Sr. Financial Analyst - Chargemaster

Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare; Saint Paul (MN); Remote; USD 86,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst responsible for optimizing the hospital’s Chargemaster and ensuring accurate charge capture and compliance. This remote opportunity requires candidates to reside in MN or WI, with a comprehensive benefits package offered. The role involves collaboration across various departments to enhance financial strategies and operational efficiency.

Benefits

Retirement saving match

Tuition and certification reimbursement

Paid time off

Health and wellness benefits

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years experience in healthcare environment.
• 1 year experience with healthcare billing or revenue models.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement pricing strategies in partnership with internal business partners.
• Perform in-depth analyses of charges and reimbursement outcomes.
• Maintain and update the Charge Description Master across multiple service lines.

Skills

Analytical problem-solving skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Emotional Intelligence

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, or related field

Masters’ degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Excel

Job description

The Senior Financial Analyst serves as the subject matter expert responsible for the strategic management, oversight, and optimization of the hospital’s Chargemaster (CDM). Ensures accurate charge capture, regulatory compliance, and revenue optimization across all hospital departments. Supports the organization with revenue and charging related questions as well as proper research and setup of charge processes and pricing to ensure accurate & timely charging. Coordinates and implements the enterprise chargemaster and audit initiatives and processes to ensure revenue management integrity. The Senior Financial Analyst fosters collaboration across functions to improve financial processes and align financial strategies with departmental and organizational goals.

This is a remote opportunity; however, the selected candidate must reside in Minnesota or Wisconsin and have the ability to work onsite in St. Paul, MN as needed.

Compensation & Benefits

The annual salary range for this opportunity is $86,257/annually to $129,396/annually, with a median salary of $107,827/annually. Pay is dependent on several factors including relevant work experience and internal equity. Salary is just one component of the compensation package for employees. Gillette supports career progression and offers a competitive benefits package, including a retirement saving match, tuition and certification reimbursement, paid time off, and health and wellness benefits for .5 FTE and above.

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Pricing
  • Develop and implement pricing strategies in partnership with internal business partners
  • Create revenue forecasting to support pricing transparency initiatives.

• Charge Integrity
  • Develop and implement policies, procedures, and charge protocols, including interpretation of regulatory guidelines.
  • Implement and coordinate process improvements to achieve greater efficiencies.
  • Perform in-depth analyses of charges, billing practices, and reimbursement outcomes to identify opportunities for revenue enhancement and compliance improvement.
  • Audit and monitor charge capture processes and implement process improvements as needed.

• Charge Master Maintenance
  • Maintain and update the Charge Description Master (CDM) across multiple service lines in accordance with internal policies, payer requirements, and governmental regulations (e.g., CMS, HIPAA).
  • Coordinate site chargemaster implementations to ensure accuracy and relevance of chargeable items and services in collaboration with enterprise-wide departments (i.e. Information technology, supply chain, pharmacy, ancillary and operational departments). Partner with IT and EHR teams (e.g., Epic, Cerner) to ensure proper CDM integration and data flow.
  • Review and analyze annual coding changes (i.e. CPT and HCPCS) and summarize recommend updates to enterprise chargemaster.
  • Work directly with customers and site-specific leads to provide support for on-going chargemaster projects.
  • Maintain documentation of CDM changes, audit results, and compliance reports.

• Business Partnership
  • Build strong partnerships across assigned functions and departments, fostering collaboration to align financial strategies with organizational objectives. Serve as a liaison between clinical departments, billing, compliance, and finance teams to resolve charge capture issues.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to identify opportunities for improvement, streamline charge processes, and implement solutions that support the organization's strategic goals and operational efficiency.
  • Actively plan and manage project progress and communicate status and observed bottlenecks. Monitor operational outcomes relative to expectations and communicate opportunities to enhance outcomes.
  • Provide education & training to business partners on the effective use of financial systems and tools, as well as how to read and interpret financial information and reports.

• Other Duties
  • Ensuring accurate information to support Medicare cost reports, cost accounting, monthly KPIs and year-end audits.
  • Collaborate with FP&A team during dynamic and annual budgeting processes, ensuring accuracy, alignment with organizational goals, and timely completion.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, or related field OR equivalent hospital experience
• 4 years of experience in healthcare environment, including a minimum of 1 year experience with healthcare billing, charge development, denials and/or reimbursement models.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Human relations skills, and the ability to work with all levels of management, including explaining and obtaining cooperation for implementation of necessary internal controls.
• A willingness to learn new and different subjects, independently initiate, research, analyze, and resolve issues, and creatively problem solve, are key attributes to be successful.
• Must be an organized, detail oriented, self-directed, motivated and collaborative. contributor with ability to function autonomously.
• Evolved Emotional Intelligence.
• Ability to function under pressure, conflicting priorities and deadlines.
• Analytical problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communications and presentation skills.
• Understanding of healthcare billing, charge development, and reimbursement processes, as well as healthcare financial management and reporting.
• Knowledge of healthcare operating metrics, and business principles and practices.
• Proficiency in databases and Excel (e.g. pivot tables, conditional formatting, data tables, formulas, etc.).

Preferred

• Masters’ degree or equivalent experience
• CPA/CMA/MBA
• Proficient understanding of healthcare financial analysis creating complex gross and net revenue modeling.
• Certifications and licenses such as CPC, CCS, CIC, MT or other Medical certifications.
• Experience and knowledge of Infor Financial & Supply Management and Oracle Health (Cerner)

Gillette Children’s is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse team, as we know that the diverse experiences of our employees make Gillette a stronger and better organization. We are committed to creating an equitable and inclusive environment where all patients, families and staff are welcomed and valued. We believe diverse perspectives and identities foster excellence, improve patient care and are essential for Gillette to fulfill its mission. Our team members collaborate to help patients of all backgrounds and abilities reach their full potential.

Gillette Children's is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of an individual's race, color, creed, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, sexual orientation or gender identity, military status or any other class protected by federal, state or local laws.

Gillette Children’s is a global beacon of care for patients with brain, bone and movement conditions that start in childhood. Our research, treatment and supportive technologies enable every child to lead a full life defined by their dreams, not their diagnoses.

To learn more about working at Gillette Children's, please visit https://www.gillettechildrens.org/careers .

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