Review Vacancy
AgencyMental Health, Office of
TitleBusiness Systems Analyst 1/Trainee 1 & 2 (NYHELPS), Central Office;
Occupational CategoryOther Professional Careers
Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)
Salary RangeFrom $53764 to $66951 Annually
Duties Description The Business System Analyst (BSA-1) position will support the Inpatient billing team that is critical to maintaining and developing the core competencies to manage the annual revenue cycle of $1.1 billion.
Issues experienced after implementing a new billing system coupled with increased complexity and volume of reimbursement workflows have resulted in an increased volume of work routinely performed by the analysts. Diagnosis and remediation of billing edits and denials directly contribute to revenue generation and are highly time-sensitive due to health plan timely filing limits.
Primary duties of the incumbent on the Inpatient Billing Team will include (but are not limited to):
• Assist with monitoring issues resulting from systems used to claim a myriad payors (Medicaid, Medicare, health plans, counties, private pay) for inpatient services including the legacy and modernized billing systems. Remediate issues, as needed.
• Monitor and remediate billing edits and errors.
• With guidance from Principal HCFA, assist with ensuring the billing system is kept up to date with changes to the Federal, State, and Payor guidelines for inpatient billing. Work with supervisor and Vendor staff to coordinate such changes to the system(s), as needed.
• Perform regular and ad-hoc billing analyses to satisfy inquiries.
• Work on trend analysis of billing errors and denials, and co-ordinate reporting to the management.
Minimum Qualifications Non-Competitive Minimum Qualifications Under the NY HELPS Program:
Bachelor's degree or higher and two years of professional business analysis experience where your primary duty was performing three of the five following activities:
Using business analysis techniques to elicit requirements as the foundation for the solution to the organizations business needs (e.g., workshops, focus groups, interviews, observation, brainstorming, surveys/questionnaires, JAD Sessions).
Using business analysis techniques for the purpose of identifying solutions aimed at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the system, business process, or product/service to fulfill the business requirements (e.g., Data Flow Diagram, Business Process Model, Root Cause Analysis, Fish Bone Diagram, Context Diagram, Business Process Flows, or Fit-Gap Analysis).
Describing in a comprehensive written document what the system, process, or product service must do in order to satisfy the established business requirement; this includes creating, updating, and maintaining documentation through the system development life cycle (e.g., Business Case, Use Case, Business Requirements Document [BRD], Fit-Gap Analysis, Impact and Feasibility Analysis, Change Management Analysis).
Validating requirements throughout the product/system development life cycle (SDLC) including all changes to the processes that would enable an organization to achieve its goals.
Verifying requirements throughout the product/system development life cycle (SDLC) to ensure they perform to the required specifications and are capable of achieving the design capabilities; this includes developing test plans/scenarios and logical designs, testing the scenarios, reviewing test results, identifying constraints and risks, and/or communicating with stakeholders.
The following activities are not considered qualifying experience:
Conducting or overseeing operational audits or audits of internal controls to develop audit reports and make recommendations to management regarding policies, practices, procedures and resources - Responsibility limited to forms design and changes to forms.
Business related operational responsibilities, including serving internal and external customers, using a business system in the performance of daily operational duties, managing staff with business responsibilities, etc.
Information technology-related responsibilities such as hardware installation, network configuration, software administration and programming.
Development of instructional materials and classroom training.
Help desk duties including troubleshooting, resolving user issues, and providing customer service.
Transfer:
Candidates must have permanent status as a Business Systems Analyst 1 and be eligible for lateral transfer; OR be eligible to transfer via Section 70.1 of the Civil Service Law by having at least one year of permanent service in a qualifying title within two salary grades or one M-grade of this position.
Additional Comments Specific scheduled hours and telecommuting availability for this position will be discussed during the interview process. Please note, employees are required to apply and obtain approval through management to telecommute according to operational needs and Agency Telecommuting Program Guidelines.
The Mission of the New York State Office of Mental Health is to promote the mental health of all New Yorkers, with a focus on providing hope and supporting recovery for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances. Applicants with lived mental health experience are encouraged to apply. OMH is deeply committed to supporting underserved individuals, organizations, and communities. To this end, OMH is focused on implementing activities and initiatives to reduce disparities in access, quality, and treatment outcomes for underserved populations. A critical component of these efforts is ensuring OMH is a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees' unique attributes and skills are valued and utilized to support the mission of the Agency. OMH is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employerdiversity and promotes a workplace in which individual differences are recognized, appreciated, and respected. The New York State Office of Mental Health is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS). For the duration of NY HELPS, this title maybe filled via a non-competitive appointment, which means no examination is required but all candidates must meet the minimum qualifications of the title for which they apply.
At a future date, it is expected that employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non-competitive employment status converted to competitive status, without having to compete in an examination. Employees will then be afforded with all of the same rights and privileges of competitive class employees of New York State. While serving permanently in a NY HELPS title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified.
Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.
Email Address OMHHRM@OMH.NY.GOV
Address
Street NYS Office Of Mental Health
44 Holland Avenue
Notes on ApplyingTo be considered for this position, interested candidates should email a cover letter and resume as an attachment in Microsoft Word or PDF format to omhhrm@omh.ny.gov. Please include the title of the position and Vacancy ID #202072in the subject line of your email when applying.
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