Technical Specialist- Expert (Epic PB Billing Analyst)

Engagement Type

Contract

Short Description

The State of North Carolina Dept. of Health and Human Services is looking for a Professional Billing Analyst to assist with the Epic EHR Implementation.

Complete Description

Competency Model : Business Acumen

Business Acumen

• Understands the organization's strategic goals and how department goals support the organization.
• Seeks opportunities to extend and deepen learning of organization and area.
• Shares new information and knowledge with others.
• Be curious; question your assumptions when presented with an issue or question.
• Self-motivated to research and learn new information and explore new options.
• Seeks to maximize potential abilities and helps others.
• Follow instructions, written or oral.
• Adhere to all scheduling and attendance requirements.
• Honesty, truthfulness, reliability, accountability
• Read, understand and apply regulations and policies.
• Knowledge of relevant privacy regulations such as The Privacy Act, Freedom of Information Act and HIPPA law
• Knowledge of revenue cycle billing, hospital billing, professional billing, and claims processing operations and workflows
• Knowledge and understanding of third-party applications.
• Establishes professional working relationships.
• Communicates verbally with team, departments, guests, and management.

Communication

• Expresses oneself clearly in conversations, business writing and interactions with others.
• Delivers oral and written communications that are impactful and persuasive to their intended audiences.
• Demonstrates a high level of emotional intelligence in the face of conflict.
• Responds to tickets and emails in a timely manner.

Planning and Organizing

• Manages and monitors time and resources effectively to complete assignments.
• Utilizes resources and gets involvement from others where appropriate.
• Shares information, materials, and time readily with others who need them

Teamwork

• Encourages participation from all team members, regardless of role within organization; supports team members and customers.
• Identifies and works through conflict that may derail the collaborative process.
• Holds self and others accountable to create unifying goals and measure with peers.
• Support NCDHHS analyst team through knowledge sharing and concise documentation.
• Applies the knowledge of fundamental IT concepts.
• Asks questions, diligently seeks and is receptive of guidance.

Drive Change

• Anticipates potential concerns / resistance to change and takes constructive steps to address them.
• Encourages others to adopt new methods or technologies that add value or improve performance.
• Keeps others focused on critical goals and deadlines through periods of change or ambiguity.
• Be flexible and adopt new processes and methods.
• Stay positive in attitude and actions.

Working Conditions : Essential :

Essential :

• May be required to work after hours or on weekends as needed
• Infrequent travel
• Pass pre-employment drug test

Experience :

• Must have strong leadership and communication skills with the ability to effectively present information to clinical and business leaders within the organization.
• Must have experience with Epic PB. 5 years required.
• Ability to work in small groups under tight project deadlines.
• Working closely with business and revenue cycle leaders around Epic workflow and to translate business needs Epic billing functionality.
• Must possess Epic certification, Resolute PB
• Minimum of five years' progressive revenue cycle / healthcare experience with demonstrated experience in Epic build.
• Self-starter with demonstrated teamwork & communication skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group are required.
• Experience working with Third Party Vendors such as Experian and Relay Health
• Knowledge of revenue cycle billing, professional billing, and claims processing operations and workflows
• Rapid Retest
• Payer / plan creation and maintenance
• PLBs
• Charge Router
• Contracts
• Behavioral Health
• Long term care psychiatric billing
• CMS IPF PPS billing regulations
• Substance abuse billing IOP, methadone dosing
• Medicare exhaust billing
• No-pay claims.
• Claim splits / interim claims.
• Cash Management
• Self-pay remittance
• Developing testing scripts

Responsibilities :

• Analyzes, documents, and communicates business requirements for new system functionality and enhancements to existing functionality.
• Test system changes to ensure that they meet business requirements and do not adversely impact other areas of the Epic system.
• Acts as the primary support contact for the application's end-users.
• Identifies issues that arise in their application areas and issues that impact other application teams and works to resolve them
• Guides workflow design, builds, tests the system, and analyzes other technical issues associated with Epic software
• Identifies, implements, completes integrated testing, and communicates requested changes to the Epic system
• Works with Epic representatives and end users to ensure the system meets the organization's business needs regarding the project deliverables and timeline
• Performs in-depth analysis of current and future workflows, data collection, report details, and other technical issues associated with the Epic EHR and designated third-party applications
• Partners with quality, operational, and business leaders on system design and optimization to meet quality, safety, financial, and efficiency needs
• Collects requirements regarding potential system enhancements or new system implementation and prepares details of specifications needed;

prioritizes and implements requested changes to the system.

• Investigates standardization and process improvement opportunities by rounding within revenue cycle areas while making build decisions.
• Validates that data is accurate and meets business requirements.
• Completes integrated testing to test system changes in all Epic environments to ensure that they meet business requirements and do not adversely impact other areas of the system.
• Troubleshoots and identifies root causes and documents problems of simple to medium complexity for assigned applications and systems.
• Maintains data integrity and security for assigned applications and systems.
• Develops system documentation as assigned per standards.
• Develops communication-related education efforts for deployments, upgrades, optimizations, and other system changes as assigned.
• Stays current on Epic application releases and participates in upgrade planning and testing.
• Participates in performance improvement activities to measure, assess and improve the quality of assigned work area

Education : Essential :

Essential :

Bachelor's degree or 5 years' experience in directly related field

Credentials : Essential :

Essential :

• Pass general background check
• Resolute Professional Billing and Electronic Remittance Administration (Epic)

Resolute Professional Billing Administration (Epic)

Required / Desired Skills

Skill

Required / Desired

Amount

of Experience

Must have strong leadership and communication skills with the ability to effectively present information to clinical and business leaders within the

Required

Years

Must have experience with Epic PB.

Required

Years

Ability to work in small groups under tight project deadlines.

Required

Years

Working closely with business and revenue cycle leaders around Epic workflow and to translate business needs Epic billing functionality.

Required

Years

Must possess Epic certification, Resolute PB

Required

Minimum of five years' progressive revenue cycle / healthcare experience with demonstrated experience in Epic build.

Required

Years

Self-starter with demonstrated teamwork & communication skills.

Required

Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Required

Years

Excellent verbal and written English communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group are required.

Required

Years

Experience working with Third Party Vendors such as Experian and Relay Health

Required

Years

Knowledge of revenue cycle billing, professional billing, and claims processing operations and workflows

Required

Years

Questions

Description

Question 1

Absences greater than two weeks MUST be approved by CAI management in advance, and contact information must be provided to CAI so that the resource can be reached during his or her absence.

The Client has the right to dismiss the resource if he or she does not return to work by the agreed upon date. Do you accept this requirement?

Question 2

All work must be completed remotely. Do you accept this requirement?

Question 3

Candidate must be able to attend a webcam interview. Do you accept this requirement?

Question 4

Please list candidate's email address.

Question 5

Please indicate how soon this candidate is available to start work. Vendors are encouraged to submit candidates that are available for the duration of the assignment.

Question 6

Vendor must disclose to the agency if the candidate will be subcontracted at the time of submission. Do you accept this requirement?

Question 7

Vendor must notify the agency if any portion of the requirements listed in this task order are to be outsourced to other countries.

Do you accept this requirement?

Question 9

Payment for all approved hours will be paid at the straight hourly rate regardless of the total hours worked by the engaged resource.

It is the responsibility of the supplier to adhere to any applicable compensation laws including payment for overtime hours.

Do you accept this requirement?