Epic Business Intelligence Developer

JOB SUMMARY

The EPIC Business Intelligence Developer at North Mississippi Health Services is responsible for supporting critical analysis, business function, and decision making by staying attuned to business challenges, monitoring data, and creating reporting, extracts and dashboards. This role assists line of business stakeholders in working closely with administrators, providers, payers, and other staff to investigate and design initiatives in order to generate value from data through data-driven decision-making and business growth. This role requires EPIC Clarity Data Model Certification and engages technical and organizational skills to complete duties and identify opportunities for process alignment to best practice to achieve optimal results, measurable change, and a quantifiable, positive contribution.

| **JOB** **FUNCTIONS** | | --- | * Responsible for all stages of the business intelligence cycle: understanding business objective, collecting business requirements and translating them into data requirements, designing and developing reports or dashboards (code and visualization), scheduling and deployment of business intelligence components in accordance with supplied standards and best practices, and completing accurate and timely documentation. * Possesses depth within a specialized, critical discipline and/or breadth of substantive professional knowledge that crosses disciplines within the professional field. * Uses various software applications such as desktop tools, spreadsheets, report writing software, statistical software, graphical presentation tools, and Business Intelligence applications to assemble, manipulate and/or format data. * Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes, or services. * Works with Application Analysts to test and validate reports after installation and implementation of system patches, service utilities and version upgrades as assigned. * Leads functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity as needed. * Leads others to solve complex problems; uses sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgment and identify innovative solutions. * Impacts the achievement of customer, operational, project, or service objectives; work is guided by functional policies. * Works independently, with guidance in only the most complex situations. * Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view. * Analyzes quantitative and qualitative data throughout the course of the denials management program, including the development of data collection strategies. * Performs data analysis and summarizes findings for stakeholder review. * Interprets and manages data within relational databases to ensure expeditious access, meaningful relationship, validity, pertinence, and reporting timeliness. * Develops performance dashboards with key performance indicators, formulas, and other related data to track trends on both a micro and macro level. * Prepares, maintains, reviews, and submits reports that create interest, impact, and credibility for decision-making to management. * Manages process improvement technical initiatives and projects within the enterprise by recognizing process improvement opportunities, engaging stakeholders, conducting and communicating root cause of denials (e.g., discrepancies in patient account information, coding, charging, documentation, etc.), and developing and executing plans to achieve best practice efficiency. * Serves as a resource to download and compile benchmarking and best practices data. * Designs , and develops and troubleshoots concise reporting packages, extracts, and dashboards that implement complex programming processes to support key business functions and initiatives. * Identifies potential sources of data and assists in developing data-driven initiatives to resolve any issues. * Completes additional assignments and maintains current knowledge of the data analytics field by following industry trends, as well as completing any required ongoing training and instruction. * Provide rotating 24/7 on-call support for issues with interfaces that occur outside of normal business hours

		QUALIFICATIONS
	Education
	Education Level			Education Details				Required/Preferred
	Bachelor's Degree			Computer Science, Information Technology or related field				Required			Or
	Associate's Degree			In related field with 4 Years applicable experience				Required
	Licenses and Certifications
	Licenses and Certifications			Licenses and Certifications Details			Time Frame		Required/ Preferred
				Epic Clarity Data Model Certification			within 120 Days		Required
Work Experience
Number of Years				Work Experience Details		Required/ Preferred
1-3 years				Minimum 2 years of experience in healthcare analytics with SQL to include creating and writing reports		Required				And
1-3 years				Minimum 2 years advanced experience with Microsoft Excel (pivot tables and pivot reporting, lookup, advanced formulas)		Required				And
1-3 years				Minimum 2 years of experience working in a healthcare environment		Preferred				And
Knowledge Skills and Abilities
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities				Required/Preferred		Proficiency
Demonstrated knowledge in enterprise-wide analytics architecture including data integration, data modeling, and master data management				Required		N/A
Comprehensive understanding of clinical or business principles to evaluate information system and healthcare regulatory needs				Preferred		N/A
Must have proficiency with data visualiation technology (Epic Cogito, Tableau, Power BI, etc.)				Required		N/A
Must be able to handle analysis, design, system configuration and testing tasks at a low to medium level of complexity.				Required		N/A
Identify and understand issues, problems, and opportunities; compare data from different sources to draw conclusions; use effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions; take action that is consistent with available facts, constraints, and probable consequences.				Required		N/A
Use appropriate interpersonal styles to establish effective relationships with customers and internal partners; interact with others in a way that promotes openness and trust and gives them confidence in one's intentions.				Required		N/A
Must demonstrate strong critical thinking and analytical reasoning skills.				Required		N/A
Must demonstrate knowledge of project management principles as they relate to assigned tasks.				Required		N/A
Take prompt action to accomplish objectives; take action to achieve goals beyond what is required; be proactive.				Required		N/A
Must demonstrate exemplary customer service skills.				Required		N/A
Must be detailed oriented, organized and have strong multitasking ability.				Required		N/A
Clearly convey information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message.				Required		N/A
Experience with Epic Cogito				Preferred		N/A
Must have proficiency in Microsoft Office applications – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, with proficiency in Microsoft Visio and Project				Preferred		N/A

**SCOPE**
**Freedom To Act:**
**Problem Solving:**
**Impact:**
**Financial Responsibility:** * Sales Revenue Target Responsibility: * Approval Responsibility: * P & L Responsibility: * Assets Controlled: * Controllable Expenses (e.g., Payroll and other budgeted items): * Total Financial Responsibility: **Budget Responsibility** * Primary Budget Responsibility: * Shared Budget Responsibility: