University of Connecticut · 20 hours ago
Reimbursement Analyst I
Farmington, CT
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
6+ years expUConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. This position is responsible for independently performing a full range of tasks in reimbursement analysis, including development of procedures to ensure recovery of all inpatient and outpatient charges, contract management, and regulatory compliance monitoring.
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Responsibilities
Develops techniques for effective analyses of reimbursement trends; reviews, analyzes and interprets insurance payments and denials to ensure proper payment; works with billing supervisors to modify billings to meet contract specifics, as well as charge-master analyst; recommends updates to charge-master; develops and maintains system for tracking and evaluating performance of insurance carrier to maximize reimbursement and ensure billing compliance with audit standards; provides reimbursement patterns and trends to the management; prepares reports and analyses to include financial reports, setting forth progress, adverse trends and appropriate recommendations and conclusions; submits external reports and handles all edits and changes required by meeting with appropriate departments to obtain correct data; monitors and evaluates current reimbursement rules and changes that impact revenue capture and communicates this information to the clinical faculty, staff, and billing personnel; provides in-service training for finance personnel; develops and recommends policies and procedures; schedules assigns, oversees and review work of assigned staff; applies personnel policies and procedures; prepares or assist in the preparation of the department budget subject to administrative review; acts as liaison with other operating units, agencies and outside officials regarding third party reimbursements; may assist in the preparation of profit and loss statements; performs other related duties
Qualification
Required
Considerable knowledge of the principles and practices of financial management
Knowledge of the healthcare reimbursement
Considerable ability in the interpretation and analysis of complex financial, statistical and technical data
Considerable interpersonal skills, oral and written communication skills
Considerable knowledge of insurance billings and collection procedures including CPT and ICD-9 coding
Advanced spreadsheet and computer skills
Advanced analytical skills
Supervisory ability
Knowledge and ability to apply relevant Federal and State laws, statutes and regulations
Knowledge of statistical methodologies
Six (6) years experience in healthcare environment related to revenue captures, healthcare reimbursement procedures, including working knowledge of CPT and ICD-9 codes
Bachelor's degree in financial management, accounting, healthcare administration or closely related field may be substituted for four (4) years of the experience
Preferred
EPIC experience
Demonstrated ability to conduct root cause analysis to identify and resolve issues
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, with advanced skills in Excel
Knowledge and understanding of the revenue cycle
Benefits
Benefit eligible
Company
University of Connecticut
The University of Connecticut is a public research university that operates multiple campuses across Connecticut.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$40.68MKey Investors
U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyUS Department of EnergyU.S. Department of Agriculture
2024-10-30Grant· $10M
2024-03-28Grant
2023-06-21Grant· $4.5M
Leadership Team
Mingyu Qiao
Assistant Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (tenure-track)
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