Business Analyst – Professional Billing

POSITION SUMMARY:

Assists the department management in identifying, establishing, implementing, and monitoring business and financial related processes that contribute to the successful operations of the Professional Billing Office.

Position: Business Analyst

Department: Operations

Schedule: Full Time

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES / DUTIES:

• Prepares and participates in project planning, analysis, specifications, designs, development, implementation and operations.

• Works cooperatively with Professional Billing Office employees and managers for the purpose of achieving the departmental goals and ensuring maximum revenue and a cash flow benefit to the FPF.

• Involved in the process to facilitate requests from departments to add/change/delete operational flows.

• Works with Management and FPF Practices to review potential issues as well as provide education to the department billing staff relative to billing system flows and must demonstrate strong commitment to stakeholder relationships by taking ownership of issues and facilitating effective outcomes in a timely manner.

• Must adhere to all of BMC’s RESPECT behavioral standards.

(The above statements in this job description are intended to depict the general nature and level of work assigned to the employee(s) in this job. The above is not intended to represent an exhaustive list of accountable duties and responsibilities required).

JOB REQUIREMENTS

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Nursing, or a closely related field is required. Bachelor’s degree may be deferred with extensive experience in the healthcare billing and coding arena, including a coding certificate.

EXPERIENCE:

• Preferred: Five or more years of experience in healthcare.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

• Requires general knowledge of professional billing flows including charge entry, editing system functionality, and revenue cycle tasks from scheduling to insurance processing.

• Requires interviewing and investigative skills, to talk with individuals and groups about current processes and issues and ask the right questions to surface essential information and determine possible solutions.

• Superior analytical skills, excellent writing, organizational and interpersonal skills, to communicate information effectively and to work with the vast array of information gathered, its analysis, and delivery to the requesting management team.

• Requires technical skills to be able to quickly learn the professional billing systems and their monitoring, auditing, and invoice level research capabilities. Technical skills should include knowledge of Excel, Access, Word, and PowerPoint or the ability to quickly master these programs with dedicated instruction.

Compensation Range:

$78,000.00- $113,000.00

Originally posted on Himalayas