Roger Morris
Newark, NJ 07114
Cell: 443-***-****
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Career Overview
. Excess of 30 years of experience in the health care industry.
. 25 years of claims adjudication including grievance and appeals
processes.
. Strong systems expertise with various Facets (4.31 - 5.01), Amisys,
Erisco & QNXT.
. Superior skills in Product and Plan building in Facets NetworX Pricer.
. Script developing and testing in Facets Dev 1 and MO FA Patch.
. Experience HIPAA EDI X-12 conversion from 4010 - 5010.
. Strong 2+ years configuring HMO, PPO, and Medicare health plans in
NetworX's and QNXT.
. Excellent BA skills documenting and gathering requirements for various
healthcare initiatives.
Qualifications
. Extensive Business Analyst experience in healthcare including HMO, PPO,
POS, HSA/HRA CMS Medicare and Medicaid.
. Strong experience with Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
. Experience in simulating EDI data via the compliance maps during the
conversion process from ICD-9 to ICD-10.
. Proficient in EDI HIPPA compliant data via ANSI X-12.
. Experience in various operating systems QNXT, Facets including Facets
Data Model, Facets Claim Xten, and NASCO
. Experience configuring plans in Facets building products in the
Medical Plan includes the Benefit Summary, Product Variable Component,
Service Rules,
Service Definition, Service Procedure, Supplemental Procedure, Limit
Rules etc.
. Developed User Test Cases
. Executed and created various professional and facility testing
scenarios.
. Experience with Agile Scrum and ALM/Quality Center
. Excellent problem-solving abilities
. Strong analytical skills
. Hands-on and proactive
. Comfortable with change
. Fostering teamwork
. Experience and exposure to various applications
. System upgrades; Facets 4.21, 4.51, 4.71 & 5.01
. Excellent communication skills
. Broad knowledge of QA tools
. CPT -4, ICD-9, DRG Coding expertise
Work Experience
Senior Business Analyst
November 2013 - January 2014
Fidelis Care Business Analyst
Contracted to assist documenting and gathering requirements for the New
York state Medicaid claims department in compliant with various mandates in
accordance with the Health Care Reform Act effective January 1, 2014. I was
responsible for ensuring the Explanation of Benefits and Remittance Advice
captured these requirements and consequently developed by the IT
department. Notable requirements were the new delinquency grace period
language for members receiving and not receiving tax credits. Additional
requirements was changing language pertaining to Claim Appeal
notifications, member hours, phone numbers for members as well as TTY that
must be included with the EOB and remittance advices. Developed (UAT)
scenarios in Facets testing environment. Created various SQL queries in MO
FA Patch to assist IT in determining what tables to derive accumulators for
ACA members in Facets. I also assisted in incorporating the requirements
for the member and provider portals and maintaining our Requirements
Specification Document (RSD) in SharePoint. Participation in JAD session to
solicit and discuss requirements with all business owners and users. Ran
SQL (Oracle based) queries to obtain various data including deductible,
copayment and accumulators.
Business Analyst II
February 2013 - November,
2013
Care First Blue Cross & Blue Shield, Owings Mill, MD
Contracted to work in the implementation of the Federal government new
Affordable Care Act. I participate and initiate JAD sessions with the
Facets Configuration business users in gathering and writing High Level,
User, Functional and Non-Functional requirements in designing Medical,
Dental, and Vision products for the On and Off Exchange. My jurisdictions
include Maryland, District of Columbia and Virginia. I analyze current
Facets and surrounding systems to determine changes and impact during the
product building process. My focus centers on the processes for configuring
Product and Plan Identification numbers, Class and Subgroup structure,
Rating demographics and criteria. Discussing and developing procedures for
the new Native American Provider designations and Claim adjudication
impact. Participate in weekly requirements meetings documenting
requirements to assist me in developing and writing the Procedure
Requirements Document (PRD).
Senior Business Analyst January 2012 - December, 2012
Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Newark, NJ
Contracted as a Product Manager heading a staff of 23 analysts to convert
all health products lines, HMO, PPO, POS, DA, CMM, HMA, Customer Service,
Membership and Provider Portals and all other Benefit Systems including
NASCO & PIBA to CPL (Central Product Library). Gathering and documenting
client requirements. Update and develop new work flow processing procedures
for all business users. Created Change Requests, executed and developed UAT
scenarios in testing environment, identified and corrected all plan
defects, primarily CPT-4 coding. Participated in weekly JAD sessions with
various business teams to establish and ensure all target dates.
Facets Consultant August 2010 to March 2011
Excellus Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Rochester, NY
Load Simply Blue, Healthy Blue, Blue EPO products and plans for Excellus
BCBS on the Front End Tables in Facets 4.51. Verify and assign Product and
Plan ID's on Group Medical, Pharmacy and Incentive plans including
Subgroups, Classes, and Enrollment codes for Active and Cobra members. Load
Premium rates on the Medical Premium Rate Tables. Add/Terminated plans.
Coordinate Group membership implementation with Membership & Billing.
Conduct UAT Membership testing. Document defects via Share Point. Performed
MTM audits to validate and document accuracy. Prepared departmental
standard operating procedures. Ran SQL (Oracle) queries.
Facets Technical Consultant January 2010 to August 2010
Health Plus, Brooklyn, NY
Group, price and adjudicate APR/DRG inpatient Hospital claims for New York
in accordance with state mandate effective December 1, 2010. Initiated and
developed training for the APR.DRG process. Conducted and documented
APR/DRG Audits validating system performance. Implemented and coded UB04
information including patient and provider, demographics, ICD-9, CPT-4,
HCPC's, and Revenue codes in INGENIX. Obtained business requirements and
determined root cause. Performed manual UAT that was to be converted to
Facets 4.61. Developed and Implemented claim policies and procedures.
Business Analyst October 2009 to January 2010
Care First Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Baltimore, MD
Gathering and managing client requirements for Claims, Membership and
Billing, Provider Relations and Utilization Management Departments.
Document functional and technical requirements. Identify issues related to
Claims, Billing, Provider and Utilization Management and determine root
cause and analysis. Implement and design business workflows through writing
standard operating procedures. Created Project Management Requirements
Documents. Created and Ran SQL inquires for volume impact. Tested EDI
batches in anticipation of the conversion from the ICD-9 to the ICD-10.
Review and validate subscriber, including spouse and dependent data for
matching of subscriber name, identification number, dated of birth and
other pertinent information. This data compared to the data generated on
the 270/271 transaction report to confirm positive or negative results.
Created EDI data to run through the HIPAA Translation Manager Compliance
maps which generated the 834 Claims Remittance Advice to identify errors at
either Member, Group and/or transaction levels.
Facets Configuration Business Analyst February 2008 to June 2009
XL Health, Baltimore, MD
Configured Provider and Hospital Facility contracts including Long Term
Care, SNF, and Dialysis in the NetworX' Pricer. Established Service
Agreements and Identification numbers in the NetworX pricer. Uploaded CPT
and revenue codes, including deductibles, coinsurance copays in the Fee
Schedule Module. On the Benefits side configured products establishing
Service Rules, definition, payment, Limit rules, establish provider network
in the Product Variable Components table. Additional requirements were to
build AIAI, BSBS while documenting our product was configured in all
settings such as Office, Out-Patient and In-patient. Added Contract
Sections and Contract Terms based on selected benefit options by the group.
Created and executed test beds logging all defects for all contracts and
Medicare Advantage plans based on contract provisions and exceptions
including time filing. Tested and reconfigured all contract defects before
submitting contract for production review.
Claims Teams Leader/QNXT Analyst August 2006 to November 2007
Bravo Health, Baltimore, MD
Managed 20 claims analysts delegating assignments to analysts ensuring
accuracy and timely adjudicating of Medicare Advantage Claims. Responsible
for several claims projects requiring technical analytic skill to develop
new policies and procedures for grievance appeal claims. Reviewed and
determined liability on all Appeals, Grievances and complex medical claims.
Conducted UAT for claims including ICD-9 & CPT-4 diagnosis and procedure
codes. Written claim policies and procedures in accordance with company
guidelines. Coordinated and produced various claim reports via Crystal.
Supported IT in developing and testing claims for conversion to QNXT.
Senior Claims Analyst February 2002 to November 2005
Office Team Healthcare, Chicago, IL
Employed on multiple assignments ranging from reviewing and determining
HMO, PPO, Medicare and Medicaid benefits based on ICD-9 and CPT-4 diagnosis
and procedure coding. Validating Medicare benefits against the various
inpatient Pricers and Trailblazers.
Claims Auditor/Senior Analyst September 1986 to October 2002
Continental National Assurance, Chicago, Ill
Initially employed as a claims analyst evaluating and determining benefit
liability based on CPT-4 and ICD-9 procedure and diagnosis coding.
Evaluated and determined benefits for HMO, PPO, Medicare, Medicaid, Dental,
Vision, STD claims. Identified and coordinate efforts with Legal Department
regarding Fraudulent and Abuse claims. Assisted in development of the
claims department by writing On the Job training manuals.
Education and Training
University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
Business Management
Life Office Management Association (LOMA)
Chicago, IL
Insurance Curriculum