Stony Brook University-posted 28 days ago
Full-time • Mid Level
East Setauket, NY
Educational Services

At Stony Brook Medicine, the Senior Revenue Cycle Specialist will act as an operational leader in the Hospital's Business Office to analyze, track, and pursue the payment of under-paid and denied accounts receivable. Successful candidates will have a bachelor's degree and three years' healthcare revenue cycle experience or in lieu of degree 5 plus years' experience in an Acute Care Hospital Revenue Cycle or Patient Accounting Department resolving hospital Managed Care payment variances and/or denials.

  • Develops staff work listing logic/strategy and claims resolution work flows.
  • Educates and trains new staff regarding departmental/unit policy and procedure, including Managed Care Contracts.
  • Monitors work queues and staff productivity to ensure work volumes and staffing are aligned.
  • Audits staff work; provide education on best practice.
  • Supervises junior staff. Completes employee performance programs and evaluations, scheduling and timesheets.
  • Analyzes and identifies claim payment issues, patterns, and root cause; tracks and pursues un-timely, under-paid and denied accounts.
  • Collaborates on denials prevention initiatives.
  • Liaises with Managed Care Contracting and Insurance Company Provider Representatives to resolve underpayments and denials.
  • Collaborates with the Managed Care Department, HIM and Patient Accounting leadership to address payment issues and resolve at risk/high dollar accounts.
  • Analyzes new contracts and works with Contract Management system support to trouble-shoot contract rates and terms.
  • Participates in Joint Operating Calls (JOC) with insurance payers.
  • Monitors medical record request, correspondence distribution and scanning processes, volume, and trends.
  • Assists in maintaining and creating payer report cards, claims tracking and management reporting as requested.
  • Assists management reporting and special projects as requested.
  • Bachelor's degree and three years' healthcare revenue cycle experience,
  • OR in lieu of a Degree 5 years of Healthcare Revenue Cycle experience resolving hospital Managed Care payment variances and denials.
  • Expert knowledge of Medicare and NY Medicaid Inpatient and Outpatient reimbursement methodologies.
  • Expert knowledge of third party reimbursement methodology and associated healthcare claim drivers.
  • Expert knowledge of inpatient and outpatient billing requirements (UB-04, 837i).
  • Experience working with CPT/HCPCs and ICD-10 codes.
  • Experience working with Cerner Invision Patient Accounting.
  • Proficiency in MS Office Suite. Including: Excel, Word.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Experience working within Cerner Contract Management, Epic or equivalent including experience in validating the configuration and build of contracts.
  • Medical Coding Certification through the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC).
  • and/or the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA.)
  • Proficiency with MS Access, Visio and/or PowerPoint.
  • Knowledge of SQL or Database Queries.
  • Experience reporting from healthcare decision support, patient accounting, contract management and/or claims scrubber systems.
  • Proficiency with SAP Business Objects / Crystal Reports.
  • Proficiency with visualization software (Tableau, MS Power BI, etc.).
  • SBUH provides generous leave, health plans, and a state pension that add to your bottom line.
© 2024 Teal Labs, Inc
Privacy PolicyTerms of Service