Chargemaster Analyst - Revenue Mgmt - Cdm - Remote

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About Duke Health's Patient Revenue Management Organization

Pursue your passion for caring with the Patient Revenue Management Organization, which is Duke Health's fully integrated, centralized revenue cycle organization that supports the entire health system in streamlining the revenue cycle. This includes scheduling, registration, coding, billing, and other essential revenue functions.

REMOTE POSITION: Monday - Friday

Job description

• Responsible for the oversight of Charge Description Master functions and reimbursement analysis within the Revenue Management Department of the PRMO.
• Serve as a member of the Revenue Management team and subscribe to the vision, values and expectations of the Duke University Health System.
• Responsible for building / maintaining charge codes and working with revenue leakage opportunities.
• Responsible for conducting quality control audits to ensure data/documentation integrity, and communicating findings and recommendations, explaining regulatory requirements, and overseeing the corrective actions for audits within the operational units for Charge Description Master.
• Compile information and/or prepare reports and analyses setting forth results of data integrity findings with appropriate recommendations; perform subsequent audits to ensure complete and appropriate corrective action for timely completion of missing charges by department.
• Perform and follow up with appropriate health team members to ensure accurate and complete handling of Missing Charges and Billing.
• Works collaboratively with the appropriate operational leaders at each entity to develop necessary education strategies to promote complete and accurate clinical documentation, charge capture to mitigate and/or correct negative trends.
• Maintain high productivity and quality with minimal supervision.
• Yearly continuing education is required.

Skillset

• Ability to understand and analyze pay or regulations and the impact to the Chargemaster on reimbursement and coding guidelines.
• Ability to multi-task and work under aggressive deadlines.
• Possess effective time management skills to permit handling of a large workload.
• Extensive knowledge of CPT/HCP CS, UB-04 Revenue Coding, modifiers, billing regulations and APCs.
• Must have a good understanding of the CDM and its relationship to related areas such as the General Ledger, cost Accounting, Productivity, Cost Reporting and Budget.
• Knowledge of clinical settings such as Laboratory, Radiology, Physical or Occupational Therapy, Respiratory Therapy, Cardiology, or Oncology Ability to research complex coding and regulatory requirements.
• Strong analytical skills.

Minimum Qualifications

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, healthcare administration or a related field is required.

Experience

Four years of related experience required.

** Revenue integrity, chargemaster/CDM experience strongly preferred.

Degrees, Licensures, Certifications

• Coding certification (AAPC, AHIMA) is strongly preferred. *Must pass EPIC Resolute HB Charging Administration exam within 6 months of hire unless already has this EPIC proficiency

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