What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior IT Systems Analyst, Epic Professional Billing Claims position at Ardent Corporate?
Ardent Health Services (AHS) is a national health care services company headquartered in Nashville, TN. Through its subsidiaries, Ardent owns and operates nearly 200 sites of care. Our subsidiaries own and operate hospitals and multispecialty physician practices in six states. Ardent includes 30 hospitals, 4,423 patient beds, 23,000 employees, and 1,700 employed physicians. Within the industry, we are noted for recognizing that every hospital is as unique as the community it serves. This in-depth understanding of how health care works at the local level is one of our great strengths.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Senior IT Systems Analyst, Epic Professional Billing Claims is responsible for the development, configuration, continuous improvement and support for hospital system applications, primarily Epic Professional Billing (PB) Claims. The analyst will routinely perform in-depth analysis of workflows, data, and technical documents associated with the application area. The analyst will design, build, test, install and maintain solutions related to assigned applications.
Responsibilities
- Translate best practices in Epic Revenue Cycle specifically Resolute Professional Billing Claims and Remittance into application and workflow designs.
- Analyzes application release notes and technical specs to identify impact and opportunities; plans and executes on new functionality in upgrades.
- Evaluates current state processes and identifies gaps to future state goals related to IT application utilization.
- Provides ongoing analysis, technical and functional support for systems throughout the organization.
- Independently manages assigned project tasks to remain on track with timelines; proactively communicates risks, delays and issues.
- Demonstrates ability to communicate information to internal and external customers in a clear and concise manner and delivers difficult/sensitive information tactfully.
- Represents application area in operational meetings at corporate, service line and facility levels.
- Mentors teammates in application design and support.
- Leads testing efforts and ensures issues are identified, tracked, reported on and resolved in a timely manner.
- Participates in business continuity planning and assists with the development of disaster recovery measures.
- Participates in after-hours support On-Call rotation.
Qualifications
Education & Experience:
- BA/BS degree or equivalent or 4 years of experience in applicable business area (clinical, operational or IT systems support) may be considered.
- Current Epic Resolute Claims and Remittance Administration certification.
- Experience in data analysis and report generation with Epic Slicer Dicer and Reporting Workbench.
- 3 years of experience working within Information Technology implementing and supporting applications, preferred
- Experience working in a healthcare environment, Epic Resolute Professional Billing or healthcare IT, preferred.
- Experience with regulatory reporting and regulatory requirements in applicable clinical area, preferred.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Proven ability to understand business issues and objectives as well as the ability to translate them into application solutions.
- Strong understanding in the areas of application technology and system design.
- Basic project management skills (ability to lead meetings, prioritize, resolve conflicts, maintain issues list, manage project plan).
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
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