Billing Analyst - FT - Days - Outreach Lab

DHR Health - US:TX:Edinburg - Days

Summary:

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Billing Analyst, Laboratory assists with day-to-day activities required in areas, preparation, and delivery of financial, clinical and business analysis for Doctors Hospital at Renaissance. This position maintains developed and support of data extractions for internal and external use and analytics for sound decision-making. The Billing Analyst will work in support functions, of financial analysis and service line profitability analysis. The position reviews and ensures the accuracy of analysis, reports and projects related to measuring Doctors Hospital at Renaissance financial and operational performance.

POSITION EDUCATION/ QUALIFICATIONS :

• Bachelor’s Degree (Finance or Accounting Emphasis)–Preferred or

• Comprehensive knowledge (SME) of Hospital Revenue Cycle (Charges, Insurance Verification, Scheduling, Registration, Coding, Billing, Collections and Financial Consoling)

• Healthcare Experience–Required

• Excellent Customer Service

• LIS Support Systems Experience-Preferred

• Must be able to multi-task, and work with frequent interruptions

• Good written and verbal communication skills are required

• Ability to read, write and speak English

• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely with all levels of management

JOB KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE :

• Communicates clearly and concisely; and is able to work effectively with other employees, patients and external parties

• Demonstrates proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, be able to type at least 35 WPM, and good working knowledge of Excel is required.

• Requires reasoning ability, good independent judgment and working with frequent interruptions.

• Ability to use the internet to obtain information from Third Party Payers or other sources is required High level problem-solving skills, verbal and written communication skills, project management, consensus building, problem resolution, and quantitative analysis. Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Access, and PowerPoint software applications

Responsibilities:

POSITION RESPONSIBILITES:

• Promotes the facility mission, vision and values by effectively communicating them to others. Considers mission, vision and values in developing services, standards and practices

• Provide data collection and analysis, data validation and report preparation to facilitate and support financial analyses.

• Check data appropriateness, consistency and timeliness, and minimizes burden of data collection and analysis.

• Evaluate ,recommend and maintain systems that support financial analysis and decision support functions

• Assist in the resolution of operational and technical issues and problems regarding financial and decision support systems with the Information Systems department and vendors support groups as required.

• Analyzes complex financial data and extracts and defines relevant information; interprets data for the purpose of determining past financial performance and/or to project a financial probability.

• Manage Charge master fees, new account setups, verifying correct electronic payer ids, insurance compendiums configuration, testing for upgrades on revenue cycle, etc. Other duties and special projects as needed.

Other information:

LINES OF REPSONSIBILITES :

(Chain-of-command)

1. Outreach Lab Supervisor 2. Director of Outreach Lab Billing Director

CUSTOMER SERVICE:

Provide excellent customer service to all DHR customers. All employees are required to attend the DHR C.A.R.E.S program which outlines the Customer Service Principals including: Commitment, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Service.

AGE SPECIFIC :

Employees must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served in his/her assigned unit. The individual must demonstrate knowledge of principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirement relative to his or her age.

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: (ADA) :

A. Essential Duties : Indicated by bold print within performance standards, preceding individual numbered criteria.

The following table provides physical requirements that will be associated with, but not limited to, this position:

B. Working Conditions : The individual spends over 95% of his/her time in an air-conditioned environment with varying exposures to noise. There is protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. The position does have low exposure to malodorous, infectious body fluids from patients and some minimal exposure to noxious smells from cleansing agents.

C. Occupational Exposure: This position has minimal to no exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues and is an OSHA Category III (although situations can be imagined or hypothesized under which anyone, anywhere, might encounter potential exposure to body fluids). Person who performs these duties are not called upon as part of their employment to perform or assist in emergency medical care or first aid or to be potentially exposed in some other way.

D. Aptitudes : HIGH 1 2 3 4 5 6 LOW

Intelligence: General learning ability: The ability to “catch on” or understand instructions and underlying principles. Ability to reason and make judgments. 3

Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and ideas associated with them, and to use them effectively. To comprehend language, to understand relationships between words, and to understand meanings of whole sentences and paragraphs. To present information or ideas clearly. 3

Numerical: Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately. 2

Spatial: Ability to comprehend forms in space and understands relationships of plane and solid objects. Frequently described as the ability to “visualize” objects or two or three dimensions, or to think visually of geometric forms. 2

Form Perception: Ability to perceive pertinent details and objects or in pictorial or graphic material to make visual comparisons and discriminations and see slight differences in shapes and shadings of figures and widths and lengths of lines. 3

Clerical Perception: Ability to receive pertinent details and verbal or tabular material. To observe differences in copy, to proofread words and numbers, and to avoid perceptual errors in arithmetic computation. 2

Motor Coordination: Ability to coordinate eyes and hands to fingers rapidly and accurately in making precise movements with speed. Ability to make a movement response accurately and quickly. 3

Finger Dexterity: Ability to move hands easily and skillfully. To work with fingers in placing and turning motions. 3

Manual Dexterity: Ability to move hands easily and skillfully. To work with hands in placing and turning motions. 3

Eye-Hand-Foot Coordination: Ability to move the hand and foot coordinately with each other in accordance with visual stimuli. 3

Color Discrimination: Ability to perceive and respond to similarities or differences in colors, shapes, or other values of the same or different color. To identify a particular color, or to recognize harmonious or contrasting color combinations, or to match color adequately. 3

I have read and reviewed my job description with my supervisor or designee and I understand the job I am expected to perform.

If applicable ____________ certification will be completed within _________ time frame of hire/transfer date.

Employee Signature: ________________________________ Date: ____________________

Transfer/Hire Date Effective: ________________________.