Senior Administrative Analyst

Butte County; Oroville, Chico (CA, CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Butte County is seeking a Senior Administrative Analyst to lead trainings and supervise the medical billing team for Medi‑Cal, Medicare, Insurance and Private Pay billing within Behavioral Health programs. Responsibilities include managing EHR financial accounts and applying billing adjustments.

Under general direction, you will review regulations, prepare desk references and reports, and provide recommendations to improve billing processes, budget development, and financial reporting for

Qualifications

• Leadership experience in trainings and staff supervision.
• Experience with medical billing workflows (Medi-Cal, Medicare, Insurance, Private Pay).
• Familiarity with EHR financial modules and billing adjustments.
• Ability to interpret regulations and ensure compliant billing practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead trainings and supervise the medical billing team for Behavioral Health programs.
• Maintain member financial accounts in the EHR, applying UMDA P, Sliding Scale, and Fee Waiver adjustments.
• Identify and resolve billing problems and ensure accurate, compliant claims.
• Support budget development, financial reporting, grants, contracts, and reporting.

Job description

This classification is scheduled to receive a wage increase of 5% in July of 2027.

The Butte County Behavioral Health Department is seeking a Senior Administrative Analyst with the ability to lead trainings and work review for our medical billing team, including Medi-Cal, Medicare, Insurance and Private Pay billing for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder programs. Maintains member financial accounts in the Electronic Health Record (EHR), including uniform determination of ability to pay (UMDAP), Sliding Scale, and Fee Waiver adjustments. Identifies and resolves billing problems. Processes claims, disallowances, and voided claims. Reviews and interprets Federal, State, County and department regulations, policy, and other guidance to ensure fully compliant claiming. Prepares desk references and reports, as well as providing recommendations related to billing processes.

This recruitment is for an In-Person position. This is not a remote position.

The current vacancy is with the Department of Behavioral Health.

The eligibility list created from this recruitment may be used to fill any current or future vacancies in ANY Butte County Department.

FLSA: Exempt

DEFINITION

Under general direction, assigns, directs, reviews, and participates in the work of staff providing analytical assistance in the administration of assigned operations, programs, and projects including budget development, financial administration and reporting, grants, purchasing, contract administration, human resources, risk management, and training/staff development, management analysis, legislative analysis and regulatory compliance, and/or program analysis; researches and analyzes programmatic practices and procedures and makes recommendations for organizational, operational, policy, and procedural improvements; conducts needs analyses, feasibility studies, and evaluations for assigned projects, programs, divisions, and/or departments; assists in departmental/divisional planning activities to improve organizational productivity