Sr Consultant CMIS Job in Oakland, California US
Sr Consultant CMIS
Responsible for the overall quality of CMIS information for a designated service area. Manages the Eclipsys/TSI Decision Support System for multiple operating units. Serves as the CMIS representative to the assigned service area. Identifies and resolves any database issues to ensure accurate management reporting. Provides direction to analysts regarding database maintenance. Educates service area personnel about CMIS data and reports. Provides cost analyses to physicians, executives, and administrators within the hospitals, clinics, and the medical group. Manages ad-hoc projects to improve data accuracy and access region wide. Essential Functions: - Leads and manages region-wide projects to improve data accuracy and access. - Coordinates costing strategies at the national, regional, and local decision support and cost accounting levels. - Participates in the comparison of cost data among all service areas by developing and using uniform definitions and concepts for costing that assists in organizational analysis and decision making. - Analyzes and recommends changes in costing methodologies to enhance comparability of data. - Performs annual database maintenance activities to ensure accurate and timely data customer consultation, education and analysis. - Serves as a CMIS liaison to a designated service area. - Maintains a high level of customer satisfaction by guaranteeing data quality and servicing customer needs. - Produces periodic reports for internal customers to support ongoing hospital operations and management decision making. - Provides direction to analysts on opportunities for database improvement - Mentors new associates. - Educates management on the use of cost data and the capabilities of the Eclipsys/TSI system. - Develops training programs for the application of CMIS modules. - Conducts training classes on the use of the Eclipsys/TSI decision support system. - Assesses customer needs for additional functionality/tools and advises management for development consideration. - Plans and facilitates multi-disciplinary team meetings. - Maintenance of the Decision Support System. - Reviews/audits DSSM output, identifies data quality issues, researches causes, develops solution, prepares plan for corrective action, and implements plan. - Ensures data alignment between CMIS and source systems. - Develops, updates, and maintains cost standards for all services. - Works with department managers in operations, conducts cost studies, and educates management in the development of RVU's. - Reviews cost reasonability, cost matching, indirect cost allocation, and fixed variable splits in an effort to provide precise cost data. - Develops and maintains methodologies for allocating indirect departmental expenses to direct departments and IP's. - Communicates processing issues to regional decision support supervisor. - Works with CMIS team members to continually improve the CMIS database. - Inattention to this database would result in the rendering of incorrect strategic decisions. Qualifications: Basic Qualifications: - Progressive (usually 5-7 years) of experience in health care, hospital accounting, and Eclipsys/Transition System, Inc.(TSI) decision support required. - Project Management experience in healthcare preferred. - Consulting/teaching experience preferred. - Experience in working in a multi-disciplinary team. - Mainframe experience preferred. - Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience, in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, Information Management, Finance, Accounting or related field. - Master's degree strongly preferred. - Proven ability to determine key business issues and develop effective action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives. - Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses. - Excellent leadership, project management, and consulting skills. - Excellent verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills. - Proficient in PC databases, decision support tools, spreadsheets, and word processing. - Proven Project Management Expertise. - Strong analytic skills. - Strong leadership ability. - Strong problem solving ability. - Strong written and oral communication skills. - Excellent interpersonal skills. - Strong facilitation skills. - Strong presentation skills. - Attention to detail required. - Excellent teaching/mentoring skills. - Ability to multi-task and set priorities. - Ability to work autonomously. - Ability to travel to client sites in Southern California. - Excellent customer service, communication skills, analytical skills required.