Under the direction of the CDM & CGT Maintenance Manager, this position is responsible for coordinating the charge master system and function, including maintaining a complete, accurate, and standardized chargemaster. The role provides charge master expertise, support, education, guidance, and recommendations to clinical and administrative departments to help optimize net revenue.
Essential Duties
- Ensure the charge master and fee schedules align with government compliance policies and third-party payer requirements.
- Review, identify, and analyze CPT changes related to quarterly and annual AMA updates and regulatory changes.
- Work with revenue-producing departments to maintain consistency across the chargemaster and fee schedules, including descriptions, coding, additions, deletions, pricing, and other changes.
- Analyze the net revenue effect of proposed charge master and fee schedule changes.
- Conduct annual and quarterly charge master reviews and updates.
- Serve as a resource for Patient Financial Services staff on claim problems and denials, researching coding issues and recommending solutions.
- Support strategic pricing efforts to optimize reimbursement within budget guidelines.
- Help resolve revenue cycle issues and develop recommendations for improvement.
- Assist with policies and procedures for CDM, pricing policies, and charge capture processes.
- Build collaborative relationships with executive, clinical, and administrative leaders across the health system.
- Provide regulatory, reimbursement, and billing guidance and develop training to support compliance.
- Monitor compliance with federal, state, and corporate guidelines, including HCPCS/CPT updates and billing unit rule changes.
Requirements & Qualifications
Qualifications
- Associate's degree in business, Accounting, or Finance required.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in charge capture, coding, or charge description master work in a hospital or practice environment required.
- Epic experience preferred.
- CPC, CCS, or another coding certification preferred.
- Knowledge of healthcare revenue cycle functions, billing, and collection processes specific to the charge description master.
- Knowledge of CMS, state, and federal regulatory requirements and claim form data elements.
- Ability to identify data and analytic challenges, including data integrity, sampling, context, and consistency between sources.
- Experience supporting Revenue Integrity initiatives, implementation, or major process improvement and redesign.
- Strong planning, flexibility, communication, and listening skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
Location
New York, US
Employment Type
Full-time
Experience Level
Associate
Salary Range
$64,972 - $97,458
Remote work allowed
No
Posted
2 months ago
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