Experience: Minimum of three years experience in an administrative or staff capacity which must have included at least two years of experience supervising professional and technical staff in two of the following areas: gathering and compiling facts and statistics to evaluate program effectiveness and recommend program revisions; preparing and maintaining a program budget or maintaining and controlling the fiscal record keeping functions and systems in a department, agency, division, unit or company; coordinating and conducting studies of administrative and operational activities including budget preparation and control, equipment usage, staff patterns, work flow and space utilization. This includes extensive expertise in inpatient and outpatient auditing (MS-DRGs, CC/MCC validation, POA indicators, PSI/HAC implications), managing external audits (RAC, MAC, OIG, UPIC, commercial payers), and strong knowledge of CMS IPPS/OPPS regulations, OIG Work Plan priorities, Medicare Conditions of Participation, Official Coding Guidelines, NCCI edits, and medical necessity rules.