Applications Analyst - Epic Prelude

Position: Applications Analyst - Epic Prelude (Salaried, Full time)
Location: Northern

# Applications Analyst - Epic Prelude (Salaried, Full time)
Washington Regional Med. Ctr.

- Fayetteville, AR 72703## Overview Position Type Full Time Job Shift Days Education  Level4 Year Degree Category Information  Services## Description
** Organization Overview, Mission, Vision, and Values
** Our mission is to improve the health of people in the communities we serve through compassionate, high-quality care, prevention, and wellness education. Washington Regional Medical System is a community-owned, locally governed, non-profit health care system located in Northwest Arkansas in the heart of Fayetteville, which is consistently ranked among the Best Places to live in the country. Our 425-bed medical center has been named the #1 hospital in Arkansas for five consecutive years by U.S. News & World Report.

We employ 3,200+ team members and serve the region with over 40 clinic locations, the region’s only Level II trauma center, and five Centers of Excellence - the Washington Regional J.B. Hunt Transport Services Neuroscience Institute;
Washington Regional Walker Heart Institute;
Washington Regional Women and Infants Center;
Washington Regional Total Joint Center; and Washington Regional Pat Walker Center for Seniors.
** Position Summary
** The Applications Analyst – Epic Prelude reports to the Assistant Manager, Epic Applications. This position is responsible for advanced support, troubleshooting, maintenance, design, build, testing, implementation, and optimization of Epic Prelude and related patient access applications. The role partners with patient access, registration, scheduling, clinical operations, revenue cycle, health information management, compliance, information services, and Epic/vendor stakeholders to support accurate, efficient, compliant, and patient-centered workflows.

Key areas of responsibility include patient identity, registration, demographics, guarantor and coverage information, eligibility, benefits, authorization dependencies, work queues, enterprise records, application reliability, and cross-application integration.
** Essential Position Responsibilities
*** Maintain advanced knowledge of Epic Prelude functionality, including patient identity, registration, demographics, guarantor and coverage records, eligibility, benefits, authorization dependencies, work queues, enterprise records, interfaces, and downstream impacts across the health system
* Lead patient access, registration, scheduling, clinical, revenue cycle, compliance, internal information services, and Epic/vendor partners in developing Prelude enhancements, optimization initiatives, and workflow improvement projects
* Oversee Epic Prelude application design, build, configuration, maintenance, and validation to ensure functionality aligns with patient access operations, patient safety, regulatory, revenue cycle, and end-user requirements
* Perform complex analysis, build, implementation, and optimization of workflows supporting patient identification, pre-registration, registration, demographic updates, guarantor and coverage maintenance, eligibility verification, authorization handoffs, and workqueue management
* Configure and maintain patient, guarantor, coverage, registration, and related Prelude records in accordance with approved governance, data-integrity, and change-control processes
* Meet regularly with patient access leaders, registrars, schedulers, clinical departments, health information management, compliance, privacy, and revenue cycle teams to evaluate workflow concerns and identify opportunities to improve accuracy, efficiency, regulatory compliance, data quality, and user experience
* Lead coordinated testing for Epic Prelude, including unit, regression, system, integrated, interface,…