and utilizes current criteria and resources such as national, state, and professional association guidelines and peer-reviewed literature that support sound and objective decision-making and rationales in reviews; refrains from using case studies, cohorts, and the like to make decisions due to their limited sample sizes
- • Provides copies of any criteria utilized in a review with the report in a timely manner
- • Returns cases on or before the due date and time
- • Makes telephone calls as mandated by the state and/or client specifics
- • Maintains proper credentialing and state licenses and any special certifications or requirements necessary to perform the job
- • Attends all required orientation and training
- • Performs other duties as assigned including identifying and responding to quality assurance issues, complaints, regulatory issues, depositions, court appearances, or audits
Required
- • Board certification required
- • active practice required
Benefits & Perks
- • Robust opportunity for supplemental income
- • Schedule flexibility and predictable work hours - You choose services and case types, dictate volume, and conduct exams and reviews based on your schedule availability
- • No doctor/patient relationship is established and no treatment is provided. These are advisory-only opinions
- • Enhanced industry expertise strengthening your medical practice with medical necessity and utilization review/management expertise
- • Expanded credentials as an expert in Independent Medical Exams and physician advisor services
- • Fully prepped cases, streamlined case flow, transcription services at no cost, and user-friendly work portal
As Physician Reviewer/Advisor for Independent Medical Exams (IME), you will utilize clinical expertise and reviews insurance appeals, and prospective and retrospective claims. The Physician Reviewer will provide an interpretation of the medical necessity of services provided by other healthcare professionals in compliance with client specific policies, nationally recognized evidence-based guidelines, and standards of care.
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Benefits
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Reviews all medical records and addresses each question posed by the client utilizing client specific criteria or other nationally recognized evidence-based criteria
- Ensures that the rationale for the determination is clear, concise, and contains adequate supporting documentation to substantiate the decision
- Identifies, critiques, and utilizes current criteria and resources such as national, state, and professional association guidelines and peer-reviewed literature that support sound and objective decision-making and rationales in reviews; refrains from using case studies, cohorts, and the like to make decisions due to their limited sample sizes
- Provides copies of any criteria utilized in a review with the report in a timely manner
- Returns cases on or before the due date and time
- Makes telephone calls as mandated by the state and/or client specifics
- Maintains proper credentialing and state licenses and any special certifications or requirements necessary to perform the job
- Attends all required orientation and training
- Performs other duties as assigned including identifying and responding to quality assurance issues, complaints, regulatory issues, depositions, court appearances, or audits
- Board certification required, active practice required
Benefits
- Robust opportunity for supplemental income
- Schedule flexibility and predictable work hours - You choose services and case types, dictate volume, and conduct exams and reviews based on your schedule availability
- No doctor/patient relationship is established and no treatment is provided. These are advisory-only opinions
- Enhanced industry expertise strengthening your medical practice with medical necessity and utilization review/management expertise
- Expanded credentials as an expert in Independent Medical Exams and physician advisor services
- Fully prepped cases, streamlined case flow, transcription services at no cost, and user-friendly work portal
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