Clinical Research Finance & Billing Specialist

Trinity Health; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits from Day 1

Patient-centered environment

Career growth and advancement

Job summary

Trinity Health Of New England is seeking a highly motivated Research Finance Specialist to support the financial operations of a growing and diverse clinical research portfolio. This role oversees budgeting, billing compliance, grant financial management, and financial reporting across oncology, cardiology, pulmonology, neurology, orthopedics, and other service lines.

The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills and experience in research finance and billing processes within a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Public Administration, or a related field.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in research finance, grant administration, clinical trial finance, revenue integrity, healthcare finance, research operations, or a related field.
• Experience with clinical research billing compliance and Medicare Coverage Analysis strongly preferred.
• Experience within a healthcare system, academic medical center, university, or research environment preferred.
• Experience managing sponsored research budgets, grants, or clinical trial financial activities preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct Medicare Coverage Analyses (MCAs) and research billing reviews utilizing CMS regulations, local coverage determinations, sponsor requirements, and institutional standards of care.
• Serve as the Research Billing Specialist within EPIC, ensuring accurate research charge routing, billing compliance, and application of required research modifiers.
• Review, monitor, and reconcile research-related patient charges to ensure compliance with institutional, sponsor, and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with accounting, finance, hospital billing, and ancillary departments to resolve billing discrepancies and outstanding research claims.
• Interpret and implement research billing and financial compliance policies across multiple service lines.
• Develop and negotiate clinical trial budgets with sponsors, contract research organizations (CROs), and research partners.
• Collaborate with Principal Investigators (PIs) and Clinical Research Coordinators to establish financially sustainable study budgets.
• Track and reconcile study activity payments against protocol-required patient visits and procedures.
• Coordinate with Trinity Health Of New England finance teams regarding research-related deposits, payments, tax reporting, and other financial activities.

Skills

Research finance

Clinical trial finance

Financial reporting

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Business

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Trinity Health Of New England is seeking a highly motivated Research Finance Specialist to support the financial operations of a growing and diverse clinical research portfolio. This role oversees budgeting, billing compliance, grant financial management, and financial reporting across oncology, cardiology, pulmonology, neurology, orthopedics, and other service lines.

The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills and experience in research finance and billing processes within a