Continuing Medical Education Reimbursement Specialist

Monday-Friday, 8am-4:30pm (hours are flexible).

This is a remote, work from home position. Remote work is currently only approved for residents living in the following states:  AL, AK, AR, AZ, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, LA, KS, KY, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WV, WY.

At Advocate Health, we're committed to helping people live well by delivering exceptional care with compassion, innovation, and expertise. We're seeking a detail-oriented professional to provide centralized management of continuing medical education (CME) accounts for Advocate Health employed physicians and advanced practice clinicians. 

In this role, you'll help ensure CME reimbursements are reported accurately and in compliance with policy while maintaining current CME balances and supporting clinicians, operational leaders, Human Resources, Compliance, and Accounting. 

This role combines account management, reconciliation, policy administration, and customer support. You will manage CME account activity, maintain secure clinician information, reconcile expenses to the general ledger, and provide clear guidance on CME reimbursement questions. 

• Manage and track the use of CME funds by Advocate Health employed physicians and advanced practice clinicians. 

• Maintain accurate CME balance sheets by applying expenses and additional funds to the appropriate annual CME allowance. 

• Prepare journal entries for accruals and reclassifications. 

• Maintain the CME SharePoint site, including clinician access lists and passcodes, secure biweekly updates of clinician CME data, and clinician education materials. 

• Collaborate with operational leadership, Compliance, and Accounting to support accurate and compliant reporting of CME reimbursement expenditures. 

• Reconcile CME expenses to the general ledger each month. 

• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of Advocate Health CME policies for employed physicians and advanced practice clinicians and stay current on policy changes. 

• Coordinate with operational leadership and Human Resources to support adherence to CME policy requirements. 

• Partner with Human Resources, the Benefits team, and Physician Benefits Specialists to answer CME reimbursement questions from operational leaders, physicians, and advanced practice clinicians. 

• High school diploma or equivalent. 

• Five years of bookkeeping or accounting experience, including the ability to balance sets of numbers, identify and reconcile differences, and record basic journal entries. 

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word. 

• Demonstrated ability to develop accurate and clear communications. 

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy. 

• Effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, with the ability to build positive working relationships with physicians and internal team members. 

• Ability to manage multiple issues, requests, and competing priorities in a calm and organized manner. 

• Ability to work independently, take initiative, and complete work with minimal supervision. 

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.