Research Finance Analyst

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Evaluate clinical research protocols to assess their financial and operational implications.

• Collaborate with UofL Health departments to establish feasibility and identify relevant costs.

• Provide researchers with pricing information for necessary items and services.

• Review and sanction coverage analyses for billable items and services.

• Examine final clinical research budgets to ensure accurate coverage analysis, pricing, and cost allocation.

• Prepare and update coverage analysis documents to uphold compliant billing plans.

• Assess contracts, budgets, and consent forms for consistency.

• Promote billing compliance in conjunction with the Cerner Clinical Informatics team and UL Cancer Trials Program.

• Review Cerner PowerPlan builds at the initiation of studies and throughout clinical trials.

• Monitor and invoice non-patient accounts receivable for research services.

• Follow up on pending accounts receivable.

• Provide cross-training to ensure daily management of the research billing email account.

• Review anatomical pathology requests, generate daily system reports, and manage patient-accounting encounters to avert improper claims processing.

• Prepare, submit, and sustain local CMS and CGS approvals for investigational device trials.

• Complete Cerner POM and Epic Research Record setups as necessary.

• Adhere to company policies and undertake other assigned responsibilities.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Business (mandatory).

• Equivalent professional experience is acceptable.

• 3–5 years of experience in healthcare finance or revenue cycle operations (mandatory).

• A minimum of 3 years in clinical research (preferred).

• Education in medical terminology and coding (preferred).

• MBA, CCRP, CHRC, CPC (preferred).

• Capability to review clinical research protocols, contracts, budgets, consent forms, and coverage analyses.

• Familiarity with Cerner Clinical Informatics, Cerner POM, and Epic Research Record setup.

• Licensure: Not applicable (mandatory).

• Certification: Not applicable (mandatory).

• Ability to work 80 productive hours per pay period.

• Must consistently comply with company policies, procedures, and standards of conduct.

🏝️ Benefits

• Exempt position requires working 80 productive hours each pay period and is compensated biweekly.

• Daily hours are adaptable, provided that a minimum of 80 productive hours are completed.

• Opportunity for remote work from home.

• Additional hours may be accessible for meeting deadlines or special projects.