Community Health Systems is one of the nation’s leading healthcare providers. Developing and operating healthcare delivery systems in 47 distinct markets across 16 states, CHS is committed to helping people get well and live healthier. CHS operates 79 acute-care hospitals and more than 1,000 other sites of care, including physician practices, urgent care centers, freestanding emergency departments, occupational medicine clinics, imaging centers, cancer centers and ambulatory surgery centers.

Summary:
This position is in the Revenue Management Department to prepare and file Medicare and Medicaid cost reports. After passing the CPA exam, the opportunity for moving into a manager role would be available in the Revenue Management Department.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Prepare annual Medicare and Medicaid cost reports
  • Ability to understand and apply general Medicare and Medicaid regulations to specific hospital fact patterns.
  • Ability to communicate with corporate and hospital financial staff to obtain information required to file Medicare and Medicaid cost reports.
  • Ability to communicate reimbursement results of Medicare and Medicaid cost reports to corporate and hospital staff
• Support Medicare and Medicaid audits, appeals, amendments and reopenings for prior year cost reports
• Identify potential reimbursement opportunities; including Medicare geographic reclassification, Disproportionate Share, Medicare rural hospital designations, state and local governmental funding programs, Medicaid rate setting, and other critical reimbursement areas
• Communicate with Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) to resolve issues
• Communicate with Medicaid State Agency auditors to resolve issues

Qualifications:
Required Education: BS. /B.A. in Accounting
Preferred Education: GPA 3.0 or greater

Required License/Registration/Certification: Candidates should be currently working to obtain or planning to obtain CPA certification

Computer Skills Required: Proficient Excel skills

Physical Demands:
In order to successfully perform this job, with or without a reasonable accommodation, the following are outlined below:

• The Employee is required to read, review, prepare and analyze written data and figures, using a PC or similar, and should possess visual acuity.
• The Employee may be required to occasionally climb, push, stand, walk, reach, grasp, kneel, stoop, and/or perform repetitive motions.
• The Employee is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions and; therefore, job functions are typically performed under conditions such as those found within general office or administrative work.