Senior Application Analyst - Epic Professional Billing

Henderson Hospital; King of Prussia (PA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Medical, Dental, Vision plans

401k with company match

Generous PTO

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) seeks a Sr. Application Analyst – Epic Billing to lead advanced implementation activities.

The role coordinates planning, design, testing, training, go-live and ongoing support for Epic Professional Billing across UHS facilities. Strong focus on QA, documentation, and cross-team collaboration is required. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in IS within acute care or ambulatory settings, with enterprise-level project management experience and Epic Billing

Qualifications

• Five or more years of IS experience in acute care or ambulatory, multi-facility settings.
• Ability to work with end users to determine software specifications and workflows.
• Ability to create system documentation, project plans, test scripts and education materials.
• Working knowledge of project management methodology, IS standards, change control, quality and system performance metrics.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead system implementation activities across facilities, including planning, design, testing, training, go-live and support.
• Coordinate tasks among team members to meet deadlines and milestones.
• Prepare documentation and design solutions for applications; perform QA on functionality.
• Provide on-call support and maintain communications with user communities.

Skills

Information Systems

User collaboration

Documentation

Project management

Communication

Mentoring

System testing

Tools

Epic

Job description

Responsibilities

Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) is one of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services. Since our founding in 1979, UHS has grown steadily into a premier Fortune 500® corporation perennially recognized by multiple esteemed national rating entities. Through its subsidiaries, UHS operates inpatient acute care facilities, inpatient behavioral health facilities, outpatient and other facilities, nationwide virtual behavioral health services, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services with physical locations in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Ireland and United Kingdom. www.uhs.com.

The Corporate Information Services Department is seeking a dynamic and talented Sr. Application Analyst – Epic Billing.

The Sr. Application Analyst – Epic Professional Billing performs advanced implementation activities related to UHS Information applications, including coordination of Implementation Planning, Design, Testing, Training, Go‑live and Support activities across all UHS owned facilities. Performs hands on application configuration and related testing. Participates in monitoring facility issues post go‑live and maintains responsibility for their resolution. Coordinates work assignments between team members in order to meet deadlines and ensure continued progress toward assignment completion.

Key responsibilities include:

System Implementation:

• Regularly meets with users, vendors, and IS staff to develop/modify system specifications.
• Provides advanced design solutions for applications and prepares the appropriate documentation.
• Supervises development of test data, system testing and documentation for all phases of the application development life cycle.
• Performs Q/A on application functionality.
• Researches and resolves implementation‑related Customer Support Center Tickets.
• Adheres to appropriate UHS Project Management standards.
• Ensures strict adherence to work plans, reporting all serious deviations to management.
• Oversees the training of users in operating procedures for application.
• Provides support and project direction to UHS entities as needed.
• Recommends and implements controls and procedures to protect UHS assets from intentional or inadvertent modification, disclosure or destruction.

System Maintenance/Support:

• Researches and resolves Customer Support Center Tickets including major application upgrades.
• Adheres to UHS Service Level and Change Management Policies.
• Provides on‑call support as scheduled.
• Establishes and maintains regular communications with user community.

Administration and Oversight:

• Effectively trains analysts in performance of their duties as required.
• Provides technical support and guidance to other team members as required.
• Maintains Service Excellence principles.
• Prepares and promptly submits all routine and special reports.
• Interviews applicants for vacant positions as needed using appropriate interview techniques.
• Contributes to performance evaluation of less experienced staff members as needed.
• Keeps management well informed of activities, needs, problems.
• Performs other tasks as required by management.

Qualifications

Position Requirements:

• Five or more years of Information Systems experience in acute care or Ambulatory, multi‑facility setting.
• Working knowledge of information system application design, development, implementation, enhancement, support methods and practices.
• Comprehensive working knowledge of clinical and/or appropriate operational application analysis, design, build, deployment and modification as well as troubleshooting techniques.
• Ability to work with end users to determine software specifications, hardware requirements, and process improvement workflows.
• Ability to create system documentation, project plans, test scripts and education materials.
• Working knowledge of project management methodology and IS standards, change control, quality, and system performance methods and metrics.
• General familiarity of end user business practices, concepts, and terminology sufficient to support the clinical and/or appropriate operational applications.
• Ability to transfer knowledge and mentor team members.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

License, Registration, or Certification Requirements: Healthcare and Application Knowledge Required. Registered Nurse, Clinical, or operational experience preferred in the Epic module supported. Project Management experience preferred. Epic certification in Professional Billing/Claims.

Travel Requirements: 25%, at times may be more, domestic US travel (depending on projects).

This opportunity provides the following:

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Growth and development opportunities within UHS and its subsidiaries
• Competitive Compensation
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plan
• 401k plan with company match
• Generous Paid Time Off

*UHS is a registered trademark of UHS of Delaware, Inc., the management company for Universal Health Services, Inc. and a wholly‑owned subsidiary of Universal Health Services, Inc. Universal Health Services, Inc. is a holding company and operates through its subsidiaries including its management company, UHS of Delaware, Inc. All healthcare and management operations are conducted by subsidiaries of Universal Health Services, Inc. To the extent any reference to "UHS or UHS facilities" on this website including any statements, articles, or other publications contained herein relates to our healthcare or management operations it is referring to Universal Health Services' subsidiaries including UHS of Delaware. Further, the terms "we," "us," "our" or "the company" in such context similarly refer to the operations of Universal Health Services' subsidiaries including UHS of Delaware. Any employment referenced in this website is not with Universal Health Services, Inc. but solely with one of its subsidiaries including but not limited to UHS of Delaware, Inc.

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