Revenue Integrity Analyst II

Revenue Integrity Analyst II

This position is responsible for billing, follow-up, and resolving issues that delay or prevent payment of the patient's account within Intermountain's policies and procedures.

Service Areas: Emergency/Trauma, Transport, Behavioral Health, Transplant, Donor BMT, Sleep, EEG/EMG, Respiratory/PFT

Schedule: Monday - Friday from 8 AM - 5 PM (with some flexibility)

Essential Functions

• Analyzes data, develops reports, reviews trends and recommends enhancements as defined by the revenue practice leadership team.

• Performs extensive data mining, mentoring/training, regulatory and payer policy review, abstracting of financial and clinical information from various sources.

• Presents, researches, and follows-up on topics reviewed at department and system-wide initiative levels.

• Monitors for positive or negative trends in coding, charge capture and/or editing processes to improve teams performance.

• Researches and stays current on CMS, federal and state regulations, payor guidelines, ensuring compliance and alignment with charge, coding and charge edits.

• Audits and evaluates system automation by comparing the charge/claim data to the clinical record. Leverages other system functionalities to expedite the claim processing for compliant and optimized hospital accounts.

• Evaluates, provides education and guidance to revenue cycle, revenue practice teams and clinical operations on report development, charge capture accountability and revenue monitoring.

• Mentors and supports the training of other revenue integrity analysts.

Skills

• Data Analysis

• Healthcare Regulations

• Process Improvement

• Problem Resolving

• Data Mining

• Excel

• Collaboration

• Epic

Qualifications

• Required:

  Current certification through AAPC, AHIMA or HFMA, or other specialty medical coding group.

  Experience in a role requiring attention to detail with excellent organizational and analytical skills.

  Demonstrated proficiency with Epic clinical and/or billing applications.

  Demonstrates ability to be flexible and adaptable to change

  Demonstrates ability to work in a clinical operational area and/or a revenue integrity team effectively supporting department outcomes.

  Experience working closely with a multi-disciplinary team to optimize patient experience and operational success.

  Demonstrates advanced knowledge of regulation, payer policy, charge capture and/or revenue monitoring.

• Preferred:

  Bachelor's degree in healthcare administration, or medical, analytical field from an accredited institution. Education is verified. Proficient or certified with Epic clinical or billing applications.

Physical Requirements

Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs. Frequent interactions with providers, colleagues, customers, patients/clients and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, needs, and issues quickly and accurately. Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate supplies and equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use for typing, accessing needed information, etc. For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.

Location: Lake Park Building

Work City: West Valley City

Work State: Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$37.31 - $58.75

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.