PROGRAM ANALYST

Full Job Description

About the Position: This position supports the mission of the J-8, Financial Operations Directorate and is located in San Antonio, Texas or Falls Church, Virginia.

A recruitment or relocation incentive may be authorized. Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service.

Leave accrual negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to the Federal service.

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.

You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

Current Civilian Employees of the Defense Health Agency (DHA) Current Permanent Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian Employee Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange Agreement Executive Order (E.O.) 12721 Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI) Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement Eligible People with Disabilities, Schedule A Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience GS-0343-12 Program Analyst: One year of specialized experience which includes: assisting with medical billing operations, supporting the coordination of leadership briefings, and utilizing information management systems (e.g., Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS), Electronic Health Record (EHR), Medical Expense and Performance Reporting System (MEPRS), and the General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS)).

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.

For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).?

Specialized Experience GS-0343-13 Program Analyst: One year of specialized experience which includes: implementing medical billing operations and policies, preparing and delivering briefings to leadership, providing training to staff, and utilizing information management systems (e.g., Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS), Electronic Health Record (EHR), Medical Expense and Performance Reporting System (MEPRS), and the General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS)).

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.

For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-12).

Major Duties:

• Develop policies, regulations, directives, and procedures for Continental United States (CONUS) and Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS) operations.
• Coordinate findings, recommendations, and guidance regarding policies and procedure changes.
• Create and provide formal and informal briefings to various audiences.
• Receive, research, analyze and prepare responses to inquiries relating to programs.
• Develop, monitor and validate a variety of Uniform Business Office (UBO) metrics used to evaluate individual Medical Treatment Facilities (MTFs) and overall program effectiveness and compliance.
• Conduct substantial operational and compliance audits on medical claims billing, collections and related revenue cycle processes to identify irregularities, trends impacting collections, and missed recovery opportunities.