Sr. Data Analyst - Revenue Cycle and Claims

Ascension Healthcare; Oregon City (OR); Remote; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Ascension Healthcare is seeking a Revenue Cycle Analyst who will collaborate with stakeholders to determine data needs and ensure optimal data quality. The role involves mapping revenue cycle data and serving as a subject matter expert. This is a full-time remote position, perfect for those looking to impact healthcare data management significantly.

Benefits

Paid time off (PTO)

Health insurance options

Retirement benefits

Tuition reimbursement

Qualifications

• 2 years cumulative experience or relevant degree required.
• Prior experience working in Healthcare system is a plus.
• 3-5 years experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Document current and future data needs for stakeholders.
• Designs and implements projects requiring systems integration.
• Identifies opportunities for process improvement.

Skills

SQL

Data Analysis

Problem Solving

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Bachelor's degree in related field

Job description

**Details**

+ **Department:** Technology, DDG Data Delivery Governance

+ **Schedule:** Full-Time: Monday-Friday

+ **Location:** Remote

**Benefits**

Paid time off (PTO)

Various health insurance options & wellness plans

Retirement benefits including employer match plans

Long-term & short-term disability

Employee assistance programs (EAP)

Parental leave & adoption assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Ways to give back to your community

_Benefit options and eligibility vary by position. Compensation varies based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, performance and salary range at the time of the offer._

**Responsibilities**

**Job Summary:**

+ Works with stakeholders to discover, clarify, and document current and future data needs

+ Performs mapping of revenue cycle, clinical and claims data to a normalized data model.

+ Serves as a subject matter expert on the revenue cycle data domains such as Registration, Scheduling, Accounting and Billing

+ Builds data concepts to supports Revenue Cycle and Claims use cases

+ Serves as a key resource for an assigned customer area to understand and explain business and technical issues and to provide viable technology solutions.

**Responsibilities:**

+ Act as a quality consultant and subject matter expert, performing testing and validation of the mapping of data elements to standards.

+ Collaborates with technical resources to perform root cause analysis and complete remediation of data quality issues.

+ Works with customers to clarify and plan for their current and future technology needs. Determines and maps existing business processes/functions and recommends changes required to fit a tightly integrated system.

+ Designs and implements projects requiring systems integration, small teams and multiple technical platforms.

+ Conducts Return on Investment (ROI) and other financial analysis to support project funding/prioritization.

+ Collaborates on driving improvement activities to achieve department and organizational goals.

+ Coordinates with functional team to assure consistency and optimization of overall work product.

+ Assumes a proactive role in driving improvement activities to achieve department and organizational goals to deliver value.

+ Maintains current knowledge of industry and business process trends and is able to apply that knowledge to existing business processes.

+ Provides subject-matter expertise of Health Ministry processes, policies and requirements in support of functional area process design, testing and implementation.

+ Identifies opportunities for process improvement and makes recommendations that lead to improvements.

+ Monitors task assignments to ensure they are performed on schedule, within intended scope and to a defined level of quality.

+ Escalates process and project issues that cannot be resolved.

**Requirements**

Education:

+ High School diploma equivalency with 2 years of cumulative experience OR Associate'sdegree/Bachelor's degree OR 4 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required.

**Additional Preferences**

+ Prior experience working as a Revenue Cycle analyst in the Healthcare system.

+ Must have a working knowledge of relational databases/database structures, SQL experience desired

+ Knowledge and experience with ambulatory and acute clinical, billing and claims workflows and clinical information systems. Bachelor or Masters degree in related health or finance field ex informatics or bioinformatics.

+ Must have a strong understanding of data collected and used in EMRs, Revenue Cycle and Patient Accounting Systems.

+ 3-5 years of experience preferred.

**Why Join Our Team**

When you join Ascension, you join a team of over 134,000 individuals across the country committed to a Mission of serving others and providing compassionate, personalized care to all. Our inclusive culture, continuing education programs, career coaches and benefit offerings are just a few of the resources and tools that team members can use to create a rewarding career path. In fact, Ascension spent nearly $46 million in tuition assistance alone to support associate growth and development. If you are looking for a career where you can grow and make a difference in your community, we invite you to join our team today.

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