Research Business Specialist

BHS • Lexington, KY

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About The Position

Baptist Health is looking for a Research Business Specialist to join their team in Lexington, KY The Research Business Specialist under minimal supervision is responsible for the preparation or delegation of the Medicare Coverage Analysis to ensure that both billing for routine and research services are handled appropriately and in compliance with all applicable regulations and legal requirements. The Research Business Specialist will work closely with research management, finance staff, and study team in order to secure sufficient funding from the research sponsor. This position will advise PIs, research and departmental staff as well as leadership in the compliant research billing practices and fiscal conduct of research projects. The Research Business Specialist will work collaboratively with revenue integrity, charge capture and key personnel associated with the research billing and coding components of the electronic medical record to ensure billing integrity. The Research Business Specialist accepts responsibility for research project deadlines and maintains supporting documentation and databases to support active research related projects in coordination with research staff and management. If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now! Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. EEO Statement: Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing. NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.

Requirements

• Master’s degree with 3 years' experience in field of accounting, finance or health administration required.

Responsibilities

• preparation or delegation of the Medicare Coverage Analysis
• work closely with research management, finance staff, and study team in order to secure sufficient funding from the research sponsor
• advise PIs, research and departmental staff as well as leadership in the compliant research billing practices and fiscal conduct of research projects
• work collaboratively with revenue integrity, charge capture and key personnel associated with the research billing and coding components of the electronic medical record to ensure billing integrity
• accepts responsibility for research project deadlines and maintains supporting documentation and databases to support active research related projects in coordination with research staff and management

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees