Job Description

Community Health Systems is one of the nation’s leading healthcare providers. Developing and operating healthcare delivery systems in 43 distinct markets across 15 states, CHS is committed to helping people get well and live healthier. CHS operates 77 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.

Job description is as follows: 

Work with portfolio of hospitals conducting monthly reviews for financial reporting of net revenues, bad debt expense, cost report reserves, and the valuation of accounts receivable.Prepare annual Medicare and Medicaid cost reports Manage Medicare and Medicaid audits, appeals, 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 Manage miscellaneous projects relative to reimbursement and other net revenue initiatives Monitor state Medicaid legislative and regulatory changes Communicate with Medicare and Medicaid Intermediaries to resolve problems Develop analytical tools and management reports, including profitability models, financial indicator reports, and mandatory review checklists.

Candidate: 

BS in AccountingCPA or passed all 4 parts of the CPA exam2-3 years of experience Recent accounting experience with CPA firmGood analytical skillsGood task management skillsGood verbal and written communication skillsGood Excel skillsExperience with regulating review analysis 

The following are not requirements but are a "plus" 

Knowledge of Medicare cost reporting and reimbursement issues but health care experience is not a prerequisite for the position. Tax and public auditing backgrounds are a "plus." Strong GAAP accounting knowledge