Backend Engineer

• Designing, developing, and maintaining scalable web-based applications
• Collaborating with other engineers and cross-functional team members to deliver business value
• Participating in code reviews and technical discussions
• Writing clean, tested, and well-documented code
• Contributing to architecture and design conversations
• Supporting and improving development practices (e.g., CI/CD, testing, monitoring)
• Supporting production systems, including participating in on-call rotations as needed
• Engaging in continuous learning and knowledge sharing within the team
• Communicating progress, blockers, and risks in a timely and transparent way
• Supporting Patriot's values through positive interactions with internal and external stakeholders

Software Engineer III – Full Stack, Vue, .NET

• Establish and maintain active monitoring of ANSI X12 277CA claim acknowledgment transactions to confirm payers have received submitted claims
• Implement a tracking and escalation process for claims that have not received 277CA acknowledgment within defined payer-specific windows
• Partner with the Front End Revenue Cycle Manager and Engineering to ensure clean claim submission and minimize rejection rates at the clearinghouse level
• Maintain working knowledge of clearinghouse workflows and claim status tracking capabilities
• Own the Athena Health AR aging report — ensuring it accurately reflects payment status and is actively worked on a defined cadence
• Establish AR follow-up workflows by payer and aging bucket, with defined SLAs and escalation paths for each tier
• Drive systematic reduction of the over-180-day AR balance through targeted payer follow-up, appeals, and collections activity
• Coordinate with Finance and the Manager/Director of Operational Effectiveness to ensure AR balances in Athena are accurately reflected in Zuora and NetSuite through a defined reconciliation process
• Identify and escalate AR balances where the insurance collection path has been exhausted and the employer guarantee of payment clause may apply
• Build and manage a structured denial work queue in Athena Health with assigned ownership, defined SLAs, and a clear resubmission process for each denial reason code
• Analyze denial trends by payer, reason code, and service line to identify root causes and implement upstream controls to prevent recurrence
• Prioritize denial resolution based on dollar value and timely filing window expiration — ensuring high-value, near-deadline denials are worked first
• Establish appeals workflows for payer-specific appeal processes, including supporting documentation requirements and submission timelines
• Monitor denial overturn rates by payer and reason code, and use outcomes data to refine appeal strategies
• Partner with the Front End Revenue Cycle Manager to address eligibility-driven denials at the root — denials reflecting coverage terminations that should have been caught upstream
• Manage the collections process for both claims-billed payer populations
• Establish payer-specific follow-up protocols including call queues, correspondence templates, and escalation timelines
• Coordinate with Client Success on employer group collections, including communication protocols and escalation to the employer guarantee of payment process when appropriate
• Monitor and report on cash collection rates by payer against contracted PMPM rates, identifying and investigating variances
• Recruit, onboard, and develop back-end RCM staff including AR follow-up specialists, denial management analysts, and collectors
• Establish competency requirements, training programs, and performance expectations for all back-end positions — with particular emphasis on experienced denial management and collections hires
• Conduct regular AR review sessions with staff to ensure accounts are being worked effectively and escalations are appropriate
• Build a culture of accountability, data-driven decision making, and continuous improvement within the back-end team

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Software Engineer III – Full Stack, Vue, .NET

Senior Manager, Back End Revenue Cycle