Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Verse Medical is a well-funded Series C company on a mission to improve at-home healthcare. As a Medical Review Nurse, you will ensure compliance with surgical dressing orders and lead various quality assurance initiatives to enhance the efficiency of the healthcare delivery system.
Responsibilities
- Interpret and operationalize LCD L33831 + Policy Article for surgical dressings; publish practical rules (when covered, limits, documentation phrases)
- Stand up 'go/no-go' criteria for collagen, alginate/fiber‑gelling, foam, film, hydrocolloid; codify A‑modifier (wound count) usage, KX/GA/GZ/EY, sizing, quantity/frequency math
- Build a 2‑gate QA (1: clinical completeness; 2: billing correctness) and pilot it on all surgical‑dressing claims
- Create/upgrade templates for various outreach
- Lead UPIC/MAC ADR responses (pre‑ and post‑pay)
- Coach internal billing team; establish a reusable appeals library with policy citations and exemplars
- Train customer-facing team members (30‑min modules) and billers on the specific documentation that satisfies the LCD
- Define and track metrics: initial denial %, appeal win %, ADR turnaround, % packets with signed POD, top‑defect Pareto
Skills
- 3-5+ years medical-review experience at a UPIC or MAC (e.g., Safeguard Services, Qlarant, CoventBridge; Noridian, CGS, NGS, WPS, Novitas, Palmetto)
- Hands-on adjudication of surgical dressings (A6021 collagen; A6196–A6199 alginate/fiber‑gelling; A6209–A6215 foam; A6212–A6214 bordered foam; A6216–A6221 gauze; A6257–A6259 film)
- Expert with proof‑of‑delivery standards, SWO requirements, frequency/sizing rules, and common denial rationales (e.g., two‑cover stacking, over‑frequency without rationale, DOS/POD mismatch). Most of our interview process is focused on your practical experience with the coverage guidelines
- Crisp, policy‑anchored writing; calm under deadline; disciplined with PHI
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