The Ohio State University, Main Campus

Research Scientist

• Conduct independent research in the areas of substance misuse, child wellbeing and safety in support of the Ohio START intervention.
• Develop new extramural proposals for research.
• Publish results in peer-reviewed journals.
• Train and mentor graduate and undergraduate students.
• Supervise research assistants to help with data cleaning and coding.
• Present at conferences, symposiums, or annual meetings.
• Attend weekly research meetings.
• Seek additional financial support for research.

Research Analyst

• Contribute to conducting two NIH-funded studies.
• Manage the day-to-day operations of the study, including preparing and managing IRB submissions.
• Online participant recruitment (e.g., creating and distributing advertisements, monitoring recruitment channels, reviewing screener data).
• Programming surveys.
• Corresponding with participants (e.g., responding to emails and texts).
• Paying participants.
• Assisting with other project-related tasks as needed.
• Opportunities to contribute to manuscripts and conference presentations using data from this and other studies, including potentially leading manuscripts.

Research Associate

Administrative Assistant

• Coordinate and support departmental events, activities, digital communications, and website management
• Supervise student employees and perform other duties as assigned
• Provide administrative and logistical support to the Vice Chair of Undergraduate Studies
• Manage event registration processes and coordinate payments and service contracts
• Update and maintain the department’s website and social media content to promote events.

Compliance

• Provide support to assure research protocols are in compliance with university, state and federal regulations.
• Assist with regulatory functions in support of clinical research activity.
• Assist in preparation of protocol submissions to Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) and provide updates on submission status.
• Assist in preparation of other required regulatory documents.
• Distribute approved documents and relay information to clinical research staff.
• Assist with data entry including collecting, entering and maintaining data and documents in the OnCore electronic database and e-Regulatory.
• Assist with monitoring visits and regulatory issues.
• Create and maintain regulatory files.

Regulatory Compliance Assistant

Learning and Development

• Managing the process for live trainings for the 988 Lifeline Training Series
• Creation of registration materials, managing registration, and evaluation of each participant
• Communicates with all presenters and handles contracts
• Ensures accessibility accommodations for participants of all live trainings
• Managing marketing and communications for promoting all live trainings
• Oversees report creation for continuing education

Continuing Education Training Specialist

Medical writer

• Supports initiatives to improve healthcare provider documentation integrity
• Ensures accurate medical coding within the Ohio State University Health System
• Completes second level review for quality measures, clinical validation, and outcomes improvement
• Provides internal education to CDI Analysts, healthcare providers, and interdisciplinary work groups
• Assists with audits to ensure compliance and coding accuracy

Clinical Documentation Quality Analyst

Medical Billing and Coding

• Codes outpatient medical records to facilitate the reimbursement and data collection for the individual business units of the OSU Wexner Medical Center and The James Cancer Hospital
• Assign ICD-10-CM codes for diagnoses of all outpatients treated within the OSU Health System
• Review, analyze, and resolve hospital claim edits that prevent claims from being billed or paid.
• Support accurate and timely revenue capture by identifying and correcting claim errors related to coding, medical necessity, registration, and payer-specific requirements.

Outpatient Medical Coder, Level 2

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Implements and supports the philosophy, mission, values, standards, policies, and procedures of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
• Functions within the multidisciplinary team to secure complex pre-authorizations and prevent/appeal clinical denials
• Utilizes clinical knowledge to interpret and apply medical necessity guidelines
• Makes determinations on the appropriate level of care
• Maintains awareness of State and National Health care trends, JCAHO, CMS, and third-party payer Utilization Management guidelines
• Must be able to read, understand and interpret a payer remit, denial/remark codes, and expected reimbursement to determine the cost effectiveness of completing an appeal
• Must be versatile, flexible, and very adaptable to change

Clinical Financial Case Management, RN Specialist 2

• Responsible for concurrent review of inpatient medical records to identify opportunities for improving the quality of medical record documentation
• Confer with the appropriate caregiver on the additional documentation that may be required
• Achieve a complete medical record by the time of patient discharge
• Follow Joint Commission, Medicare and third party payor documentation guidelines
• Provide assistance to the attending physician and other health care providers in the patient care documentation process

Clinical Documentation Improvement Analyst, Level 2

Clinical Research

• Provide assistance in support of clinical research studies of neural aspects of psychosis and related behaviors.
• Work under supervision in psychiatric data assessment.
• Assist with data management, analysis, and interpretation.
• Contribute to manuscript preparation.

Clinical Research Assistant

• Assists with regulatory functions in support of clinical research activity.
• Assists in preparation of protocol submissions to Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) and provides updates on submission status
• Assists in preparation of other required regulatory documents
• Distributes approved documents
• Relays information to clinical research staff
• Assists with data entry including collecting, entering and maintaining data and documents in the OnCore electronic database
• Assists with monitoring visits
• Assists with regulatory issues
• Creates and maintains regulatory files

Regulatory Assistant – Clinical Trials Office

• Under the supervision of the Senior Director of Accounting, the Finance Reimbursement Assistant Director plays a strategic and hands-on role in managing the hospital’s third-party reimbursement activities.
• This includes the annual filing of Medicare and Medicaid cost reports for a large academic medical center with over 600 GME/IME FTEs, $23 million in Medicare DSH reimbursement, and a PPS-Exempt Cancer Hospital.
• The Assistant Director provides high-level analytical and regulatory support across all reimbursement functions, including audits, appeals, DSH, 340(b), wage index, and uncompensated care reporting.
• This role requires a deep understanding of healthcare reimbursement methodologies and financial reporting systems, as well as the ability to lead complex projects and collaborate with senior leadership.
• This position directly supervises two manager-level employees, both of whom are responsible for Finance Reimbursement.
• This position reports to the Senior Director of Accounting.