Reimbursement Analyst
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- Purpose of Job
- Analyze Hospital and Physician revenue reimbursements identify and recover overpayments/underpayments.
- Job Requirements
- Education
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- Bachelor's degree in business, finance or health care related field preferred.
- Experience
- Minimum 5 years related work experience required.
- Experience with government and managed care contracts, government regulations, reconciling patient accounts and balancing payment transactions against contract rates and terms preferred.
- License/Certifications
- N/A
- Skills/Knowledge/Abilities
- Skill with financial accounting and analysis.
- Skill with verbal and written communication.
- Skill using Excel and databases including extracting and merging data from multiple sources.
- Skill critically evaluating situations.
- Skill managing time and projects.
- Skill organizing and prioritizing work.
- Knowledge of hospital and physician billing, revenue cycle and reimbursement.
- Knowledge of healthcare information systems and databases.
- Knowledge of International Classification of Disease (ICD-9/10), Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Coding, revenue codes, Universal Billing (UB) and Healthcare Financing Administration (HCFA) billing formats.
- Knowledge of Medical terminology.
- Ability to work independently.
- Ability to review and understand government and managed care contract language and payment methodologies.
- Ability to effectively work in a team environment.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Education
- Physical Requirements
- Weight Demands
- Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force.
- Physical Activity
- Occasionally Performed (1%-33%):
- Balancing
- Climbing
- Carrying
- Crawling
- Crouching
- Distinguish colors
- Kneeling
- Lifting
- Pulling/Pushing
- Reaching
- Standing
- Stooping/bending
- Twisting
- Walking
- Frequently Performed (34%-66%):
- Hearing
- Repetitive Motions
- Seeing/Visual
- Speaking/talking
- Constantly Performed (67%-100%):
- Fingering/Touching
- Grasping
- Keyboarding/typing
- Sitting
- Occasionally Performed (1%-33%):
- Job Hazards
- Not Related:
- Biological agents (primary air born and blood born viruses) (Jobs with Patient contact) (BBF)
- Physical hazards (noise, temperature, lighting, wet floors, outdoors, sharps) (more than ordinary office environment)
- Equipment/Machinery/Tools
- Explosives (pressurized gas)
- Electrical Shock/Static
- Radiation Alpha, Beta and Gamma (particles such as X-ray, Cat Scan, Gamma Knife, etc)
- Radiation Non-Ionizing (Ultraviolet, visible light, infrared and microwaves that causes injuries to tissue or thermal or photochemical means)
- Rare (1-33%):
- Chemical agents (Toxic, Corrosive, Flammable, Latex)
- Mechanical moving parts/vibrations
- Not Related:
- Weight Demands
- Essential Job Functions
- Essential Functions I
- Perform comprehensive account analysis to ensure reimbursement is accurate.
- Perform analysis of underpaid claims in order to determine appropriate course of action to ensure accurate, timely and optimal reimbursement.
- Research and identify underpayment root causes and trends and assist in the development of corrective action plans for underpayments.
- Accurately maintain underpayment databases to identify all underpaid accounts, track reasons for underpayments and to identify trends and problem payers.
- Identify contract management errors to minimize internal inaccuracies resulting in false underpayments.
- Communicate problematic variances, delays and any other issues impacting reimbursement to management, contracting, payers, and other internal and external stakeholders.
- Monitor and track reimbursement related projects and appeals to ensure timely resolution of underpayments.
- Maintain accurate and appropriate account documentation in all relevant systems.
- Act as a resource to provide reimbursement information.
- Participate in testing of patient accounting system and contract management system code upgrades and new system implementations.
- Maintain a current knowledge of payer reimbursement policies and contracts.
- Essential Functions II
- Participates in mandatory in-services and/or CE programs as mandated by policies and procedures/external agencies and as directed by management.
- Follows and understands the mission, vision, core values, Employee Standards of Behavior and company policies/procedures.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Essential Functions I
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