Charge Master Analyst

at  The University of Chicago Medicine

Job Description:
Join UChicago Medicine as a Charge Master Analyst in our Ambulatory Revenue Capture department.The Charge Master Analyst is responsible for maintaining and analyzing the hospital’s billing master files. This team performs regular audits to ensure accuracy, as well as analysis activities to support the company’s budget.

JOB SUMMARY

The Charge Master Analyst provides technical and administrative support for the Hospitals’ billing system master files, Charge Master and department master. Project work relating to those three files include 1) the development of additional functional requirements for the files, 2) the maintenance of a charge code volume database, and 3) the development and maintenance of financial databases that contain various types of Charge Master and/or financial data.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or Health Care with significant course work in computer science or equivalent work experience of a minimum three years
• One to two years relevant experience, preferably in health care operations
• Significant work experience in CPT, ICD10, and UB04 billing.
• Knowledge of medical terminology required.
• Strong analytical, problem solving, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and in a team environment.
• Competent in business functions, procedures, and information flows.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Computer skills including mainframe and file management (importing, downloading, and merging files), word processing, spreadsheet, and database management programs (Access or FoxPro).
• Coding Certification Example: AHIMA Certification or AAPC Certification.

STRONGLY PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Prior CDM experience
• Advanced excel skills
• Epic Certification

Please refer the Job description for details