Revenue Cycle Continuous Improvement Analyst

Huron•Chicago, IL

9d•$70,000 - $94,000

About The Position

Huron Managed Services is seeking an analyst to join Adventist Health’s Continuous Improvement and Insights team. The role provides strategic data insights and reporting to financial clearance, registration, and hospital revenue cycle operations leaders across the system. The analyst conducts detailed accounts receivable and metric research, identifies root causes affecting financial performance, and collaborates with colleagues and operational leaders to develop strategies that improve performance. The analyst supports revenue cycle improvement through data analysis, operational insights, and continuous improvement. Responsibilities include analyzing performance trends, monitoring key performance indicators, identifying opportunities for improvement, and translating complex data into actionable solutions. The role helps teams identify performance gaps, understand root causes, implement improvement initiatives, and measure results to support sustainable operational performance.

Requirements

Current permanent U.S. work authorization.
Bachelor's degree.
3–5 years of relevant healthcare and/or consulting experience.
Advanced or highly proficient skills in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
Strong operational understanding of revenue cycle processes and metrics.
Critical-thinking skills in data collection and complex analysis, including the ability to identify data gaps and risks, draw sound conclusions, and develop implementable, sustainable recommendations.
Ability to prioritize and manage multiple concurrent tasks with urgency across one or more workstreams.
Professional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to summarize information and present findings and recommendations to internal and client leadership.
Ability to interact effectively with client personnel at varying levels, from staff to leadership.
Ability to design and apply conceptual models to business problems and support issue analysis with reporting and analytics.
Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.

Nice To Haves

Hospital or physician revenue cycle experience focused on data analysis and performance improvement initiatives.
Project leadership and workplan management experience in a consulting firm, focused on hospital or physician revenue cycle, denials management, or patient access services.

Responsibilities

Analyze, interpret, and summarize revenue cycle data, and monitor performance against key performance indicators to identify process improvement opportunities.
Conduct risk assessments related to KPI targets, report identified risks to management, and recommend risk mitigation actions.
Extrapolate market and payer trends and coordinate with operational leaders, managed care, vendor management, and other stakeholders to develop action plans for achieving top-decile metric performance.
Support the execution of metric improvement solutions by providing operational leaders with data and insights for targeted actions.
Facilitate cross-market collaboration and issue resolution, using system-wide exposure to identify and support optimal solutions.
Prepare status reports and action-oriented summaries for executive leaders across the system.
Attend metric and project calls with senior management and support staff.
Use enhanced analytical tools for high-volume, complex analyses and provide critical insights and process updates based on analysis and collaboration with operational leaders.