Charge Master Analyst (Medical Coding Analyst)

Job Description

Join UChicago Medicine as a Charge Master Analyst in our Ambulatory Revenue Capture department. The Charge Master Analyst is responsible for maintaining and analyzing the hospital's billing master files. This team performs regular audits to ensure accuracy, as well as analysis activities to support the company's budget. This is a remote, work from home opportunity and you may be based outside of the greater Chicagoland area.

The Charge Master Analyst provides technical and administrative support for the Hospitals’ billing system master files, Charge Master and department master.  Project work relating to those three files include 1) the development of additional functional requirements for the files, 2) the maintenance of a charge code volume database, and 3) the development and maintenance of financial databases that contain various types of Charge Master and/or financial data.

Essential Job Functions

• Provides technical and administrative support to maintain the hospital's charge master and department master files and supporting paper file system (prices, codes, activity descriptions/numbers)
• Assists in the management of the Hospitals annual price increases project, including all documentation, communication with payers and revenue center managers, and audits for integrity
• Maintains file integrity
• Performs audits of the Pharmacy system to ensure correct drug pricing
• Prepares functional specifications concerning information systems changes affecting both master files
• Designs forms and formats
• Verifies files and analyses to support budget and variance analysis activities
• Participates on ad hoc committees to represent the Charge Master
• Assists the Information Services staff in the testing and implementation of software enhancements
• Develops Charge Master table enhancements
• Keeps abreast of regulatory billing and compliance issues through continuing education

Required Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or Health Care with significant course work in computer science or equivalent work experience of a minimum three years
• One to two years relevant experience, preferably in health care operations
• Significant work experience in CPT, ICD10, and UB04 billing
• Knowledge of medical terminology requireD
• Strong analytical, problem solving, and organizational skills
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and in a team environment
• Competent in business functions, procedures, and information flows
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Computer skills including mainframe and file management (importing, downloading, and merging files), word processing, spreadsheet, and database management programs (Access or FoxPro)
• Coding Certification Example: AHIMA Certification or AAPC Certification

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior CDM experience 
• Advanced excel skills
• Epic Certification 

Position Details

• Job Type: Full Time (1.0 FTE) 
• Shift: Days
• Work Location: Full Time Remote
• Department: Ambulatory Revenue Capture
• CBA Code: Non-Union 

Why Join Us

We’ve been at the forefront of medicine since 1899. We provide superior healthcare with compassion, always mindful that each patient is a person, an individual. To accomplish this, we need employees with passion, talent and commitment… with patients and with each other. We’re in this together: working to advance medical innovation, serve the health needs of the community, and move our collective knowledge forward. If you’d like to add enriching human life to your profile, UChicago Medicine is for you. Here at the forefront, we’re doing work that really matters. Join us. Bring your passion.

UChicago Medicine is growing; discover how you can be a part of this pursuit of excellence at: UChicago Medicine Career Opportunities.

UChicago Medicine is an equal opportunity employer.  We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, civil union status, parental status, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status and other legally protected characteristics.

Must comply with UChicago Medicine’s COVID-19 Vaccination requirement as a condition of employment. If you have already received the vaccination, you must provide proof as part of the pre-employment process. This is in addition to your compliance with the Flu Vaccination requirement as well. Medical and religious exemptions will be considered consistent with applicable law. Lastly, a pre-employment physical, drug screening, and background check are also required for all employees prior to hire.

Compensation & Benefits Overview

UChicago Medicine is committed to transparency in compensation and benefits.  The pay range provided reflects the anticipated wage or salary reasonably expected to be offered for the position.

The pay range is based on a full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) and is reflective of current market data, reviewed on an annual basis. Compensation offered at the time of hire will vary based on candidate qualifications and experience and organizational considerations, such as internal equity. Pay ranges for employees subject to Collective Bargaining Agreements are negotiated by the medical center and their respective union.

Review the full complement of benefit options for eligible roles at Benefits - UChicago Medicine.