Lead Programmer Analyst - Revenue Cycle

Position Summary

At Stony Brook Medicine, a Lead Programmer Analyst - Revenue Cycle is a valuable member of our team, who will develop and support all revenue cycle systems that the department is responsible for. The incumbent may be assigned to a project team as part of technical build resource, or support any production systems to ensure the availability of the applications. The Senior Programmer/Analyst may also oversee the work of Lead Programmer/Analyst as needed.

Duties

• Provide support to all Revenue Cycle applications including Siemens INVISION, Cerner, Eclipsys, Craneware, HANYS, 3M.
• Provides technical and strategic input to leadership team to help drive transformational changes.
• Provides recommendations on industry and application integration trends in analyzing and planning current and future IT needs.
• Establishing architectural standards and frameworks to ensure that standards are consistently applied.
• Provides technical guidance on complex and cross application architecture challenges.
• Plan an active role as a technical expert during all phases of the application development life cycle.
• Participates in architecture brainstorming and design discussions with team members.
• Responsible for coordinating activities of the technical and functional teams that include resolve system design issues, identify technical and infrastructure requirements, develop testing, training and conversion plans.
• Development workflow documentation.
• Coordinates appropriate resources in the development of foreign system and instrument interface specifications.
• Work closely with Project Manager on all aspects of the project.
• Assists in development of detailed project plans in regard to the build tasks necessary to complete the projects.
• Determines the order and timing in which tasks must be completed.
• Develops and maintains environmental/domain planning according to project timelines.
• Aid project teams in planning and coordination of testing and training plans.
• Identifies the resources needed and the role of each member of the project team.
• Maintains projects continually in terms of the timeline and overall quality.
• The incumbent facilitates communication between all parties involved in an implementation to ensure that the teams are effectively working together.
• Makes sure to monitor projects continually in terms of the timeline and overall quality.
• Facilitates the resolution of issues within the framework of the project team, and escalates major issues to executive-level steering committees.
• Must work closely with the vendor and internal resources to resolve open issues.
• Support of OHPAC system.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in computer science, information systems or related field.
• At least 3 years experience in healthcare related IT revenue cycle applications.
• Minimum three years experience in a complex healthcare environment, preferably in academic medical centers or tertiary care settings.
• Experience with Siemens Invision, Craneware and Cerner applications, including PMOffice, AccessHIM, CPDI, Batch Scanning.
• Experience with Revenue Cycle architecture, system conversions, interfaces, system migration with onboarding new hospitals, integration of downstream systems, SPARCS, charge reconciliation, charge master maintenance, reimbursement methodology and reporting.
• Experience with OHPAC or Soarian.
• Experience in a hospital or healthcare IT environment.
• Experience with hospital information systems (e.g. Cerner, Siemens, Clairvia, 3M).
• Knowledge of software development methodologies and best practices.
• Additional technical, leadership or Project Management experience.