"Charge Master Analyst - Revenue Integrity - FT Days"

Charge Master Analyst - Revenue Integrity - FT Days

Req ID: 139622

Location: Irvine, California

Division: Medical Center

Department: Revenue Integrity

Position Type: Full Time

Salary Range Minimum: USD $71,600.00/Yr.

Salary Range Maximum: USD $127,400.00/Yr.

Who We Are

UCI Health is the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine, and the only academic health system based in Orange County. UCI Health is comprised of its main campus, UCI Medical Center, a 459-bed, acute care hospital in Orange, Calif., four hospitals and affiliated physicians of the UCI Health Community Network in Orange and Los Angeles counties and ambulatory care centers across the region. Listed among America's Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for 23 consecutive years, UCI Medical Center provides tertiary and quaternary care and is home to Orange County's only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, high-risk perinatal/neonatal program and American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, gold level 1 geriatric emergency department and regional burn center. UCI Health serves a region of nearly 4 million people in Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County.

To learn more about UCI Health, visit www.ucihealth.org.

Your Role on the Team

Position Summary:

The incumbent is responsible for the management of the Charge Description Master for all inpatient and outpatient technical charges including Room & Board Care, Pharmacy, Durable Medical Equipment, SOS 22 ambulatory care practices and ancillary services. Additional functions include charge capture development, rate analysis and appropriate alignment of hospital charges to physician charges. Incumbent is the primary liaison in providing expertise for all institutional charge application and regulatory charge guidelines for the hospital. Works independently and collaboratively, as needed, with Clinical Care Partners, Revenue Cycle Associates and IT Business Analysts to make decision regarding the Chargemaster.

What It Takes to be Successful

Required Qualifications:

• Skill to effectively work with all levels of health system personnel including directors and physicians
• Skill in ad hoc technical report writing, complex analyses and data conversion into different formats
• Skill converting master files in to reports for departmental use
• Must possess the skill, knowledge and ability essential to the successful performance of assigned duties
• Must have a clear understanding of third-party regulatory requirements including Medicare, Medicaid, Managed Care and Commercial.
• Must demonstrate customer service skills appropriate to the job
• Knowledge of the healthcare industry with an in-depth knowledge of coding, billing and revenue management policies
• Knowledge of split claim billing
• Knowledge of healthcare revenue cycle function spanning across different areas as well as cost accounting and of payer reimbursement as it relates to charges
• Knowledge of coding software tools to maintain current charging and billing guidelines
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Demonstrated advanced computer knowledge and experience with Microsoft Office
• Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across the Health System
• Ability to analyze situations, define problems, research and formulate conclusions and make sound recommendations
• 3 years experience with CDM management
• 3 years experience in an academic or large healthcare system
• 3 years experience as a Certified Professional Coder (CPC)
• 3 years chargemaster management experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Skill to read and correctly interpret governmental and commercial payor regulations and develop and implement recommendations consistent with interpretations
• Knowledge of University and medical center organizations, policies, procedures and forms
• Epic PB Resolute certification

Total Rewards

We offer a wealth of benefits to make working at UCI even more rewarding. These benefits may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and access to a number of discounts and perks. Please utilize the links listed here to learn more about our compensation practices and benefits.