Job Type
Full-time
Description
The Payer Master Analyst manages payer, plan, and claim-routing data that supports operational workflows, appeals, and automation across the organization. This is a fast-paced role with the opportunity to work closely with strategic business leaders and gain exposure to healthcare revenue cycle management.
This role is responsible for payer master data integrity, plan standardization, routing logic, and submission rules to ensure accurate, scalable, and automation-ready operations. The analyst partners with Business Transformation, Denials Operations, Product, AI, Engineering, Data, and Client Implementation teams to maintain reliable payer infrastructure and improve workflow performance as systems evolve.
Key Responsibilities
Payer & Plan Configuration
• Build, maintain, and govern payer plan data across workflow and pricing systems.
• Configure and manage:
-Submission addresses and methods (portal, fax, mail)
-Contact information and escalation paths
-Timely filing and payer-level attributes
• Standardize payer and plan names, aliases, and identifiers.
Automation & Platform Enablement
• Maintain configuration logic that drives:
-Workflow rules
-Automation triggers
-Follow-up timelines
-Claim and appeal routing
• Partner with Product, AI, and Engineering to enhance payer data and routing logic.
• Maintain accurate routing across pricing, appeals, and automation workflows.
• Analyze and resolve routing exceptions and data discrepancies.
Data Quality & Auditing
• Audit payer master data to ensure accuracy, completeness, and integrity.
• Identify and resolve duplicates, mismatches, and client-specific data issues.
• Support exception handling and review workflows for data and routing issues.
• Apply data governance standards and naming conventions consistently.
• Support initiatives to reduce duplicate, inactive, and inconsistent records.
Cross-Functional & Operational Support
• Support client onboarding, releases, and post-production issue resolution.
• Manage a prioritized queue of configuration updates, fixes, and investigations.
• Recommend process improvements that increase accuracy, scalability, and turnaround time.
Requirements
Required Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in business, Health Information Management, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 2-4 years of experience in payer operations, healthcare business management, or professional services (e.g., accounting / consulting with healthcare client experience).
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and detail-oriented skills.
• Advanced Excel skills; experience with workflow, case management, or data systems preferred.
Preferred Qualifications
• Self-starter, able to handle ambiguity and take proactive ownership on a small team.
• Systems thinker: able to consider problems before they occur, and design solutions.
• Proficiency in Excel analytics and professional deliverables.
• Experience with payer master data, plan standardization, or routing logic.
• Understanding of EHR / EMR management (Epic, Meditech, Cerner).
• Understanding of healthcare claim, appeal, and denial workflows.
• Experience supporting automation-enabled workflows and data-driven process improvements.
• Client onboarding or production support experience.
Salary Description
$85,000 - 95,000 a yr
