Company :Allegheny Health NetworkJob Description : 

GENERAL OVERVIEW:

This job provides rapid solution based analytical support to Allegheny Health Network's (AHN) Revenue Cycle business projects.  The incumbent will assist the Revenue Cycle Business Owners or independently manage solution design, schedule, test, and deploy for AHN Revenue Cycle Operations (RCO).  The incumbent works alongside healthcare business owners, business resources, and technology analysts and project managers to implement operational and integrated solutions to AHN providers, facilities, and centralized business units. 

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

Act as an agent of change in support of our various Revenue Cycle business teams and systems. (10%)Conducts requirements gathering activities by studying Healthcare Revenue Cycle functions, current best practices, and evaluate data needs for specific business needs. (10%)Adhering to AHN Revenue Cycle Optimization standards - documents and tracks project intake and definition, reports capacity and resource constraints, critical artifact documentation, analysis, story and requirement growth, modeling and development, design and high-level schedule & timeline estimating. (10%)Drives the business owner testing and validation requirement including facilitating discussions around acceptance criteria with Revenue Cycle Systems teams and AHN IT. (10%)Works collaboratively with clinical and business resources to develop and implement the specific operational, technology and integration necessary to deliver optimized revenue cycle solutions. (10%)Facilitates major collaboration discussions around project or program initiation, maintenance, controlling and execution. (10%)Maintains a detailed understanding and working knowledge of revenue cycle systems, their functions, and their relationships to other information systems within the enterprise. (10%)Helps business owners to perform analysis required to participate in project deliverables and milestones rapidly (10%)Works closely with cross-functional teams to leverage internal knowledge and innovation. (10%)Consistently documents and manages project or program risk and facilitates discussions with business owners on mitigation strategies. (5%)Identifies and nurtures stakeholder relationships, communication needs and impacts relating to projects, existing operations, and services. (5%)Other duties as assigned or requested.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum

Bachelor's Degree in Healthcare, Business, Technology or Related Field (Education and experience will be considered in lieu of a degree)5 years in Healthcare revenue business analysis or Healthcare revenue system analysis5 years of working with clinical, hospital administration or healthcare revenue cycle systems3 years of working with agile development teams, lean problem solving or scrum-based environments Experience with Healthcare revenue cycle, ambulatory health, hospital electronic health records, clinical, ancillary systems, and administrative systems (including but not limited to: MPI, Revenue Cycle Management, Practice Management or Scheduling, EDI, Charge Capture, A/R or Revenue Cycle Payment Posting)

Must have a solid understanding of Healthcare clinical and revenue cycle vocabularies gained from hands-on experience in a clinical provider-based environment, such as, medical or hospital administrative support staff, or healthcare revenue cycle exposure, Healthcare System IT or IS background, healthcare revenue or clinical systems development

Excellent meeting facilitation, business requirement gathering and resource estimation skills

Ability to work with both business and technical resources, understand their needs and coordinate their efforts to deliver the final project solution

Experience with regulations and accreditation standards, knowledge of specific state and federal requirements and standards related to the management of patient health information

Must have strong skills in Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint, and Visio)

Requires little to no supervision and must be performed with minimal assistance

Strong and friendly communication and interpersonal skills

Preferred

Master's Degree in Healthcare, Business, Technology PMP 

HFMA 

Agile Scrum 

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