The Health Services Department is requesting to add a Health Services Reimbursement Accountant position allocated to Health Services Finance due to the increased complexity of cost claiming, time studies, and audit protocols related to Medi-Cal reimbursement within the Public Health Division. Duties and responsibilities of this position include performing complex financial reimbursement work including preparing reimbursement reports to governmental bodies such as Medi-Cal, Medicare, and Medical-Cal Administrative Activities-Targeted Case Management. Typical tasks include maintaining the necessary financial and statistical data required for the preparation of reimbursement reports, rendering technical advice and providing assistance to Public Health managers in areas which impact reimbursement by third party payers.

If this action is not approved, there is not adequate staff in Health Services Finance to perform the complex reimbursement accounting work which impacts financial costs/reimbursements.