Position
Denial & Appeals Specialist
Denials worked, appeals won, revenue recovered.
A denial and appeals specialist owns the denial worklist - reading EOBs, identifying the root cause, drafting appeals with clinical justification, and tracking each appeal to a decision. They turn denied claims back into paid claims and feed root-cause findings into front-end fixes.
What is a denial & appeals specialist?
A denial and appeals specialist owns the denial worklist - reading EOBs, identifying the root cause, drafting appeals with clinical justification, and tracking each appeal to a decision. They turn denied claims back into paid claims and feed root-cause findings into front-end fixes.
What a denial & appeals specialist does day-to-day
Our denial specialists run the daily denial worklist, classify denials by CARC/RARC code, prioritize by dollar value, and route the corrective action - corrected claim, redetermination, peer-to-peer, or formal appeal. They track appeal outcomes and report trends so front-end errors get fixed at the source rather than re-worked downstream.
Daily responsibilities of a denial & appeals specialist
- Daily denial worklist triage by CARC/RARC and dollar value
- Appeal letter drafting with clinical documentation
- Peer-to-peer scheduling and coordination
- Redetermination and reconsideration submission
- Root-cause analysis and front-end feedback
- Weekly denial-and-appeal KPI reporting
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