The Epic Cadence and Prelude Analyst III is a senior subject matter expert in the design, configuration, testing and implementation of complex, cross-functional projects spanning the entire patient access experience. This role defines configuration standards, validation strategies, and integration frameworks that align patient access, operational, and financial workflows into a unified, high-performing platform. The Analyst III collaborates with enterprise architecture, clinical operations, and revenue management teams to optimize the front-end revenue cycle, ensuring solutions deliver registration accuracy, compliant billing, and seamless data exchange. This position provides input on technical and governance, change management, and innovation in patient access workflows.
Responsibilities- Lead cross-functional projects involving both Prelude and Cadence to design and implement seamless, end-to-end patient access workflows.
- Execute comprehensive testing plans in collaboration with the team and key stakeholders
- Oversee validation strategy, regression testing frameworks, and release planning for all Prelude and Cadence initiatives
- Strong proficiency in Cadence and Prelude applications functionality and lead process improvement efforts
- Mentor and provide guidance to analysts, fostering their growth in both Prelude and Cadence
- Act as the primary technical liaison to operational workgroups for scheduling and registration, translating strategic goals into a unified system roadmap
- Champion best practices for system build and workflow design across the entire patient access landscape
- Develop and oversee comprehensive, integrated testing strategies for major enhancements
Required:
- 7+ years of experience in Epic Prelude and Cadence application including one full implementation
- Proven expertise in the integration and data flow between Prelude, Cadence, and other patient access applications e.g. MyChart
- Demonstrated experience leading large-scale projects impacting patient access
- Strong ability to influence stakeholders and facilitate design sessions with operational leaders
- up to 25% travel
- College degree in computer science, information science or equivalent work experience
Cadence Certification, Prelude Certification, RTE
Maintenance: Active maintenance of certifications via Epic’s New Version Training (NVT) is required to retain system build credentials.
Preferred:
- Proven project management experience in large scale transformations
- Experience in one Epic Implementation full cycle
Epic certification(s) in at least one other relevant application
Project management or process improvement certification (PMP, Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt), Agile, etc.)
Additional Competencies:
Strong analytical, communication, and troubleshooting skills
Ability to understand business requirements and their impact on technical solutions
Ability to work in a complex environment to manage multiple concurrent communication needs
Skill at tracking tasks, defining next steps, identifying owners, and holding others accountable
Ability to coordinate activities and facilitate meetings involving multiple stakeholders, including vendors, subject matter experts, interface engine developers, and end user
Adaptability/flexibility-Demonstrating flexibility with respect to changing end user business needs
Critical thinking- The ability and willingness to see things in an open-minded way and examine an idea or concept from as many angles as possible
Dependability- The ability and willingness to take ownership of work activities and ensure that they are completed in an accurate, efficient and timely manner
Initiative- The ability and willingness to recognize assignments or tasks that need to be completed to seek out additional assignments or tasks and to help others
Interpersonal Skills- The ability to communicate information clearly and concisely with project leadership and subject matter experts
Learning- The ability and willingness to learn new software and systems
Listening- Listening attentively to ensure that the intended message has been accurately received, holding responses until the person has finished making the point, and repeating information to ensure accuracy
Problem Solving
Seeking, logically examining, and interpreting information from different sources to determine a problem cause and developing a course of action to resolve the problem and to prevent its recurrence
Resilience
The ability to preserve in difficult situations, overcome obstacles and reach high levels of performance when faced with stressful work situations and time pressures
Develop Talent- The ability to develop analysts’ individual skills and align overall team abilities to support business goals.
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Skills Required
- 7+ years of experience in Epic Prelude and Cadence including one full implementation
- Certification in Epic Prelude and Cadence
- Proven expertise in integration and data flow between Prelude, Cadence, and other patient access applications (e.g., MyChart)
- Demonstrated experience leading large-scale projects impacting patient access
- Strong ability to influence stakeholders and facilitate design sessions with operational leaders
- College degree in computer science, information science or equivalent work experience
- English proficiency
- Willingness to work after hours, weekends, and holidays as needed to support upgrades and downtimes
- Proven project management experience in large scale transformations
- Experience in one Epic implementation full cycle
- Multiple Epic certifications
What We Do
Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX) empowers people to take action to improve health outcomes. Derived from the world's largest database of clinical lab results, our diagnostic insights reveal new avenues to identify and treat disease, inspire healthy behaviors and improve health care management. Quest annually serves one in three adult Americans and half the physicians and hospitals in the United States, and our 47,000 employees understand that, in the right hands and with the right context, our diagnostic insights can inspire actions that transform lives. The company offers physicians the broadest test menu (3,000+ tests), is a pioneer in developing innovative new tests, is the leader in cancer diagnostics, provides anatomic pathology (AP) services, & interpretive consultation through its medical & scientific staff of about 900 M.D.s & Ph.D.s. The company reported 2020 revenues of $9.44 billion. Quest Diagnostics offers the most extensive clinical testing network in the U.S., with laboratories in most major metropolitan areas, & in Mexico, the UK & India. The company also operates four esoteric laboratories, 40 outpatient AP laboratories, & 160 smaller, rapid-response laboratories. Patients may have specimens collected in any of the company’s approximately 2,250 patient service centers. On a typical workday, testing is performed for about 550,000 patients. Quest Diagnostics empowers healthcare organizations & clinicians with state-of-the-art connectivity solutions. The company is the leading provider of pre-employment drugs-of-abuse screening for employers & risk assessment services for the life insurance industry. It is the world’s 2nd largest provider of clinical trials testing for new pharmaceuticals. More information is available at www.questdiagnostics.com. Language Assistance / Non-Discrimination Notice Asistencia de Idiomas / Aviso de no Discriminación 語言協助 / 不歧視通知 www.QuestDiagnostics.com/home/nondiscrimination








