Contract Analyst
- Requisition ID
- 186301
- Department
- 100604 Contracting
- Schedule
- Full Time - Eligible for Benefits
- Shift
- Day
- Category
- Professionals
- Salary
- 36.12 - 50.56
Position Purpose
The Contract Analyst is responsible for the comprehensive creation, maintenance, and testing, of Hospital and Professional payer contracts. The Contract Analyst plays a crucial role as a liaison between Contracting and Revenue Cycle in the collaboration on payment data to verify that contract builds, models, and negotiated agreements are optimized. Additionally, they provide strategic support and recommendations to both teams in identifying opportunities for revenue improvement and resolving identified issues.
Nature and Scope
Development and Maintenance of Contracts: Create new and maintain existing contract fee schedules within EPIC. Collaborate with external parties for testing to ensure accuracy of contract execution. Manage ongoing updates to fee schedules for both managed care and government payers.
Ensures Reimbursement Calculations Accuracy: Responsible for ensuring that expected reimbursement calculations are current and accurate. Collaborates with Revenue Cycle to obtain billing modifier requirements and testing to ensure system calculates accurate expected reimbursement.
Support Senior Contract Analyst and Payer Contracting Team: Assist in reviewing contract set up requirements for proper contract modeling and negotiations.
Establishes and maintains favorable relationships with external customers and ensures smooth contract renewal implementations.
This position does not provide patient care.
Disclaimer
The foregoing description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills and efforts or work conditions associated with the job. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the general nature and level of the job.
Minimum Qualifications
Requirements - Required and/or Preferred
Name | Description |
|---|---|
Education: | Must have working-level knowledge of the English language, including reading, writing, and speaking English. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience is required. |
Experience: | A combined minimum of three (3) years’ experience in healthcare or insurance billing, administration, contracting, follow up, collections and/or auditing is required in lieu of degree. |
License(s): | None |
Certification(s): | Must have EPIC Resolute Hospital Billing Expected Reimbursement Contracts Administration certification or commit to attainment of such certification within 12 months of hire. |
Computer / Typing: | Must be proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, and Word and have the ability to use the computer to complete online learning requirements for job-specific competencies, access online forms and policies, complete online benefits enrollment, etc. |
Benefits
Renown Health exists to make a genuine difference in the health and well-being of the people and communities we serve. And it is through your passion that this mission is made real every day. The relationship with employees is the foundation for success as we proceed with our strategic direction. We strive to build upon this solid partnership by offering a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that meets the diverse needs of employees and their family members.
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Paid Time Off
401(k) Company Match
Flexible Work Environment
Renown Health is northern Nevada's healthcare leader and Reno's only locally owned, not-for-profit health system. We are an entire network of hospitals, primary care offices, urgent care centers, lab services, medical specialties, and x-ray and imaging services - with more than 7,000 nurses, doctors and care providers dedicated to the health and well-being of our community.
For Providers: Renown Health and the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med) are affiliate partners in Nevada's first integrated academic health system. The affiliation aims to improve the health of the community, region, and state through research, medical education, and expanded clinical care. Renown physicians participate as joint faculty at UNR Med for teaching, lectures, supervising clinical rotations, and other academic activities for the education of medical and physician assistant students, residents and fellows.