Anesthesia Denials Analytics Specialist

150 Shriners Hospitals for Children; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Shriners Children's in the United States is seeking a Denials Management Analyst (Anesthesia) to analyze denials data, create payor metrics, and track denials across multiple systems. The analyst will identify root causes and support process-improvement initiatives, coordinating payor denials, audits, and appeals.

Requirements include a BA or equivalent, 3 years anesthesia experience, 5–7 years in a healthcare revenue-cycle environment with denials management, and Epic PB Resolute experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 3 years of related Anesthesia experience.
• 5-7 Years in a Healthcare Revenue Cycle Environment including 3 years in Third Party Collection/AR Receivables and Denials Management.
• Epic PB Resolute experience.
• Knowledge of insurance contract rates and terms.
• Knowledge and understanding of Registration and Collections
• Knowledge and understanding of Government and Managed Care billing, coverage and payment rules
• Ability to comprehend payor 835 and paper EOB responses
• Knowledge and understanding of NCCI edits, CPT-4, HCPCS, ICD-10 and Revenue Codes standards
• Intermediate Excel skills

Responsibilities

• Collecting/analyzing, report status, metrics and trends of activity by different reviews from multiple systems.
• Distributing reports on a routine basis to specific distribution group.
• Managing Epic work queues and resolving denials.
• Gathering data to substantiate the request for rule creations in Epic.
• Research payer fee schedules and provider manuals to ensure appropriate non covered denials.
• Organizing all data and activity in a retrievable way
• Coordinating payor denial and audit activities to ensure timely response for the processing of all payor denials, audit request and appeals for both institutional and professional claims
• Assisting with the coordination of denial and review activities and materials for committee meetings, including analyses, reports, etc.
• Communicating and coordinating with various individuals/distributions and assisting with monitoring of the day-to-day activities related to claim denials and audit reviews
• Maintaining the healthcare tracking tool/application that stores/communicates all denial and review activity. This will include user access management, updates to software, and end‑user training
• Supporting projects and initiatives of the Denials Management Team. This may include coordinating meetings, conducting research, performing audits or data analysis, and preparing documents

Skills

Excel

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Revenue cycle knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Epic PB Resolute

EDI 837/835

Job description

Shriners Children's in the United States is seeking a Denials Management Analyst (Anesthesia) to analyze denials data, create payor metrics, and track denials across multiple systems. The analyst will identify root causes and support process-improvement initiatives, coordinating payor denials, audits, and appeals.

Requirements include a BA or equivalent, 3 years anesthesia experience, 5–7 years in a healthcare revenue-cycle environment with denials management, and Epic PB Resolute experience.