Financial Analyst- Specialist Services

Community Health Systems is a leading operator of general acute care hospitals and outpatient care centers in communities across the United States. CHS affiliates own, lease or operate 83 affiliated hospitals in 16 states with an aggregate of approximately 13,000 licensed beds. Healthcare services are also provided in more than 1,000 outpatient sites of care including affiliated physician practices, urgent care centers, freestanding emergency departments, imaging centers, cancer centers, and ambulatory surgery centers.

Community Health Systems is a leading operator of general acute care hospitals and outpatient care centers in communities across the United States. CHS affiliates own, lease or operate 83 affiliated hospitals in 16 states with an aggregate of approximately 13,000 licensed beds. Healthcare services are also provided in more than 1,000 outpatient sites of care including affiliated physician practices, urgent care centers, freestanding emergency departments, imaging centers, cancer centers, and ambulatory surgery centers.

Summary:
Financial Analyst will assist the Specialty Services Finance/Reimbursement Director in preparing and completing periodic financial statements, denial reports, productivity reports, census reports, and other types of analyses for specialty services within CHS acute care hospitals that include the behavioral health, inpatient rehabilitation, skilled nursing facility, and swing bed service lines.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

•  Prepare and assist in completing quarterly service line analyses for current hospital specialty services as indicated by Director. These analyses include year-to-date income statements specific to the types of services along with dashboards that show historical comparisons. Prepare quarterly summary reports for specific regions for these service lines. Requires the gathering of specific information and updating of numerous supporting analyses. Ensure accuracy of reporting.
• Serve as lead in completing daily census reports. Obtain census information for multiple service lines. Follow up for missing or late information. Become knowledgeable in how to set up daily reports in Google. Report census information to designated recipients. Reconcile daily census figures to other available census portals and information. Chart census information weekly and monthly.
• Serve as backup to Director in completing monthly, quarterly, and YTD census reports for recording in overall company reports.
• Prepare and assist in completing weekly staffing productivity analyses for each service line as indicated by Director. Work with Director to identify trends, variances, and issues.
• Prepare and assist in completing monthly reports tracking up-front and subsequent denials in aforementioned service lines as indicated by Director. This will include grouping denials by some combination(s) of type, reason, location, region, dollar amount, payor, and magnitude. Denial information will be distributed to designated recipients.
• Prepare and assist in completing reports that address types of services being provided within each service line. These analyses include, but are not limited to, length-of-stay trends, net revenue averages, payor mixes, specific reimbursement amounts, etc.
• Assist Director in identifying or modifying reports in existing analyses. Also assist in creating new analytical reports. Provide support and measurable information toward initiatives of Specialty Services department along with its leaders.
• Maintain schedule and follow up with service lines and facilities for key compliance and reimbursement correspondence such as CMS attestations, bed licenses, PEPPER reports, and change notifications. Compile routine reporting information for Specialty Services department and regions.

Qualifications
 Education: Bachelor’s degree (B.A. or B.S.) required; Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance preferred.

Experience: Previous financial analysis experience required; Two (2) to five (5) years of experience of performing relevant financial analyses in healthcare setting with multi-site/service line reporting and financial system support preferred.

Preferred License/Registration/Certification: CPA license or Certified Management license a plus but not required.

Computer Skills Required: High level of knowledge of and experience with software used for spreadsheets, word processing, and databases. High level of understanding of MS Excel or Google Sheets, particularly with use of pivot tables and graphics. Knowledge of Google, Cognos, Essbase, and Smartview is plus. Experience with general ledger and patient accounting systems such as HMS and MediTech is plus.

Physical Demands:
In order to successfully perform this job, with or without a reasonable accommodation, the following are outlined below:

•  The Employee is required to read, review, prepare and analyze written data and figures, using a PC or similar, and should possess visual acuity.
• The Employee may be required to occasionally climb, push, stand, walk, reach, grasp, kneel, stoop, and/or perform repetitive motions.
• The Employee is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions and; therefore, job functions are typically performed under conditions such as those found within general office or administrative work.