What are the responsibilities and job description for the Payer Contract & Reimbursement Analyst position at Lexington Medical Center?
Managed Care & Payer Relations
Full Time/ Day Shift/ 8- hour shift
Job Summary
Administers all functions related to the Managed Care Department's contract management system including maintaining data feeds from hospital and physician practice source systems to payer contract management systems, maintaining payer rate schedules within the contract management system, and developing key financial tracking reports.
Minimum Qualifications
- Minimum Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent
- Minimum Years of Experience: 8 Years of healthcare experience in finance or manage care environment
- Substitutable Education & Experience: 8 Years of experience can be substituted for a Bachelor’s degree in a business related field and 3 years of experience in healthcare/finance/managed care environment
- Required Certifications/Licensure: None.
- Required Training: Knowledge of relational database systems; Experience in database, spreadsheet, and word processing applications; Working knowledge of managed care reimbursement methodologies (i.e. DRG, per diem, fee schedule, APC); Procedural knowledge of hospital and physician practice accounts receivable management; Working knowledge of billing/coding terminology (i.e. ICD-9, CPT, Revenue codes).
We are committed to offering quality, cost-effective benefits choices for our employees and their families:
- Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits
- Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
- Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one. LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
- Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary
- Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary
- Adoption assistance
- LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
- Tuition reimbursement
- Student loan forgiveness
Equal Opportunity Employer