University of Washington

Financial Clearance Program Operational Analyst

University of Washington$81K — $122K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Healthcare Administration, Business, or related field
  • 4-6 years in Patient Access roles or related positions with demonstrated analysis skills
  • Strong knowledge of Patient Access systems such as Epic and related software
  • Proven problem-solving and issue resolution abilities
  • Experience in operational workflow development and documentation

Responsibilities

  • Develop and optimize the Financial Clearance workflow processes
  • Analyze and enhance business procedures for operational efficiency
  • Coordinate and implement system updates and upgrade processes
  • Ensure high-quality data input for accurate claims processing
  • Document customer requirements and workflows
  • Monitor and maintain systems, addressing issues as they arise
  • Conduct QA and identify patterns for training opportunities

Benefits

  • Generous health and retirement benefits
  • Flexible work schedule with a remote option
  • Access to professional development and training opportunities
  • Supportive work environment focused on employee well-being
  • Potential for career advancements within UW Medicine
Full Job Description

Job Description

UW Medicine Enterprise-Wide Revenue Cycle Operations has an outstanding opportunity for a Financial Clearance Program Operations Analyst

WORK SCHEDULE

100% FTE

Weekdays

Remote

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS

The Financial Clearance Program Operational Analyst is responsible for working on issue resolution and workflow optimization and development requiring a broad knowledge of all aspects of Patient Access workflows, and assigned applications and tools, such as Epic, Optum/AccuReg,  in addition they must be able to understand the impact to other systems that interact within the workflow and other related Patient Access systems.

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Primary responsibility for this role is Financial Clearance workflow development, optimization, and documentation.
  • Analyze business processes and procedures with a focus on operational system enhancement opportunities to ensure the tools are maximized for business use
  • Proactively review and evaluate system updates and coordinate upgrade implementation, including analysis, system development, operational workflow development, using operations and IT input and involvement through testing and implementation to ensure success
  • Ensure systems and tools support Patient Access processes and result in the input of the highest quality of data required to produce clean claims and reduce denials.
  • Define and document customer requirements.
  • Proactively monitor and maintain systems, promptly report any issues to the Financial Clearance WQ Business Systems Analyst.
  • Perform problem resolution.
  • Develop and maintain QA documentation.
  • Identify error patterns and recommend training or revised workflows.
  • Provide regular status reporting.

REQUIREMENTS

  • Bachelor's Degree in Healthcare Administration, Business, or related field
  • At least four-six (4-6) years in Patient Access positions as a strong subject-matter-expert or other similar position where analysis and problem solving skills have been demonstrated
  • Working knowledge of Epic Prelude, Referrals/Auth-Cert, Grand Central, Prelude, Cadence/Scheduling, hospital billing systems, and other hardware and software systems related to Patient Access.
  • Equivalent experience may substitute for degree requirement

Compensation, Benefits and Position Details

Pay Range Minimum:

$81,780.00 annual

Pay Range Maximum:

$122,676.00 annual

Other Compensation:

-

Benefits:

For information about benefits for this position, visit https://www.washington.edu/jobs/benefits-for-uw-staff/

Shift:

First Shift (United States of America)

Temporary or Regular?

This is a regular position

FTE (Full-Time Equivalent):

100.00%

Union/Bargaining Unit:

Not Applicable

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