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Senior Consultant - Epic - Financial Assistance and Estimates

Huron Consulting · Chicago, IL · Full time

Posted Sep 3, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

What Epic build have you done for financial assistance and patient estimates?

What they are checking: Whether their hands-on experience matches this specialized area of Epic revenue cycle work.

Tell me about a time you made a process easier for patients.

What they are checking: Whether they care about the patient experience in billing, not only the system build.

How would you explain to a hospital leader why estimate accuracy matters for collections?

What they are checking: Whether they can connect patient-facing work to financial outcomes leaders care about.

What would you do

Patients are complaining that estimates are far off from their final bills. How would you investigate?

What they are checking: Whether they can trace the gap to contracts, benefits or charge data rather than blaming patients or payers.

Financial counselors want an estimate step skipped to save time. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they weigh staff efficiency against compliance and patient needs before changing workflow.

About the work

Walk me through how a patient estimate is generated in Epic and what drives its accuracy.

What they are checking: Whether they understand how benefits, charges and contracts combine to produce an estimate.

How do the federal price transparency rules and the No Surprises Act affect estimate work for a health system?

What they are checking: Whether they know the regulations that make accurate estimates a compliance issue, not just a service.

How would you build a financial assistance workflow in Epic that screens patients fairly and consistently?

What they are checking: Whether they can design screening and approvals that follow policy and treat patients equally.

How does financial assistance tie to nonprofit hospital requirements under 501(r)?

What they are checking: Whether they understand the tax-exempt rules that shape financial assistance policy and billing.

How do you test that a financial assistance discount applies correctly to the right accounts?

What they are checking: Whether they test thoroughly, since errors here directly affect patient bills.

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The full job description

As published by Huron Consulting.

Huron helps its clients drive growth, enhance performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. We help healthcare organizations build innovation capabilities and accelerate key growth initiatives, enabling organizations to own the future, instead of being disrupted by it. Together, we empower clients to create sustainable growth, optimize internal processes and deliver better consumer outcomes. Health systems, hospitals and medical clinics are under immense pressure to improve clinical outcomes and reduce the cost of providing patient care. Investing in new partnerships, clinical services and technology is not enough to create meaningful and substantive change. To succeed long-term, healthcare organizations must empower leaders, clinicians, employees, affiliates and communities to build cultures that foster innovation to achieve the best outcomes for patients. Joining the Huron team means you’ll help our clients evolve and adapt to the rapidly changing healthcare environment and optimize existing business operations, improve clinical outcomes, create a more consumer-centric healthcare experience, and drive physician, patient and employee engagement across the enterprise. Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future. Huron’s Healthcare Transformation Services (HDTx) team works with healthcare organizations to solve their most complex EHR challenges, so we are constantly searching for skilled technical consultants to help our clients maximize their technology investments. Our Senior Consultants come with a wide variety of experience leveraging their technical expertise to help our clients enhance their EHR platform to improve care delivery, patient outcomes and profitability. Requirements • Experience managing and resolving production support tickets, including break-fix issues, troubleshooting, and user support requests. • Certifications or experience in Financial Assistance and Estimates • Proven ability to prioritize and work through ticket backlogs while maintaining service levels and stakeholder satisfaction. • Experience identifying and implementing system enhancements and workflow optimizations to improve application performance and user experience. • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to independently resolve complex issues. • Experience collaborating with operational, clinical, and technical stakeholders to support application stability and ongoing improvements. Preferred Qualifications • Experience supporting Epic application optimization initiatives and continuous improvement efforts. • Hands-on experience with Epic upgrades, including planning, testing, validation, and post-upgrade support. • Previous experience supporting large healthcare organizations in a production support environment. • Ability to balance day-to-day operational support responsibilities while contributing to strategic optimization and upgrade projects. The estimated base hourly rate range for this job will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to specific skills or certifications, years of experience, market changes, and required travel. The job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s benefit plans, which include medical, dental and vision coverage, and other wellness programs. The rate range of information provided is in accordance with applicable state and local laws regarding salary transparency that are currently in effect and may be implemented in the future. Position Level Consultant Country United States of America

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