Charge Review Specialist, Specialty Laboratory (M-F, Day Shift)
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- Warren, Pennsylvania
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locations
Bethlehem, PA - 801 Ostrum St
time type
Full time
posted on
Posted 4 Days Ago
job requisition id
R125024
St. Luke's is proud of the skills, experience and compassion of its employees. The employees of St. Luke's are our most valuable asset! Individually and together, our employees are dedicated to satisfying the mission of our organization which is an unwavering commitment to excellence as we care for the sick and injured; educate physicians, nurses and other health care providers; and improve access to care in the communities we serve, regardless of a patient's ability to pay for health care.
This position will ensure optimization of laboratory revenue and reimbursement through effective work queue management and comprehensive vendor invoice reconciliation. The role is responsible for executing all charge related functions for the Network laboratories, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of billing activity. Responsibilities include reviewing and validating charges in accordance with established charging policies, regulatory requirements, and payer guidelines, supported by appropriate documentation within the patient medical record. This position serves as a key control point to mitigate revenue leakage, support compliance, and improve overall financial performance of the laboratory network.
JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Manage laboratory billing work queues to ensure timely, accurate, and complete charge capture across all Network laboratories.
Performs charge reconciliation for the assigned laboratory department(s). Review and balance charge reconciliation report each day for accuracy.
Perform endtoend charge review, validation, and reconciliation in accordance with established charging policies, regulatory requirements, and payer guidelines.
Ensures that all sendout laboratory tests have a finalized result documented in the patient chart and a corresponding billable charge.
Reconcile laboratory vendor invoices against performed services and contractual terms to ensure appropriate billing, reimbursement, and cost recovery.
Review patient medical records and supporting documentation to substantiate charges and resolve discrepancies prior to claim submission.
Identify, investigate, and correct charging errors, omissions, and variances to prevent revenue leakage and reduce denials.
Collaborate with laboratory operations, revenue cycle, compliance, and vendor partners to resolve charge and reimbursement issues.
Monitor trends in charge capture reimbursement outcomes; escalate systemic issues.
Support audits, compliance reviews, and payer inquiries by providing documentation, analysis, and corrective followup as needed.
Maintain current knowledge of laboratory billing regulations, coding standards, payer requirements, and internal policies.
Functions as the Epic (EHR) subject matter expert for laboratory billing and revenue reconciliation processes
Participate in process improvement initiatives to enhance revenue cycle efficiency, accuracy, and financial performance.
Prepare routine and ad hoc reports related to charge activity, reconciliation outcomes, and revenue impact for leadership review.
Maintains confidentiality of all materials handled within the Network/ Entity as well as the proper release of information.
Complies with Network and departmental policies regarding issues of employee, patient and environmental safety and follows appropriate reporting requirements.
Demonstrates/models the Network's Service Excellence Standards of Performance in interactions with all customers (internal and external).
Demonstrates financial responsibility and accountability through the effective and efficient use of resources in daily procedures, processes and practices.
Complies with Network and departmental policies regarding attendance and dress code.
OTHER FUNCTIONS:
Other related duties as assigned.
PHYSICIAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS: Sitting for up to 8 hours per day, 3 hours at a time. Consistent use of hands and fingers for typing, telephone, data entry, etc. Occasional twisting and turning. Uses upper extremities to lift and carry up to 10 pounds. Stoops, bends and reaches above shoulder level to retrieve files. Hearing as it relates to normal conversation. Seeing as it relates to general vision. Visual monotony when reading reports and viewing computer screen.
EDUCATION: High school diploma or equivalent required
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:
Required: clinical laboratory and/or charge entry experience
Preferred: Associates/Bachelor's; Epic Beaker experience
WORK SCHEDULE: Full time, as scheduled.
Please complete your application using your full legal name and current home address. Be sure to include employment history for the past seven (7) years, including your present employer. Additionally, you are encouraged to upload a current resume, including all work history, education, and/or certifications and licenses, if applicable. It is highly recommended that you create a profile at the conclusion of submitting your first application. Thank you for your interest in St. Luke's!!
St. Luke's University Health Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
About Us
Founded in 1872, St. Luke's University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 23,000 employees providing services at 16 campuses and 350+ outpatient sites. With annual net revenue in excess of $4 billion, the Network's service area includes 11 counties in two states: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. St. Luke's hospitals operate the largest network of trauma centers in Pennsylvania, with the Bethlehem Campus being home to St. Luke's Children's Hospital. SLUHN is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare's five-star ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction. It is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades Top Hospital and a Newsweek World's Best Hospital. The Network's flagship University Hospital has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from Premier 13 times total and eleven years in a row, including in 2023 when it was identified as THE #4 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY. In 2021, St. Luke's was identified as one of the 15 Top Health Systems nationally.
St. Luke's is the ONLY health care institution in the Lehigh Valley to be named a Top Workplace regionally repeating the exclusive honor for the third year in a row. Also, for the third straight year, St. Luke's has been a Top Workplaces in the Philadelphia Region by the Philadelphia Inquirer, ranking 9th in the large employer category for 2025 and the only health care system in PA to receive this award. In 2025, St. Luke's was recognized as a national Top Workplaces by USA Today, three years in a row, including the 3rd best health care system in the nation in 2023 and 2024. Lastly, in 2025, St. Luke's was named a Top Workplace in New Jersey for the third year in a row.
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Charge Review Specialist, Specialty Laboratory (M-F, Day Shift) - Bethlehem, PA page is loaded
Charge Review Specialist, Specialty Laboratory (M-F, Day Shift) - Bethlehem, PA
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locations
Bethlehem, PA - 801 Ostrum St
time type
Full time
posted on
Posted 4 Days Ago
job requisition id
R125024
St. Luke's is proud of the skills, experience and compassion of its employees. The employees of St. Luke's are our most valuable asset! Individually and together, our employees are dedicated to satisfying the mission of our organization which is an unwavering commitment to excellence as we care for the sick and injured; educate physicians, nurses and other health care providers; and improve access to care in the communities we serve, regardless of a patient's ability to pay for health care.
This position will ensure optimization of laboratory revenue and reimbursement through effective work queue management and comprehensive vendor invoice reconciliation. The role is responsible for executing all charge related functions for the Network laboratories, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of billing activity. Responsibilities include reviewing and validating charges in accordance with established charging policies, regulatory requirements, and payer guidelines, supported by appropriate documentation within the patient medical record. This position serves as a key control point to mitigate revenue leakage, support compliance, and improve overall financial performance of the laboratory network.
JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Manage laboratory billing work queues to ensure timely, accurate, and complete charge capture across all Network laboratories.
Performs charge reconciliation for the assigned laboratory department(s). Review and balance charge reconciliation report each day for accuracy.
Perform endtoend charge review, validation, and reconciliation in accordance with established charging policies, regulatory requirements, and payer guidelines.
Ensures that all sendout laboratory tests have a finalized result documented in the patient chart and a corresponding billable charge.
Reconcile laboratory vendor invoices against performed services and contractual terms to ensure appropriate billing, reimbursement, and cost recovery.
Review patient medical records and supporting documentation to substantiate charges and resolve discrepancies prior to claim submission.
Identify, investigate, and correct charging errors, omissions, and variances to prevent revenue leakage and reduce denials.
Collaborate with laboratory operations, revenue cycle, compliance, and vendor partners to resolve charge and reimbursement issues.
Monitor trends in charge capture reimbursement outcomes; escalate systemic issues.
Support audits, compliance reviews, and payer inquiries by providing documentation, analysis, and corrective followup as needed.
Maintain current knowledge of laboratory billing regulations, coding standards, payer requirements, and internal policies.
Functions as the Epic (EHR) subject matter expert for laboratory billing and revenue reconciliation processes
Participate in process improvement initiatives to enhance revenue cycle efficiency, accuracy, and financial performance.
Prepare routine and ad hoc reports related to charge activity, reconciliation outcomes, and revenue impact for leadership review.
Maintains confidentiality of all materials handled within the Network/ Entity as well as the proper release of information.
Complies with Network and departmental policies regarding issues of employee, patient and environmental safety and follows appropriate reporting requirements.
Demonstrates/models the Network's Service Excellence Standards of Performance in interactions with all customers (internal and external).
Demonstrates financial responsibility and accountability through the effective and efficient use of resources in daily procedures, processes and practices.
Complies with Network and departmental policies regarding attendance and dress code.
OTHER FUNCTIONS:
Other related duties as assigned.
PHYSICIAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS: Sitting for up to 8 hours per day, 3 hours at a time. Consistent use of hands and fingers for typing, telephone, data entry, etc. Occasional twisting and turning. Uses upper extremities to lift and carry up to 10 pounds. Stoops, bends and reaches above shoulder level to retrieve files. Hearing as it relates to normal conversation. Seeing as it relates to general vision. Visual monotony when reading reports and viewing computer screen.
EDUCATION: High school diploma or equivalent required
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:
Required: clinical laboratory and/or charge entry experience
Preferred: Associates/Bachelor's; Epic Beaker experience
WORK SCHEDULE: Full time, as scheduled.
Please complete your application using your full legal name and current home address. Be sure to include employment history for the past seven (7) years, including your present employer. Additionally, you are encouraged to upload a current resume, including all work history, education, and/or certifications and licenses, if applicable. It is highly recommended that you create a profile at the conclusion of submitting your first application. Thank you for your interest in St. Luke's!!
St. Luke's University Health Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
About Us
Founded in 1872, St. Luke's University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 23,000 employees providing services at 16 campuses and 350+ outpatient sites. With annual net revenue in excess of $4 billion, the Network's service area includes 11 counties in two states: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. St. Luke's hospitals operate the largest network of trauma centers in Pennsylvania, with the Bethlehem Campus being home to St. Luke's Children's Hospital. SLUHN is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare's five-star ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction. It is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades Top Hospital and a Newsweek World's Best Hospital. The Network's flagship University Hospital has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from Premier 13 times total and eleven years in a row, including in 2023 when it was identified as THE #4 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY. In 2021, St. Luke's was identified as one of the 15 Top Health Systems nationally.
St. Luke's is the ONLY health care institution in the Lehigh Valley to be named a Top Workplace regionally repeating the exclusive honor for the third year in a row. Also, for the third straight year, St. Luke's has been a Top Workplaces in the Philadelphia Region by the Philadelphia Inquirer, ranking 9th in the large employer category for 2025 and the only health care system in PA to receive this award. In 2025, St. Luke's was recognized as a national Top Workplaces by USA Today, three years in a row, including the 3rd best health care system in the nation in 2023 and 2024. Lastly, in 2025, St. Luke's was named a Top Workplace in New Jersey for the third year in a row.
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Originally Posted on: 4/14/2026
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