Decision Support Analyst I

at  Dignity Health

Overview
CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U.S. from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community.
Responsibilities

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or related field.

REQUIRED MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND TRAINING

One to 3 years combined experience in healthcare finance, cost accounting, or decision support preferred but not required.
Pay Range
$30.55 - $44.30 /hou

JOB SUMMARY / PURPOSE

This position includes responsibilities for maintaining system encounter and financial databases and tables for the decision support system, updating the databases according to set schedules, and auditing the data. This position will perform duties for the cost accounting closes including costing audits and RVU development. This position will also be responsible for creating meaningful analysis for customers and produce scheduled reports on time.
In order to succeed in this role, this position will act as a consultant to the facility clinical and financial teams, and initiate, coordinate, and provide input for the decision support projects and the ability to discover and resolve financial or encounter integration issues such as overhead allocation, financial remapping, and encounter data discrepancies. Persons in this position will have a solid skill set in Excel and be able to work independently creating meaningful spreadsheets for analysis by various consumers.

ESSENTIAL KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Decision Support System Database Administration
• Perform the periodic integration of the encounter data which includes conducting the appropriate audit steps to insure the accuracy of the data after each update
• Maintain and update the related decision support system tables as needed to insure accurate and consistent reporting
• Cost Accounting
• Maintain the decision support system tables that drive the cost allocation process b. Integrate general ledger data each month and reconcile data which includes understanding which expenses and revenues should be included or excluded and why
• Financial Analysis and Reporting
• Produce scheduled reports on time. These reports will include but are not limited to monthly operating margins, Clinical and Operational Excellence analysis, vendor data pulls, and AdHoc reporting.
• Implementation of Facilities into the Decision Support Application
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