Strategic Data Analyst
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Strategic data analyst transforming Northwestern Medicine hospital billing coding data into dashboards, KPIs, and insights. Supporting revenue-cycle performance, compliance, technology optimization, and coding leadership remotely.
Responsibilities:
- Transform coding, revenue cycle, operational, and financial data into actionable insights for Coding Leadership
- Develop, maintain, and enhance dashboards, scorecards, KPIs, routine reports, and ad hoc analyses
- Analyze coding and revenue cycle data to identify trends, risks, variances, and improvement opportunities
- Provide actionable recommendations to leadership and operational teams
- Translate analytical findings into reports, presentations, and visualizations
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to resolve issues and support reporting needs
- Use Epic, computer-assisted coding technology, Power BI, Microsoft applications, and reporting tools to evaluate functionality and validate requirements
- Coordinate user acceptance testing and post-implementation validation
- Optimize operational performance
- Document workflows, support upgrades and troubleshooting, manage IS ticket documentation and status reporting
- Serve as a subject matter expert for Epic and CAC workflows
- Lead and support reporting, technology, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Apply project management principles, strengthen data integrity, document requirements and decisions, and streamline workflows
- Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements:
- Must reside in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, or Wisconsin
- Associate’s degree in health information management, Health Informatics, or a related field; or equivalent education and relevant experience
- 3 years of data analytics experience
- Working knowledge of key performance indicator management
- Advanced Microsoft Excel functions
- Microsoft Office proficiency
- Epic and computer-assisted coding technology knowledge
- Applicable Epic reporting certification required at hire or within six months
- AHIMA or AAPC membership
- No licensure required
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Critical thinking and ability to make recommendations
- Clear written and verbal communication
- Effective cross-team collaboration
- Ability to manage competing priorities and maintain accountability
- Preferred: acute care revenue cycle experience
- Preferred: project management experience
- Preferred: healthcare coding analytics experience
- Preferred: EPIC Cogito, Reporting Workbench, Slicer Dicer, or applicable Epic reporting experience
- Preferred: dashboard development and data visualization
- Preferred: budget, productivity, and quality analysis
- Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in health information management, Health Informatics, or a related field; or equivalent education and relevant experience
- Preferred: RHIA coding credential
- Background check required for newly hired team members and, at times, internal transfers
Benefits:
- Tuition reimbursement
- Loan forgiveness
- 401(k) matching
- Lifecycle benefits
- Benefits supporting physical, emotional, and financial well-being
- Protection for unexpected life events
- Remote work arrangement
- Potential sign-on bonus eligibility subject to posting rules
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