Application Analyst III - Professional Billing

Position Summary

This position is responsible for the implementation, enhancement, and support of software applications following industry standards and best practice. The analyst will be required to define requirements, system design, analysis, build/configuration, testing, implementation, documentation, and support the applications that meet the specifications of a project or service request.

Position Summary

This position is responsible for the implementation, enhancement, and support of software applications following industry standards and best practice. The analyst will be required to define requirements, system design, analysis, build/configuration, testing, implementation, documentation, and support the applications that meet the specifications of a project or service request.



Key Responsibilities Include, But Not Limited To

• Takes initiative to meet and get consensus with end users for ongoing review of workflows associated with upcoming enhancements or system changes.
• Coordinates and performs cross functional team evaluation, testing, and implementation of defect patches, system upgrades and releases according to the Information Services support model and change control procedures. Proactively evaluates and recommends business process and technology driven enhancement opportunities based on application system upgrades, releases and patches.
• Ability to effectively analyze and resolve complex issues
• Provides well-written and effective professional and technical documentation.
• Demonstrates ability to manage small to medium scope projects following standards and procedures set by PMO methodology. Takes responsibility to make things happen and get things done for successful project delivery. Stays informed on current market trends and emerging technology developments that impact the department. Uses subject matter expertise to propose multiple alternatives and recommend optimal solution. Makes effective decisions for self and team within scope of authority.
• Adherence to Service Level Agreement (SLA). Recommends and coordinates activities with internal and external resources as needed to improve performance.
• Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication in a professional style, both inside and outside of department, with customers in mind.
• Promotes cooperation and commitment within the team by working collaboratively with others and facilitating cross-team involvement. Communicates strengths, shares expertise and draws upon other members skills to improve team and department performance.
• Holds self personally accountable to meet or exceed team expectations and reinforces behavior in others.

• All Application Analysts are required to provide all core job duties for, but not limited to, the following applications to provide comprehensive tools for end users.

• Epic Electronic Medical Record, specifically Epic Resolute Professional Billing (SBO and non-SBO), Professional Claims, Charger Router, and associated Epic tools such as Reporting Workbench and Slicer Dicer, and integrated third party applications such as Optum Claims Manager, Trust Commerce, Instamed and Availity.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems or Healthcare related field or relevant work experience required- or higher.
• 5 + years of experience as analyst implementing vendor packaged software applications required.
• Advanced knowledge and experience in leading system analysis with special emphasis on system methodologies, projects management and business process reengineering related to information systems required.
• Ability to effectively support multiple complex applications and facilitate cohesive integration of software applications among IS Teams and with business and clinical operations.
• Works independently and demonstrates ability to train and mentor others with quantifiable and qualitative results.
• Proven ability to conduct analysis, document findings, draft plans, execute, monitor and follow up.
• Advanced knowledge and experience with coordinating testing strategies to ensure accuracy, functionality and reliability of the system across modules.
• Effectively leading projects including both IS and system business partners according to Information Services project methodology, within budget, and on time.
• Independently motivated to seek knowledge through self-education, mentoring, etc. in areas pertaining to their current position.
• Advanced knowledge of functional and technical operations of supported applications to effectively function as a consultant for IS, vendor and the business partner.
• Recognized as a source of advanced knowledge and proactively functions in that capacity when sought after by others.
• Obtains and maintains current primary and secondary system certifications from the vendor and continued education/learning to understand the functionality of application(s)…