The Health Data Analyst at Children's Hospital Association is a domain expert in clinical coding, charge mapping, and healthcare terminology standards, delivering accurate and standardized analytics for pediatric hospitals. This role is based in Lenexa, Kansas with a hybrid in-office/remote arrangement. The position offers a salary range of USD 71,000 to 140,000 per year.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a subject matter expert for ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, CPT, and HCPCS coding systems.
- Support the development, maintenance, and optimization of CHA's proprietary Clinical Transaction Classification (CTC) charge code framework.
- Review and refine hospital charge to CTC mappings to enhance accuracy, consistency, and completeness.
- Apply clinical data standards such as OMOP CDM and SNOMED to back CHA analytic products and data models.
- Monitor regulatory updates, coding changes, and terminology revisions, ensuring compliance and communicating impacts to stakeholders.
- Identify gaps in terminology mapping and recommend improvements to advance data standardization.
- Provide guidance, education, and best practices on coding standards, terminology, and charge mapping.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support data integrity, coding forums, and organizational objectives.
- Assist internal and external stakeholders with coding, health data submissions, and research inquiries.
- Oversee the healthcare data acquisition process to ensure timely, accurate, and complete submissions from member hospitals.
- Perform remapping to align misclassified or legacy charges with updated CTC codes.
- Investigate data quality issues arising from coding or data elements and propose actionable improvements.
- Lead data quality initiatives related to coding and classification domains.
- Develop tools, resources, and procedures with member hospitals to enhance data submission processes and coding-related projects.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Health Informatics, Health Information Management, or a related field.
- Minimum of five years of professional healthcare experience with substantial exposure to classification and coding systems and data quality improvement.
- RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CHDA, CDIP, CCDS, or equivalent advanced coding certification required; additional specialty credentials are a plus.
- Expert knowledge of ICD-10-CM/PCS, CPT, HCPCS, and official coding guidelines.
- Strong familiarity with healthcare data standards (HL7, UB-04, FHIR) and clinical classification systems (ICD-9/10, CPT, MS-DRG, APR-DRG), including severity of illness and risk of mortality measures and quality indicators.
- Robust understanding of medical terminology, clinical workflows, and healthcare data across administrative, billing, and clinical domains.
- Experience with coding audits, CDI programs, revenue integrity initiatives, and maintenance of the charge description master is preferred.
- Proven ability to support enterprise systems, applications, or data platforms.
- Experience developing and maintaining data dictionaries and standardizing data capture, quality, and analysis processes.
- Knowledge of electronic health record systems and data analysis tools.
- Basic understanding of HIPAA and data security practices.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify and resolve data anomalies.
Benefits
- Competitive total compensation package
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Retirement savings program with generous company contributions
- Hybrid working model
- Health Savings Account with company contributions
- Wellness program
- Paid time off and personal days
- Nine paid holidays
- Paid parental leave
- And additional benefits
More About CHA
The compensation range shown is a guideline. The minimum is USD 71,000 and the maximum is USD 140,000. Final compensation depends on qualifications, skill level, and competencies, and reflects the role's location and may change with work location.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
CHA is dedicated to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion within our organization, our membership, the care delivered by children’s hospitals, and the broader healthcare community. We strive to cultivate organizational cultures where everyone is valued and able to participate in our mission. We acknowledge that racism hinders progress in improving children’s health and maintain a vigilant commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment.
Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.
