Senior Consultant - Epic - Patient Access

Huron Consulting Group Inc.; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Huron Consulting Group Inc. is seeking a Senior Epic Consultant for Patient Access to support Epic Revenue Cycle configurations and optimization.

You will drive real-time eligibility improvements, ASA/referral optimizations, and front-end workflow enhancements in a remote consulting setup with travel up to 25% for project milestones. The role requires Epic Prelude certification and hands-on Epic RTE experience, with the ability to work independently in a remote environment and collaborate with

Qualifications

• Epic Prelude certification is required.
• Hands-on Epic RTE experience is required.
• Experience with Epic Revenue Cycle workflows and optimization.
• Ability to work remotely and travel up to 25%.
• Experience in registration automation and front-end workflow improvements.

Responsibilities

• Support Epic Revenue Cycle workflow and system configuration optimization.
• Complete and/or develop specifications for Epic build and testing activities.
• Optimize Real-Time Eligibility (RTE), including query chaining, benefit filing, and plan mapping.
• Support ASA table / Auto Status Assignment optimization for referrals.
• Assist with registration, authorization, and front-end workflow enhancements and automation.
• Optimize patient and referral workqueues and related Revenue Cycle processes.
• Partner with client IT teams to support implementation and testing.

Skills

Epic Prelude certification

Epic RTE experience

Epic Revenue Cycle

Remote consulting

Travel up to 25%

Tools

Epic Software Suite

Job description

## Senior Consultant - Epic - Patient AccessApply: Remote: Chicago - 550 Van Buren: Full time: Posted Today: JR-0016660Huron helps its clients drive growth, enhance performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. We help healthcare organizations build innovation capabilities and accelerate key growth initiatives, enabling organizations to own the future, instead of being disrupted by it. Together, we empower clients to create sustainable growth, optimize internal processes and deliver better consumer outcomes. Health systems, hospitals and medical clinics are under immense pressure to improve clinical outcomes and reduce the cost of providing patient care. Investing in new partnerships, clinical services and technology is not enough to create meaningful and substantive change. To succeed long-term, healthcare organizations must empower leaders, clinicians, employees, affiliates and communities to build cultures that foster innovation to achieve the best outcomes for patients. Joining the Huron team means you’ll help our clients evolve and adapt to the rapidly changing healthcare environment and optimize existing business operations, improve clinical outcomes, create a more consumer-centric healthcare experience, and drive physician, patient and employee engagement across the enterprise. Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future.### Huron’s Healthcare Technology Services Group (HTSG) works with healthcare organizations to solve their most complex EHR challenges, so we are constantly searching for skilled technical consultants to help our clients maximize their technology investments. Our Senior Consultants come with a wide variety of experience leveraging their technical expertise to help our clients enhance their EHR platform to improve care delivery, patient outcomes and profitability.### As an Epic Patient Access Consultant, you will:* Support Epic Revenue Cycle workflow and system configuration optimization.* Complete and/or develop specifications for Epic build and testing activities.* Optimize Real-Time Eligibility (RTE), including query chaining, benefit filing, and plan mapping.* Support ASA table / Auto Status Assignment optimization for referrals.* Assist with registration, authorization, and front-end workflow enhancements and automation.* Optimize patient and referral workqueues and related Revenue Cycle processes.* Partner with client IT teams to support implementation and testing.Requirements* Epic Prelude certification required* Hands-on Epic RTE experience required* Experience with Epic Revenue Cycle workflows, configuration, and optimization.* Ability to work independently in a remote consulting environment.* Ability to travel up to 25% for project milestones.Preferred Qualifications* Epic RTE certification* Epic Referrals certification* Epic Grand Central certification* Epic Cadence certification* Experience with registration automation, authorization rules, workqueue optimization, and default filing order automation.The estimated base hourly rate for Epic Senior Consultants varies based on experience, project engagement and client expectations. The actual rate paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to specific skills or certifications, years of experience, market changes, and required travel. This position is eligible to participate in Huron’s benefit plans which include medical, dental and vision coverage and other wellness programs. Our Talent Acquisition team strives to adhere to laws regarding pay transparency that are currently in effect or that may be implemented in the future. Should you qualify for a telephone screen, the Recruiter will communicate salary information at that time.