Epic RCM & Patient Access Applications Director

Woman's Hospital; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge seeks an Epic RCM and Patient Access Application Director to lead strategic execution, oversight, and optimization of all revenue cycle application components, including Patient Access, Authorizations, HIM, and Billing. This role partners with Leadership, IS, and hospital staff.

Responsibilities include directing teams, coordinating with Epic and vendors, ensuring project scope and timelines, and maintaining effective communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, finance, or related field.
• Revenue cycle management, HIM, and/or billing experience as a supervisor or manager in a hospital or healthcare setting.
• Prior Epic system experience and/or certifications preferred.
• Experience with information security management around EMR systems.
• Proven ability to lead complex cross-functional change initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy and oversight of Epic revenue cycle applications (HB, PB, HIM, Cadence, Prelude, ADT).
• Coordinate with CIO, executives, and project managers to align scope, schedule and quality.
• Engage stakeholders across IS and business teams to ensure system meets business needs.
• Provide coaching and guidance to team members and share lessons learned.
• Manage integrated efforts across multiple applications and participate in budgeting.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, finance, or related field

Master’s degree preferred in computer science or related field

Tools

Epic

Job description

Job Summary

The Epic RCM and Patient Access Application Director leads the strategic execution, oversight, enhancement, implementation and optimization for all revenue cycle area application components (Patient Access, Authorizations, HIM, Professional Billing, & Hospital Billing). This Director will be responsible for providing day-to-day direction and support to staff, liaise between Leadership, IS and hospital staff, develop plans, gather projects scope requirements, design and technical documents, implementation planning, information management, coordinate with vendors, support the department and/or staff training, programs to meet the goals, objectives, and needs of the organization. The Director is responsible for translating the mission, strategic goals, and program priorities of the organization into department operations. The Director will have oversight over billing, patient, and HIM application managers and staff. Director must have a passion for change and identifying better ways to do things. Director must be an effective communicator and independent worker who will be an industry leader in changing how healthcare technology is configured, delivered, and supported.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic execution, oversight, enhancement, implementation, and optimization of all non-clinical components of Epic revenue cycle applications including HB, PB, HIM, Cadence, Prelude, and ADT
• Proactively communicate status of key activities, risks, and issues to the project manager as needed
• Maintaining the scope, schedule, and quality of the project of all clinical applications
• Work closely with the CIO, Executive Director, project directors, and project managers to coordinate build/update activities
• Ensure that the revenue cycle community is engaged in the build and maintenance of EHR activities
• Advising and coaching team members by providing guidance on issues, key success factors of the project, and lessons learned
• Sharing with team members the positive effects of innovation and system capabilities
• Managing the project from an organizational perspective while attending to detailed tasks
• Identifying and troubleshooting issues
• Guiding workflow design, building and testing the system, and analyzing other technical issues associated with Epic Foundation and ancillary system software
• Serving as a liaison between organizational needs and IS staff
• Maintaining regular communication with Epic representatives, including participating in weekly project team meetings
• Working with Epic representatives, your organization's business community, and end users to ensure the system meets the organization's business needs in regards to the project deliverables and timeline
• Coordinates and collaborates with administrative teams, business leaders, information technology, financial services, and quality/regulatory/risk management among others in the development and configuration of technology that assist users and clinicians in their delivery of care.
• Developing an understanding of operational needs to set the direction for the organization's workflows
• Participating in training and working with end users
• Reviewing the status of projects and issues on an ongoing basis with leadership
• Holding weekly communications with team members to discuss the status of deliverables, shared issues, end‑user concerns, budget, and upcoming milestones
• Owning integrated efforts that span multiple applications such as BCA, Cutover, Meditech Financial applications
• Assist with the IS budgeting process including operational and capital budgets

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor ‘s degree from an accredited college or university is required, preferably in computer science, finance, or related field, master’s degree preferred in computer science or related field.
• Revenue cycle management, HIM, and/or billing experience as a supervisor or manager in a hospital, academic medical center, or healthcare setting.
• Prior Epic system experience and/or certifications highly preferred.
• Prior experience with technical support and patient health information security management around the electronic medical record health systems.
• Documented success in addressing business needs with information management solutions and practices and leading the design, development, deployment, and support of clinical information systems.
• Proven ability to organize and effectively manage a complex, cross-segment business change initiative.
• Demonstrated leadership ability and interpersonal effectiveness required to work collaboratively with multiple disciplines, e.g., physicians, administrative, external agencies and vendors.
• Critical thinking, problem solving and negotiation skills.
• Solid experience in understanding clinical workflow.
• Organizational skills, along with attention to detail, and the ability to achieve deadlines in a complex, dynamic environment.
• Ability to direct, educate and manage the hospital clinicians and staff.

Compensation commensurate with experience.

A Work Experience with Purpose

Woman’s is one of the largest specialty hospitals in the country dedicated to the care of women and infants.Nationally recognizedfor exceptional patient care, innovative programs, and a supportive work environment, we consistently exceed state and national benchmarks for patient satisfaction—a reflection of our commitment to those we serve.

We’re home to Louisiana’s largest delivery service and perform thousands of procedures annually, including over 8,500 surgeries and 35,000 breast procedures. Woman’s was the first hospital in the Baton Rouge area to earn Magnet designation for nursing excellence, and we’re honored to be named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work in Healthcare year after year.

We are proud of the care our staff provides to patients—and to one another—every day.

Woman’s Hospital is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, national origin, gender identity and/or expression, marital status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

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