What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr Billing Compliance Analyst position at Children's Health?
Job Title & Specialty Area : Sr Billing Compliance Analyst
Department : Compliance & Internal Audits
Location : Must be a TX resident
Shift : Full-Time
Job Type : Remote
Why Children's Health?
At Children's Health, our mission is to Make Life Better for Children, and we recognize that their health plays a crucial role in achieving this goal.
Through our cutting-edge treatments and affiliation with UT Southwestern, we strive to deliver an extraordinary patient and family experience, ensuring that every moment, big or small, contributes to their overall well-being.
Our dedication to promoting children's health extends beyond our organization and encompasses the broader community. Together, we can make a significant difference in the lives of children and contribute to a brighter and healthier future for all.
Summary :
The Senior Billing Compliance Analyst is responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable internal policies and procedures as well as as State and Federal regulations specific to documentation, charging, coding, and billing for for multiple product lines (Medicaid, Medicare and Commercial). Position will coordinate compliance activities, including but not limited to : conducting retrospective coding and billing compliance audits, ensuring contractual and regulatory requirements are met, preparing documents for program integrity and payor audit responses, prepare and provide internal education and training on billing compliance requirements, provide research and investigation support for billing compliance consults, and contribute to regulatory change management process.
Responsibilities :
- Maintains knowledge of system policies and organizational processes that support the seven (7) elements of an effective compliance program as defined by the Office of the Inspector General and at the direction of the VP Deputy Chief Compliance and Audit Officer and / or their designee.
- Serves as a key department representative for potential payor audit program contacts and agencies, and prepare audit files, provide review support, and denial, appeal and education support and follow-up.
- Develops general compliance educational activities. This includes preparing educational materials for various types of sessions.
- Works with leaders in the implementation of Billing Compliance program initiatives, relevant guidelines and policies, identified corrective action, and any relevant regulatory change management processes / changes. This Includes participating on workgroups, project teams, tracking milestones of implementation and development, research, or engagement of required educational needs assessment.
- Assists with internal monitoring and preparation of compliance reporting to present to Senior Compliance Leadership. Prepares initial drafts of various reports to senior management, including, but not limited to reports to the CHST governance group (ex. Board of Directors). Prepares materials / handouts for various Corporate Compliance workgroups or meetings.
- Provides support to ensure that all billing compliance regulatory information is accurately communicated to our the CHST internal customers and stakeholders.
- Supports Corporate Compliance program efforts and initiatives, by maintaining, and documenting in key program tools, workflows, reporting efforts, and other program activities. These tools and platforms include, but are not limited to : Reporting Incident Management, Conflicts of Interest reporting, Business Gifts and Courtesies, Training, Regulatory Navigator, Revenue Risk Manager, the Corporate Compliance hotline and SafeLink systems.
- Coordinates with contractors, vendors, and delegated entities to provide assistance on key Corporate Compliance initiatives and ensure adherence to all regulations and contractual agreements.
- Analyzes statistical data and reports to identify and determine health care compliance issues
- Able to research state (Medicaid) and Federal (CMS) regulations to respond to internal inquiries and communicate via regulatory change management process.
- Conducts retrospective coding & billing audits per internal department workplan and develops billing compliance educational activities which include preparing educational materials for various types of training sessions or offerings including required annual Compliance training.
- Assesses and recognizes self-development needs. Seeks out resources or experiences which promote professional growth and development.
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A Place Where You Belong
We put our people first. We welcome, value, and respect the beliefs, identities and experiences of our patients and colleagues. We are committed to delivering culturally effective care, creating meaningful partnerships in the communities we serve, and equipping and developing our team members to make Children's Health a place where everyone can contribute.
Holistic Benefits - How We'll Care for You :
As an equal opportunity employer, Children's Health does not discriminate against employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin, veteran or military status, disability, or genetic information or any other Federal or State legally-protected status or class. This applies to all aspects of the employer-employee relationship including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, promotion, transfer pay, training, discipline, workforce adjustments, termination, employee benefits, and any other employment-related activity.
