What are the responsibilities and job description for the Revenue Cycle Specialist position at UHS?
Independence Physician Management (IPM) was formed in 2012 as the physician services unit. IPM develops and manages multi-specialty physician networks and urgent care clinics within the Acute Care and Behavioral Health Divisions. A subsidiary of UHS, IPM operates in 13 markets across 7 states – and counting. We help doctors manage their practices and clinical procedures so they can concentrate on caring for their patients.
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The Revenue Cycle Specialist plays a pivotal role in working with IPM Market Leadership to drive consistency in ‘front-end’ workflows and business processes that will help the Market maximize revenue along with enhanced patient satisfaction. The Specialist is an extension of the IPM Central Billing Office (CBO) but is embedded in the IPM Market to assist with specific tasks that will enhance the overall revenue cycle continuum.
Key Responsibilities include:
- Strives to improve and accelerate revenue cycle processes to achieve higher productivity, faster payments, decreased rework, and improved patient service by working with leadership and staff to promote best practices throughout IPM.
- Specific workflows will be trained and enforced along with daily/weekly/monthly metrics to help determine the overall “health” of the [front end] revenue cycle.
- Metrics such as eligibility verification, registration accuracy, encounters without charges, charge lag, denials, and TOS/NTOS collections will be captured, shared, and trended.
- Be a visible presence in each IPM Market, and they work closely with each other as well as the IPM CBO to ensure consistency in process and best practice across all of IPM.
Benefit & Rewards Highlights
- Challenging and rewarding work environment
- Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
- Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
- 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
- Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300 Subsidiaries!
- Pet Insurance
- More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website: benefits.uhsguest.com
About Universal Health Services
One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500® corporation, annual revenues during 2025 were $17.4 billion. In 2026, UHS was again recognized as one of Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies™ and in 2025, was listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 101,500 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located in 40 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. For additional information visit www.uhs.com.
Qualifications
- High School Graduate/GED, Technical School, 2 Years College, or Associates Degree required. Bachelor's degree preferred.
- Experience (3-5 years minimum) working in a healthcare (professional) billing, health insurance or equivalent operations work environment.
- Work experience in a client facing position, project management experience and/or customer service highly desirable.
- Healthcare (professional) billing, broad knowledge of CPT/ICD-10 coding, claim submission requirements and other related industry terminology and practical use.
- Knowledge of registration data requirements and health plan payors
- Thorough understanding of the revenue cycle and how the various components work together.
- Excellent verbal/written communication skills.
- Strong presentation skills.
- Project Management.
- Strong interpersonal, customer service and organization skills.
- Strong computer literacy skills.
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