Clinical Revenue Supervisor

* Oversees the AR follow-up and denial resolution process with minimal direct oversight.* Proactively reviews current workflows for AR resolution with the intention to improve, implement, communicate and maintain an efficient AR resolution process.* Identifies and resolves the systematic and/or operational root causes of denials and outstanding AR.* Oversees and manages the AR follow-up work queues (WQ) and proposes both short and long-term enhancements that support business needs.* Assists manager with maintaining payer scorecards, creating payer meeting agendas, and communicating issues to provider representatives.* Works with the payers on escalated account resolution, identifies and submits high-complexity and other escalated payer projects.* Creates simple to moderately-complex reports that are necessary for payor projects using a variety of business tools.* Proactively reviews payer communication, initiates payer policy and rule change implementation, and proposes changes to front-end or back-end edits.* Communicates clearly and professionally with the other UCPG units, clinical departments, external vendors, and payers in effort to build partnerships that result in denial resolution and prevention.* Provides AR follow-up expertise to other UCPG and UCM business units as needed.* Works closely with the Coding Education team to suggest opportunities for coder and provider training.* Assists clinical departments in resolving escalated AR and denial issues.* Works with Hospital Billing (HB) team on AR issues that cross between PB, HB, or SBO applications.* Provides AR follow-up training to existing and new AR follow-up staff.* Completes quality audits for denial and AR resolution activities.* Creates denial Appeal, Reconsideration, and Letter of Medical Necessity Letter templates and trains staff in effectively using these templates.* Creates workflows and assists manager in developing and documenting policies and procedures.* Provides support to UCPG and external entities for any AR issues.* Provides root cause analysis of AR issues and denials and implements tools and solutions to reduce denials and other manual AR follow-up work.* Provides direct support to AR resolution in effort to better identify trends and new issues.* Assists the manager in monitoring and trending AR and denials, provides root-cause analysis, assists in root cause resolution and identifies opportunities to improve workflows.* Supervises the day-to-day activities of the Clinical Revenue support staff.* Prepares departmental compliance efforts by participating in training sessions, performing audits, and promoting an understanding of procedures, policies, and expectations.* Prioritizes chart documentation and maintaining requirements within the department. Ensures all processes involved in accurately posting professional fees.* Has a moderate/solid understanding of coding procedures, workflow issues, billing infrastructure, and performance of Clinical Revenue staff. Informs department administrators, physicians, and Coder/Abstractors of regulatory changes.* Participates and may lead in training sessions, performing audits, and promoting an understanding of procedures, policies, and expectations in promotion of compliance efforts.* Performs other related work as needed.* Experience with physician revenue cycle specific AR follow-up and denial resolution.* Experience with diagnosis and CPT coding terminology.* Experience with charge correction activities.* Experience using physician billing/revenue cycle software and electronic medical records system.* Proven ability to effectively develop and introduce procedures and processes to others both within Department and with Manager/individuals in other UCM departments.* Previous EPIC experience.* PC experience and MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).* Confidentiality/discretion must be maintained at all times.* Ability to handle multiple concurrent tasks in a competent and professional manner in a fast paced atmosphere.* Ability to understand medical terminology/documentation.* Ability to solve problems independently with limited direction from the supervisor.* Ability to work for long periods of time in a sitting position, or at a keyboard.* Ability to bend/kneel to access files in filing cabinets or storage boxes.* Ability to drive or commute to various sites for meetings.* Ability to work flexible hours.* Demonstrated knowledge of third-party payer systems and related rules and regulations.* Demonstrated analytics and report knowledge.* Comprehensive working knowledge word processing, database, and spreadsheet software.* Demonstrated knowledge of billing systems.* Ability to use electronic billing system.* Exceptional organization skills.* Excellent written and oral communication skills.When applying, the document(s) **MUST** be uploaded via the **My Experience** page, in the section titled **Application Documents** of the application.The University of Chicago is an urban research university that has driven new ways of thinking since 1890. 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