Payer Payment & Reimbursement Analyst

About You

The Payer Payment and Reimbursement Analyst will work with the team members in healthcare payment & reimbursement methodologies, laws and regulations under the mentorship and guidance of the Project Manager. Tell us about your experience with Payment and Reimbursement Methodologies.

• Are you a team player and a self-motivator?
• What is your experience with conducting business in a way that is credit to a company?

We are counting on you to manage multiple projects using your problem-solving skills. We are looking for someone UNCOMMON. What is uncommon about you? Are you highly committed? Are you team-oriented? Do you value professionalism, trust, honesty, and integrity? If so, we cannot wait to meet you.

About The Position

Configure and maintain payment, pricing, and contract logic within healthcare reimbursement systems to ensure accurate claims adjudication.

Analyze vendor bulletins, regulatory updates, and system changes to assess impact on internal processes, products, and data systems.

Review and evaluate large healthcare data sets to identify trends, anomalies, and required system or process changes.

Interpret Medicare, VA, CHAMPVA, and TRICARE policies, including rulings, transmittals, bulletins, manuals, and physician fee schedule data files.

Collaborate directly with government agencies to clarify new or existing reimbursement and payment policies.

Translate reimbursement policy updates and payment methodology changes into clear, actionable business requirements for software design and system configuration.

Develop complex Excel models and formulas to validate, explain, and support payment methodologies.

Identify claim data characteristics required for testing pricing logic and configuration accuracy.

Partner with Developers, QA, Data, and Client Services teams to ensure requirements are implemented accurately and on schedule.

Create and execute test claims for development, UAT, QA, and configuration validation.

Perform configuration testing and troubleshoot pricing or payment discrepancies.

Maintain deep knowledge of company products, data, and services, including commercial contracting and reimbursement features.

Independently evaluate and resolve complex pricing and reimbursement issues while managing multiple priorities.

Core Competencies

• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills
• High attention to detail and quality
• Ability to synthesize complex policy and data into practical solutions
• Effective collaboration and communication
• Self-directed with strong prioritization skills

Minimum Requirements

• 3-4 years of professional experience in healthcare provider payment and reimbursement.
• Working knowledge of healthcare billing, compliance, and payer reimbursement regulations.
• Experience with professional and institutional payment fee schedules, including but not limited to:
• DRG, OPPS, Skilled Nursing, Home Health, Hospice, and ASCK
• Critical Access, Sole Community
• Behavioral Health
• Inpatient Rehabilitation/Outpatient Rehabilitation
• Long Term Care Hospital
• Federally Qualified Health Center
• Physician Fee Schedule, DME/DEMPOS, Ambulance, AWP, Lab, ESRD, Hospice, Home Health, Anesthesia, ADA
• Integrated Outpatient Code Editor (I/OCE)
• Experience with:
• Prospective Payment Systems (PPS), including: DRG, OPPS, Skilled Nursing, Home Health, Hospice, and ASCK
• Knowledge of:
• Critical Access
• Sole Community
• Behavioral Health
• Inpatient Rehabilitation/Outpatient Rehabilitation
• Long Term Care Hospital
• Federally Qualified Health Center
• Physician Fee Schedule, DME/DEMPOS, Ambulance, AWP, Lab, ESRD, Hospice, Home Health, Anesthesia, ADA
• Integrated Outpatient Code Editor (I/OCE)
• Ability to collect, research, interpret, and document complex information into clear and concise business requirements.
• Strong interpersonal and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with diverse internal and external stakeholders.
• SQL reporting experience preferred.

Preferred Requirements

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Access).
• Experience using web-based research tools and regulatory resources.
• Experience configuring TriZetto Facets NetworX.
• Experience configuring Optum Rate Manager.

About Us

You are uncommon. We are, too. We are looking for people to help us in our mission of working hard at lowering healthcare administrative costs for federal government agencies, payers, and providers. At Signature, our mission is to improve the health of our clients' business and make the lives of the people we work with better. As we continue to experience exponential growth, we are looking for uncommon individuals to enhance our vision. We will continue to accomplish our mission by leading with our values of Passion, Courage, Integrity, and Respect in all interactions, making us a consistent annual Best Places to Work organization.

About The Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Fully Paid Life Insurance
• Fully Paid Short- & Long-Term Disability
• Paid Vacation
• Paid Sick Leave
• Paid Holidays
• Professional Development and Tuition Assistance Program
• 401(k) Program with Employer Match