Job Title: Epic Build Analyst – Hospital Billing (HB) Duration: 6+ Months (possibility of extension or conversion to permanent) Location: Remote Principal Duties: Epic Analyst must be certified in Hospital Billing. Analyst must have extensive knowledge working with Slicer Dicer, statements, charge router, BCB, and the full breadth of HB WQ's, workflows and functions. Analyst will be covering support duties, assisting with upgrades, testing, tickets, and maintenance. Coordination with FTE's and operations, along with coordination from other applications as well. Charge Router certification is preferable. Minimum Qualifications: Under varying levels of direction and expertise, is responsible for the on-going assessment, design, and development and implementation of corporate –wide revenue cycle systems. The analyst should have knowledge of revenue cycle workflows and use that expertise to inform their work. Specifically, collect and transform large quantities of information into meaningful business requirements; develop and modify requirements documentation for the design and implementation of revenue cycle information systems; critically evaluate information from various sources, distinguish user needs from actual business needs and partner with business users, project managers, programmers, consultants and IT leadership in optimizing the scope, benefits and risks of actual and proposed projects as well as assist in managing stakeholder expectations. General Tasks and Responsibilities Will Include: Analyze and document business requirements and processes; communicate requirements to technical personnel through the construction of basic conceptual data, process models and flowcharts, and technical specifications. Interview end users, stakeholders, and project sponsors in order to assess business needs; create business, functional and technical requirements documents based on captured data and in accordance with departmental protocol/standards. Convert information gathered into details including data sources, data and user types, interface components, interface navigation needs, reporting needs, and administrative system needs. Define external interfaces, constraints, quality issues and other non-functional requirements. Provide project management team with identified risks, concerns, and ambiguities discovered during the gathering of requirements; assist team in developing solutions. Partner with project managers to complete requirements documentation in accordance with project schedule. Plan, organize, facilitate, and lead meetings and workgroups as well as oversee and execute follow-up activities. Ensure software development team accounts for all defined requirements in coordination with quality assurance team. Ensure that all quality standards comply with internal policies and industry standards. Document changes to baseline requirements through standard change control process. Document software test plans, technical requirements, release notes, user and training guidelines and other materials. Plan, coordinate, and support unit acceptance testing and subsequent deployments in coordination with other team leaders. Perform end user and application support functions including problem solving and resolution of application function defects. Provide systems and application training. Develop and execute project presentations. Participate in special projects as required. Provide training to and serve as a mentor for Junior Business Analysts, Level I analysts, and/or other appropriate project team members; manage and evaluate work products for assigned team members. Participate in the development of various departmental training initiatives. Identify opportunities for process improvements and provide analysis and propose change and communicate strategies. Provide supervision and guidance to junior business analysts, business analysts assigned at Level I, consultants, and/or other appropriate project team members. Interview Junior Business Analysts, Business Analysts assigned at Level I, consultants, and/or other appropriate project team members. Due to the responsibilities of your position, you will be required to work beyond your regularly scheduled hours. Preferred Qualifications for The Job: CERTIFICATION(S)/NYS LICENSE(S): Specialty certification(s) issued by a national commercially available program, state, professional society, academic or technical institution in an area(s) listed above, may be credited on a month-to month basis toward the required work experience for a total of one year. Educational Level: A Master's Degree or advanced degree from an accredited college or university and one year of experience gathering and documenting business, clinical, and/or functional requirements using interviews, document analysis, workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, scenarios, business analysis, task and workflow analysis or related in a clinical, allied health, non-allied health, behavioral health, information technology, information services, business, analytics or related area: or, one year of experience in a relevant clinical and/or healthcare administration role/function; A Baccalaureate Degree from an accredited college or university and three years of experience as described above; A satisfactory combination of education, training, and experience. Years of Experience: 2 years' experience with Epic EMR and/or other revenue cycle applications, and/or healthcare revenue cycle background strongly preferred, however we are willing to train the selected candidate.
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