JOB SUMMARY:

Prepares strategic business and financial plans. Performs financial analysis of current and prospective processes and practices. Undertakes capital purchase analysis and prepares project and purchasing proposals. Supports all financial activities of the department.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

Bachelor’s Degree required

Master’s Degree in Business, Health Administration or Finance preferred

4 years’ experience in a healthcare setting required

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Performs financial analysis of current and prospective processes and practices. Prepares strategic business and financial plans.
2. Analyzes potential capital purchases and special projects, and prepares purchasing proposals and requisitions.
3. Performs all duties necessary to maintain revenue flow and accuracy for departmental coding and billing.
4. Builds information tables, creates table relationships, and accurately maintains databases and trains end-users.
5. Maximizes revenue and reimbursement by maintaining accurate and comprehensive billing processes through review of CPT coding and charge master maintenance.
6. Ensures that charge codes reflect cost changes of products and procedures.
7. Reviews monthly and quarterly performance reports and prepares budget variance reports with explanations and supporting graphs.
8. Assists with planning and preparation of departmental operational and capital budgets.
9. Assumes responsibility for maintaining Revenue flow. Oversees all facility side billing and coding to accurately capture all procedures and supplies. Reconciles daily department financial log.
10. Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development and demonstrates the skills and competency appropriate to the ages, culture, developmental stages, and special needs of the patient population served.
11. Protected Health Information: Will limit access to protected health information (PHI) to the information reasonably necessary to do the job. Will share information only on a need to know basis for work purposes. Access to verbal, written and electronic PHI for this job has been determined based on job level and job responsibility within the organization. Computerized access to PHI for this job has been determined as described above and is controlled via user ID and password.

SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS:

Standard office equipment to include computer, copier, scanner, facsimile, multi-line telephone and calculator

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Clean, well-lit, comfortable office setting

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Work requires sitting for long periods of time in an office setting and walking, bending, stooping, and standing for long periods of time. Must be able to lift and support the weight of 50 pounds in handling medical equipment and supplies. Fast paced office environment. Travel may be required