Coordinator, Cost Accounting - REMOTE

Employment Type:

Shift:

Description:

Provides oversight & support of the workflow & functions in accordance with level of experience, education & standards. Assumes an expanded role & increased responsibility including delegating to others. Participates in the development of & the process improvement of policies & procedures. Works closely with leadership to maintain efficient & effective operations to ensure quality in daily operations. May partner with leadership with the selection, orientation & performance feedback of the team. Works cooperatively to ensure that key customer needs are being met & achievement of operational & performance goals.

Essential Functions:

Our Trinity Health Culture: Knows, understands, incorporates & demonstrates our Trinity Health Mission, Values, Vision, Actions & Promise in behaviors, practices & decisions.

Work Focus: Coordinates operational, technical and/or clerical support services that enhance or improve coordination, preparation & flow of the department process and core work. Plans & organizes workflows and prioritizes customers’ needs. May lead a small team; serves as a mentor. Creates & maintain procedural standards & records as appropriate for role. Develops & maintains educational programs for the team members, including new employee orientation.

Process Focus: Utilizes multiple system applications for data collection & management. Incorporates basic knowledge of TH policies, practices & processes to ensure quality, confidentiality & safety are prioritized. Demonstrates knowledge of departmental processes & procedures & ability to readily acquire new knowledge. Collaborate on performance improvement activities as indicated by outcomes in program efficiency & patient experience. Helps to identify opportunities, develop solutions & lead the team through resolution.

Communication: Employs effective & respectful written, verbal & nonverbal communications; Develops an environment of mutual confidence & trust through collaborative relationships; Effectively communicates goals, standards, program expectations, service performance & how the work serves Trinity Health objectives; Proactively recognizes, addresses &/or escalates organizational, operational, or team conflicts.

Environment: Performs work in a caring, collaborative & safe manner that complies with regulatory standards. Maintains a safe, functional & organized workspace environment. Stewards productive use of resources (e.g., people, financial, equipment, supplies, materials) to achieve assigned commitments, experiences & quality standards. Accountable for continuous role-based self-development & leadership growth. Supports the professional growth of team members. Self-monitors & initiates corrections and/or seeks assistance or guidance when needed.

Maintains a working knowledge of applicable Federal, state & local laws/regulations, Trinity Health Integrity & Compliance Program & Code of Conduct, as well as other policies, procedures & guidelines to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical & professional behavior & safe work practices.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance/accounting or other healthcare related area
• Five (5) or more years' experience in health care cost accounting/decision support, managed care, or reimbursement.
• Five (5) years’ experience with cost accounting systems and development of Relative Value Unit based cost.

Additional Qualifications (nice to have)

• Project management and project lead experience

Physical & Mental Requirements & Working Conditions

 Indirect / Healthcare Support Services: (OSHA: Healthcare support services mean services that facilitate the provision of healthcare services.) 

• Rare clinical / patient facing work environment.
• Includes continuous work time indoors (subject to travel requirements) under temperature-controlled & well-lit conditions; may encounter occasional variable external environmental conditions.
• Includes occasional lifting, up to 30 pounds unassisted, frequent travel & use of computer; Includes continuous sitting & may require rare long periods of continued walking, standing, stooping, bending, pulling & pushing.  

Direct Healthcare & Indirect / Support Healthcare Services: must be able to:  

• Adapt to frequent interruptions, shifting priorities & stressful situations; Attend to tasks until complete, understand & relate to complex ideas & concepts & be able to remember multiple tasks & regimens extending over long periods of time & work on concurrent tasks / projects.  
• Read small print, frequent ability to hear normal sounds & voice patterns, able to give / receive instructions & other verbal communications in-person & over the phone / computer / device / equipment assigned with some background noise.
• Perform frequent manual dexterity activities & occasional grasping/handling.
• Continuous attention to maintain a safe working environment & use of available personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Comply with Trinity Health’s policies & procedures. 

KEY: Average Workday Activity: Occasional (1% - 33%), Frequent (34% - 66%), Continuous (67% - 100%)  

*References OSHA 1910.502 https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1910/1910.502  

ADDENDUM: Functional Roles

• Lead the costing function for all new implementations, monitors, and reviews existing operations, and recommends improvements and refinements to costing standards.
• Serves as the enterprise subject matter expert (SME) on costing standards and is responsible for maintaining the Trinity Health standard policies and procedures for cost accounting.
• Trains and educates Decision Support (DS) staff and vested stakeholders.
• Serves on special projects, such as process improvement work, which focuses on data acquisition and/or data integrity.
• Provides routine development, maintenance, and communication of the Trinity Costing Standards including updates to Trinity Health costing standards manual (policies and procedures) for all business segments that include specific RVU methodologies to be applied by clinical area; standard/default assignments of direct and indirect departments; remap rules and underlying statistics and allocation rules and underlying statistics.
• Monitors and reviews existing operations for compliance with Trinity Health standards with respect to direct and indirect classifications, detailed cost components, summary cost components, mapping of GL to detail cost components, standard remap rules, standard allocation rules, and RVU specific methodologies.
• Collaborates with DSS analysts in the annual review of RVUs, Remaps and Allocations with clinical and operational leaders.
• Conducts cost sessions with clinical and operational leadership. Leads group sessions, translates technical issues, & provide staff support on functional projects, assignments, and analysis.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
 

Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, Catholic healthcare systems in the nation. Built on the foundation of our Mission and Core Values, we integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do. Our colleagues have different lived experiences, customs, abilities, and talents. Together, we become our best selves. A diverse and inclusive workforce provides the most accessible and equitable care for those we serve. Trinity Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by law.