Revenue Cycle Informatics Analyst - Hospital Patient Accounts

Shift:Monday through Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Department: Hospital Patient Accounts - Reimbursement

Compensation:

* Base Pay Range: $4,388.80 - $6,931.60/ Month Monthly Paid Position

ABOUT THE JOB:

The Healthcare Data Analyst key role is to be the connection between our Hospital Patient Accounts team and our internal and external information technology partners. We rely on this role to have an understanding of multiple patient account workflows and processes and how to make changes to programing or create reports to best support our teams in Hospital Patient Accounts. We are a Cerner and IDX/Athena organization so prior experience in these systems would be veryhelpful in addition to experience with Microsoft Excel, programming, running queries and building reports.

ABOUT MU HEALTH CARE:

At MU Health Care, we have an inspired, hard-working and collaborative environment driven by our mission to save and improve lives. We believe anything is possible and rally around solutions. We celebrate innovation and offer opportunities to be a part of something bigger - to have a voice and role in the work that is serving our community and changing the field of medicine.

Our academic health system - the only in mid-Missouri - is home to multiple hospitals, including the region's only Level 1 Trauma Center and region's only Children's Hospital as well as over 90 specialty clinics. Here, you can define your career among our many clinical and nonclinical positions - with growth, opportunity and support every step of the way.

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EMPLOYEE BENEFITS:

* Health, vision and dental insurance coverage starting day one

* Generous paid leave and paid time off, including nine holidays

* Multiple retirement options, including 100% matching up to 8%and full vesting in three years

* Tuition assistance for employees (75%) and immediate family members (50%)

* Discounts on cell phone plans, rental cars, gyms, hotels and more

* See a comprehensive list of benefitshere.

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION:

Leverage key performance indicators (KPI) to make recommendations around processes improvement areas and workflows. Organize and facilitate projects and initiatives and system implementations; optimize existing systems. Communicate timely to parties regarding project progression, timelines, issues and modification to initial scope. Work with leaders to develop, implement and participate in improvement initiatives around workflow and efficiencies. Make recommendations of possible work simplification related to projects and/or daily operational reports. Publish quality analytics and provide support for department analysis related to system data interfaces and set-up. Research and identify industry trends and stay current on department policies and procedures. Collaborate with departments to gain knowledge of internal processes and identify pain points through flow chart design. Incorporate appropriate benchmarking data into analysis. Maintain detailed documentation pertaining to routine operational education of the data design with peers to promote cross-coverage and visual aids. Serve as liaison between Tiger Institute and department on system issues, system testing and ticket management. May complete unit/department specific duties and expectations as outlined in department documents.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities can be acquired. Four (4) years of experience in healthcare, financial analysis, or a related area.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Advanced business intelligence experience. Additional license/certification requirements as determined by the hiring department. MU Health Care Revenue Cycle experience is highly preferred.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met with or without reasonable accommodation. The performance of these physical demands is an essential function of the job. The employee may be required ambulate, remain in a stationary position and position self to reach and/or move objects above the shoulders and below the knees. The employee may be required to move objects up to 10 lbs. #LI-DNI

The University of Missouri is an Equal Opportunity Employer.