What are the responsibilities and job description for the Reimbursement Analyst & Accountant position at Salem Health?
Location Site: Salem Hospital Main Campus
Department: SH Finance
Position Type: Full Time
Start Time: 8:00
Pioneering healthcare since 1896, Salem Health is a top workplace offering highly competitive pay where you can make a difference in the lives of those in the community where you live. Through incorporation of Lean driven principles, staff are able effect change in the organization to solve problems, and drive continuous improvement.
As an employer of choice, we are devoted to assuring that we provide a safe, healthy, and patient-centric workplace, while keeping staff wellbeing and satisfaction top of mind.
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Your Role With Us:
As a Reimbursement Analyst and Accountant for Salem Health, your role will involve a combination of financial analysis, accounting duties, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. You will be responsible for performing monthly analysis of expected reimbursement and contractual write-offs for both Salem Hospital and West Valley Hospital, providing insight into payer sources. You will also prepare and validate revenue and variance reports for each hospital’s financial statements. Your accounting duties will include assisting with the annual 990 filing, handling unclaimed property, managing employee health reserves, and supporting the annual audit process. You will prepare data for governmental cost reports, overseeing the annual audits for these reports. Additionally, you will handle ad-hoc reporting, special projects, and corporate credit card administration, while staying up to date with relevant Federal and State regulatory changes affecting reimbursement. Monitoring and reconciling Medicare and Medicaid settlement accounts, performing monthly journal entries, reconciliations, and variance reviews, and preparing financial audit workpapers will also be key aspects of your role. You will contribute to the preparation and validation of monthly financial packages, ensuring accuracy and compliance in all financial reporting activities.
Total Rewards Offerings:
Salem Health's comprehensive benefits package prioritizes your mental and physical health, financial stability, family obligations and professional growth.
- Relocation assistance available for qualified positions
- Full comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
- Basic and voluntary life insurance
- Short and long-term disability
- Live Well Wellness Program
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- 401(K) retirement plan with employer contributions.
- Generous paid time off (PTO) accrual and holiday pay
- Onsite fitness center with 24/7 badge access
- Education assistance program
- Public service loan forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer https://studentaid.gov/
- Food and drink discounts in the cafeteria
- Impressive discounts offered by Nike, Adidas, Carhartt and others
Background/Expertise:
- Bachelors Degree REQUIRED
- Minimum two (2) years of public accounting REQUIRED or four (4) years of accounting programs experience REQUIRED
- Healthcare experience PREFERRED
Salem Health Hospitals and Clinics is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status or condition protected by law.
Salem Health Hospitals and Clinics is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for applicants. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact my.recruiter@salemhealth.org
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