Revenue Recovery Associate Analyst I

Ensemble Health Partners; United States; Remote; USD 45,000 - 82,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus incentives

Tuition reimbursement

Comprehensive benefits

Career advancement

Job summary

Ensemble Health Partners seeks an Analyst I to optimize insurance reimbursement by analyzing contract variances and communicating findings to internal and external teams.

The role requires deep knowledge of the revenue cycle, strong analytics, and collaboration across departments to reduce underpayments and improve cash flow. The position is remote with travel to client sites as needed.

Qualifications

• Minimum five (5) years of experience in the hospital or physician insurance industry or revenue cycle.
• Strong understanding of revenue cycle and underpaid accounts.
• Experience communicating with payors and clients.

Responsibilities

• Communicate with payors to follow up on underpayments and file appeals.
• Identify root causes of underpayments, denials, and delays.
• Collaborate with client teams to address A/R issues.
• Maintain knowledge of state and federal insurance regulations and payor requirements.
• Document activities in client systems and tracking tools.
• Provide leadership with trend analyses and recommendations.
• Resolve underpayments through problem solving and collaboration.
• Meet productivity and quality standards set by leadership.
• Analyze data to identify underpayments and trends for leadership review.
• Work with Managed Care, Billing, Coding, Revenue Integrity, and Payor Strategy teams.

Skills

Verbal and written comms

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Customer service

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Thank you for considering a career at Ensemble! Ensemble is a leading provider of technology-enabled revenue cycle management solutions for health systems, including hospitals and affiliated physician groups. They offer end-to-end revenue cycle solutions as well as a comprehensive suite of point solutions to clients across the country. Ensemble keeps communities healthy by keeping hospitals healthy. We recognize that healthcare requires a human touch, and we believe that every touch should be meaningful. This is why our people are the most important part of who we are. By empowering them to challenge the status quo, we know they will be the difference!

O.N.E Purpose:

Customer Obsession: Consistently provide exceptional experiences for our clients, patients, and colleagues by understanding their needs and exceeding their expectations. Embracing New Ideas: Continuously innovate by embracing emerging technology and fostering a culture of creativity and experimentation. Striving for Excellence: Execute at a high level by demonstrating our “Best in KLAS” Ensemble Difference Principles and consistently delivering outstanding results.

The Opportunity:

CAREER OPPORTUNITY OFFERING: Bonus Incentives Paid Certifications Tuition Reimbursement Comprehensive Benefits Career Advancement

This position pays between $45,000.00 - $81,750.00/ based on experience and other factors.

The Analyst I is a subject matter expert that is responsible for the maximation of insurance reimbursement by identifying contractual variances between posted payments and expected reimbursement for managed care, government payors, and other payors as needed. The responsibilities include contractual reimbursement analysis and communication of payment discrepancies to both internal and external departments. The Specialist identifies trends in underpayments and determines effective paths to work to resolution of the underpayments and improvement to the revenue cycle going forward. Other responsibilities include analyzing and interpreting contract reimbursement and providing feedback to leadership as required. The Specialist will consistently review large amounts of remittance data to locate charge or billing opportunities for revenue optimization.

Essential Job Functions:

• Communicate directly with payors to follow up on outstanding underpayments, file underpayment appeals with payors, resolve account variance and ensure timely and accurate recovery of underpayments.
• Identify root cause of underpayments, denials, and delayed payments to clients.
• Work with the client team to identify, document, and address root causes of issues in the A/R.
• Maintain a thorough understanding of applicable state and federal insurance regulations as well as payor specific requirements, taking actions on underpayments accordingly.
• Document all activity accurately with all pertinent information in the client’s host system, Ensemble IQ, or other appropriate tracking system.
• Demonstrate initiative and resourcefulness by making recommendations and communicating trends and issues to management.
• Operate as a strong problem solver and critical thinker to resolve underpayments.
• Meet all productivity and quality standards as established by Ensemble and Revenue Recovery leadership.
• Compile and analyze data to identify underpayments, and trends in the underpayments and report to leadership findings in a timely and consistent manner.
• Work collaboratively with other departments, including Managed Care, Billing, Coding, Revenue Integrity, and Payor Strategy.
• Work multiple projects, reports, and tasks efficiently in a fast-paced, KPI-driven, atmosphere autonomously.

Job Experience:

Minimum five (5) years of experience in the hospital or physician insurance industry, or elsewhere in the revenue cycle, required. Applicants must have a keen and proven understanding of the revenue cycle and the identification of underpaid accounts.

Desired Education:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, but not required.
• High school diploma or GED required.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Profession presence.
• Exceptional customer service.
• Ability to adapt to multiple client host systems.
• Integrity and honesty.
• Internal drive to succeed.
• Experience with and ability to operate in Microsoft Office suite of programs.
• Demonstrated advanced usage of AI and the management of teams using AI to lean in to process and technological improvements, to include the exploration, experimentation, and application of AI.

This is a remote position; however, candidates must be willing and able to travel to and work onsite at client, temporary, or corporate office locations as business needs require.

Join an award-winning company Five-time winner of “Best in KLAS” 2020-2022, 2024-2025 Black Book Research's Top Revenue Cycle Management Outsourcing Solution 2021-2024 22 Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) MAP Awards for High Performance in Revenue Cycle 2019-2024 Leader in Everest Group's RCM Operations PEAK Matrix Assessment 2024 Clarivate Healthcare Business Insights (HBI) Revenue Cycle Awards for strong performance 2020, 2022-2023 Energage Top Workplaces USA 2022-2024 Fortune Media Best Workplaces in Healthcare 2024 Monster Top Workplace for Remote Work 2024 Great Place to Work certified 2023-2024 Innovation Work-Life Flexibility Leadership Purpose + Values Bottom line, we believe in empowering people and giving them the tools and resources needed to thrive. A few of those include:

• Associate Benefits – We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial health of you and your family, including healthcare, time off, retirement, and well-being programs.
• Our Culture – Ensemble is a place where associates can do their best work and be their best selves. We put people first, last and always. Our culture is rooted in collaboration, growth, and innovation.
• Growth – We invest in your professional development. Each associate will earn a professional certification relevant to their field and can obtain tuition reimbursement.
• Recognition – We offer quarterly and annual incentive programs for all employees who go beyond and keep raising the bar for themselves and the company.

Ensemble is an equal employment opportunity employer. It is our policy not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Ensemble also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Due to business, operational, payroll, and regulatory requirements, this position is limited to individuals who reside and are authorized to work within the United States. Applications generated from outside the United States will not be considered. Individuals may reapply when located within the United States. Ensemble provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local law. If you require accommodation in the application process, please contact [e-mail]. This posting addresses state specific requirements to provide pay transparency. Compensation decisions consider many job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location; knowledge; skills; relevant experience; education; licensure; internal equity; time in position. A candidate entry rate of pay does not typically fall at the minimum or maximum of the role’s range.

Ensemble is dedicated to providing our clients with experienced healthcare finance and revenue cycle professionals. We believe that our core values of trust, integrity, loyalty and service married with the belief that our work is worthwhile helps us build and sustain sincere relationships with our associates and clients. If you are a passionate, dedicated and experienced revenue cycle, consulting or finance professional and seek career and personal growth, we would love to hear from you. We believe we foster an environment where talented individuals can excel and shine. Our team believes that people are the most important part of our success and that when we take care of our people, they pay it forward by providing our clients with excellent results and world-class service.