Job Description
Job Title: Infusion Analyst
FLSA Status: Non-exempt
About us
Physicians East, P.A.is a team of skilled healthcare professionals united to meet the challenge of delivering quality, cost-efficient, comprehensive healthcare to the people of Eastern North Carolina.
Location & commitments
FT/PT/Temp/PRN role based at our Greenville (other) location, Monday-Friday, 8a.m. – 5 p.m.
Overtime may be required to ensure patients are taken care, tasks are completed, and calls are returned in a timely manner.
Weekend work is rare but can occasionally be necessary.
Supervision Received: Reports to Department Coordinator, Operations Supervisor, Operations Manager, and Reports to Director of Operations.
Supervision Exercised: None.
Typical Physical Demands: Work is performed in an office environment with constant interruptions. Sedentary work in front of a computer screen is required daily. The position requires extreme concentration to specific details to avoid costly errors. Travel to different locations and PODs is required.
Typical Working Conditions: Normal office environment
About the role
- Ability to form positive and collaborative relationships with all levels in the organization.
- This position requires strong organizational and excellent communication skills as well as being highly motivated and detail oriented.
- Possess the ability to identify gaps or problems in business processes and develop ideas to resolve them.
- Must have a strong sense of team commitment, which includes meeting deadlines, punctuality and excellent follow-through and feedback.
- Must display a high level of integrity and initiative.
- Ability to perform research and understand complex regulatory documents and legal language.
- Strong relationship building skills with the ability to delegate and mentor.
Responsibilities
- Works with each department (Physicians, clinical staff, managed care, operations, and insurance) to create and maintain open communication to optimize work performance and productivity.
- Individual should have a strong background in drug formulary and can perform medical dosage calculations.
- Monitor the purchasing of chemotherapy, infusion drugs.
- Ensure patient accounts are current and authorization process is being followed per policy and procedure guidelines.
- Maintain monthly records and reports for all infusion drugs. Meet with leadership and various departments as needed.
- Work with drug companies and their representatives in relation to drug reimbursement.
- Responsible for checking all drug prices and updating any drug contracts associated with discounts and or rebates.
- Responsible for screening the physician’s order for each drug regiment to ensure all diagnosis codes reported accurately reflect the patient’s condition.
- Responsible for checking patient’s accounts periodically to assure that drugs are being properly coded and reimbursed accordingly.
- Monitor various aspects of contract reimbursement and investigates differences between expected and actual reimbursement.
- Ensure that after careful evaluation of each drug regimen a reasonable profitability will be made.
- Keep abreast of new chemotherapy and other infusion drugs and J-codes. Responsible for informing coders and insurance department of any changes.
- Investigate new Patient Assistance Programs and work with such programs to aid patients with financial and therapeutic needs.
- Stay abreast of active Patient Assistance Programs and/or grant deadlines and follow through on behalf of the patient to ensure funding is fully recognized.
- Collect and post monies on Infusion and Chemotherapy services.
- Partner with patients to ensure a full understanding of Infusion and Chemotherapy services and financial expectations.
- Working knowledge of ICD-10 and CPT4 procedural coding systems.
- Keep abreast of regulatory and contract changes affecting Medicare, Medicaid, and managed care reimbursement.
- Prepares reports and analysis as required using necessary software.
- Identify and communicate to management any concerns, which could result in an adverse impact to the company’s cash flow.
- Acts as a liaison to the software vendor and IS to identify and correct system problems and to advise of system upgrades.
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