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St. Mary's Healthcare Senior Business Analyst in Amsterdam, New York
Job Requisition: REQ2653 Employment Type: Full-Time Shift: Days Hours Per Week: 40 hours
This position is on-site located in Amsterdam, New York.
Hiring Range : $27.27 - $35.45
The actual compensation for this position will be determined based on experience and other factors permitted by law.
Responsibilities:
• Interpret and analyze data from multiple sources including claims, provider, patient, and encounters data. Identify and assess the business impact of trends
• Evaluate financial performance by comparing and analyzing actual results to historical financial results, perform variance analysis reports, identify trends, and make recommendations for improvements • Maintains a high level of understanding of the entire Revenue Cycle, including Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Routinely analyzes Revenue Cycle data to help identify root-causes to issues affecting cash flow and net revenue
• Provide project level analysis – producing required project analysis documentation – business requirements, scope matrix, use cases, future state proposals • Identify improvement opportunities (proactive and reactive). Continually strive to improve quality by identifying areas of potential risk and recommending improvement opportunities
• Support the development of reports, models, scorecards, and/or dashboards by gathering data and transforming it into insights that drive recommendations and decision-making.
• Create financial dashboards and monitor the trend in AR Days, unbilled charges, late charges, aging AR and cash collections. Perform detail analysis of discrepancies, report areas of high financial risk and make resolution recommendations to senior management.
• Perform trend analysis and key performance indicator (KPI) variances to identify financial risk and opportunities to maximize financial return.
• Document and monitor processes and controls related to area responsibilities.
Education:
• Bachelor’s degree in Health Care Management, Business Administration, Data Analytics or related field required. • Extensive experience may substitute for education • Three (3) years’ experience in a healthcare setting preferred • Experience developing end user reports is a plus • Functional knowledge of Meditech Expanse is a plus.
Knowledge, Skills, and Ability Requirements:
• Excellent communication, technical understanding, and interpersonal skills • Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong and strategic business relationships • Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills with the ability to execute with limited information and ambiguity • Strong Excel, Access and/or database skills required • Strong root-cause analysis skills required • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities • Ability to work with minimal supervision • Fully on-site position. Must be able to speak, read, write and follow instructions in English.