Kforce has a client that is seeking an EDI Specialist in Huntington Beach, CA. Summary: The EDI Specialist will analyze, troubleshoot, and support data interchanges and supporting processes. This role will ensure these processes are working properly to enable the efficient exchange of information between organizations or among internal units. This professional will be responsible for assessing the business needs, analyzing data interchange files, maintaining, and troubleshooting EDI issues with an eye towards root cause analysis and optimization. This position reports to the Chief Information Officer (CIO). Responsibilities: * Maintenance, troubleshooting, and support of existing data interchanges, including Ingestion, extraction, and reconciliation of data files from all sources * Support and remediation of files and data sent to regulatory partners, including CMS. Serve as the primary resource for researching and correcting encounter data rejections * Provides education to internal resources and external trading partners concerning EDI guidelines and capabilities * Analyze data, business rules, and companion guides to create accurate and effective EDI mapping documents for existing and new data interchanges * Analyze requirements, test systems, export data in EDI formats, and be able to load and transform EDI files into accessible data formats * Document all analysis and reporting projects following established department protocols to ensure transparency and repeatability * Create and operate within time-based workflows, ensuring data interchange occurs on time and within accuracy constraints of trading partners and regulators * Maintain knowledge of existing and emerging regulatory changes and how they impact operational processes and beyond * Operate and maintain SFTP connections with existing and new trading partners, including working with IT resources to implement SFTP connections