Lead Reimbursement Specialist - Remote

Make an impact with a team that empowers providers and patients. In this role, you will help ensure our customers receive accurate reimbursement guidance, enabling access to life‑changing IVS technologies. You’ll partner closely with sales, providers, and cross‑functional teams to turn complex coding and payment challenges into clear, actionable solutions.

What You Will Do

• Support reimbursement inquiries from sales teams, providers, and customers by delivering accurate coding, coverage, and payment guidance within established service levels.
• Conduct in‑depth research on coding, payer policies, and regulatory updates to resolve complex reimbursement questions and inform internal decision-making.
• Review and update coding documents to maintain accuracy of CPT, HCPCS, ICD‑9, and ICD‑10 assignments.
• Manage all Coding Hotline and email inquiries, tracking and trending contact data to identify patterns and opportunities for improvement.
• Collaborate with providers to research, troubleshoot, and resolve claim issues, including prior authorization, denials, and appeals.
• Coordinate with Sales Representatives to deliver required documentation and ensure customer billing and reimbursement needs are met.
• Develop and deploy payer and provider communications that highlight the value of IVS products and support reimbursement education.
• Provide training, mentorship, and support to new and junior reimbursement team members to help accelerate their proficiency and performance.

What You Will Need Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and minimum 4 years of relevant experience, or
  Associate’s degree and minimum 8 years of relevant experience, or
  High school diploma/equivalent and minimum 10 years of relevant experience.
• Extensive experience providing coding, coverage, and payment guidance in a healthcare environment.
• Extensive experience supporting prior authorization, denials, and appeals processes.
• Comprehensive knowledge of medical coding guidelines and ability to review operative reports, rejected claims, and EOBs.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medigap, and commercial payer methodologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• CPC (Certified Professional Coder) or CCS‑P (Certified Coding Specialist – Physician).

• $77,700 - $168,400 salary plus bonus eligible + benefits. Individual pay is based on skills, experience, and other relevant factors.

• This role was posted on 2/12/26

Posted Date: 02/12/2026
This role will be posted for a minimum of 3 days.

Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.