Senior Application Systems Analyst

Salary: $54.08 - 148,742.72 per year Requirements:

• Bachelors degree is required.
• 2 to 4 years of experience is preferred.
• Deep knowledge of the Athena/IDX professional billing platform, including charge capture, claims processing, reimbursement workflows, vendor coordination, and payment posting.
• Strong grasp of Athena/IDX database administration, including data structures, tables, and system setup.
• Proficiency in SQL and data extraction tools for reporting and analysis.
• Familiarity with integrations between Cerner Millennium and Athena/IDX professional billing workflows.
• Understanding of revenue cycle processes across facility and professional billing environments.
• Ability to troubleshoot Athena/IDX applications, resolve system issues, and improve financial and operational workflows.
• Knowledge of interface development and integration methods such as HL7, APIs, and flat files.
• Experience with healthcare revenue cycle, compliance, and billing concepts, including charge capture, payment reconciliation, claims adjudication, denial management, HIPAA, Medicare/Medicaid, ICD-10, and CPT coding.
• Familiarity with Maryland regulations and HSCRC is preferred.
• Leadership experience with implementations, upgrades, and optimization projects in Athena/IDX or similar professional billing systems.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, documentation, and end-user training skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with finance, IT, clinical, and revenue cycle stakeholders.
• Experience with project management methods such as Agile, Waterfall, or PMP is preferred.
• Relevant certifications in healthcare IT, Athena/IDX, database management, revenue cycle systems, SQL, data analytics, or project management are a plus.

• Work largely independently while partnering with management as needed.
• Implement, enhance, and support business, clinical, or financial applications across the system.
• Follow departmental procedures, especially change control and the issue/request tracking process.
• Provide ongoing telephone support for end users with a strong customer service approach.
• Lead implementations, system upgrades, and optimization efforts within Athena/IDX or comparable systems.
• Troubleshoot application issues and refine workflows to improve financial and operational performance.
• Support interface development and system integration with third-party platforms.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including finance, IT, clinical departments, and revenue cycle stakeholders.
• Train users and document system processes, workflows, and solutions.
• Coordinate closely with teams supporting Cerner Millennium to keep workflows aligned across systems.

• HL7
• Support
• SQL

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We are Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, a nationally recognized academic medical center, a designated Level II Trauma Center, and the largest community hospital in Maryland. As part of LifeBridge Health, we are a purpose-driven health system serving the mid-Atlantic with a mission to improve the health of the communities we serve and to support the people who care for patients. We offer medical, dental, and vision coverage beginning the first of the month after hire, wellness and mental health support, a 403(b) retirement plan with employer match, pension, life and disability insurance, tuition reimbursement, generous paid time off, fitness discounts, and free on-site parking. The role includes an acceptable remote work location in multiple states, and the pay range is $26.00 to $71.54 based on experience.

last updated 34 week of 2026