IT Systems Analyst II, Professional Billing

Overview


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 IT Systems Analyst II is responsible for the development, configuration, continuous improvement and support for the Resolute Epic Professional Billing Team. 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

• Translates best practices in laboratory operations 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.
• Capable of managing assigned project tasks to remain on track with project timelines. Proactively communicates risks and delays and escalates issues as appropriate.
• Demonstrates ability to communicate information to internal and external customers in a clear and concise manner and delivers difficult/sensitive information tactfully.
• Assist with defining, testing and implementing interfaces with third party system, and develop effective end-to-end workflows around the interfaces (as applicable).
• Ability to analyze and troubleshoot problems. Consistently offers solutions with minimal assistance from manager.
• 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 experience required.
• 3 years of experience in applicable business area IT support.
• Current Epic Professional Billing Administration Certification
• 5 years of experience working within Information Technology implementing and supporting applications, preferred.
• Epic Resolute Professional Billing Claims and Remit and/or Resolute Hospital Billing Administration Certification, preferred.
• Revenue Cycle end-to-end experience, preferred.
• Epic go-live experience providing onsite and/or remote support, 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.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office 365 tools.
• Ability to travel up to 25% to Ardent facilities for pre-activation, implementation.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, as well as strong interpersonal relationship skills.