Practice Plan Analyst

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JOB INFORMATION

Effective Date:

1/7/2026

Entity:

Wisconsin

Job Code:

300077

Job Title:

Practice Plan Analyst

FLSA Exemption Status:

Exempt

Management Level:

Individual Contributor

JOB SUMMARY

The Practice Plan Analyst reports to the Director, Practice Plan Administration.  This position is responsible for providing analytic support related to Provider compensation and productivity, provider workforce planning, and clinical department budgeting and reporting. Through knowledge of healthcare industry and business workflows, the incumbent works collaboratively with business, clinical operations and Information Systems teams to evaluate processes and address needs related to support Practice Plan Administration functions. Responsible for supporting professional billing data/metrics,, provider production/measures, e.g. panel, ASA units, and RVU volumes, funds flow, and integrated financials.

Responsibilities include supporting data, work flow and data testing to assure timely and accurate completion of financial and productivity reports for Practice Plan Administration.  The individual actively participates in meetings and committees that include discussion about strategic and operational planning, budget, productivity, benchmarking and related financial reporting.

Projects will require a broad knowledge of business, healthcare administration, fiscal management, program financial analysis, payer mix evaluations and planning.  The individual must be detail oriented, extremely accurate, and knowledgeable in accounting, software applications, and interpreting analytical information.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

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Interpret and communicate project details that support provider compensation and production statistics.

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Prepare statistic and workload productivity reports which includes review data and provide summaries,

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Support provider production based compensation plans and related reporting for physician practices. This includes data and reports that support the processes associated with the calculation, communication and reporting of compensation for physicians.

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Support physician compensation plan administration , including primary care panel processes; this includes modeling of plans, recommendations for process automation and reports etc.

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Support data infrastructures that provide ongoing reporting needs of Practice Plan Administration, including other professional billing system productivity metrics, School of Medicine and Public Health data, VA data, electronic benchmark data marts, UWH financial data, etc.

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Participate in review of benchmark data, metric availability and reliability, survey completion, etc.

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Provide project, and committee support collaboratively, with other departments and business partners.

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Assist in the development of visual models that highlight opportunities to support strategic planning and initiatives, improve performance, project future demand, and advance UW Health goals.

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Assist in the creation of standards, templates and procedures for Practice Plan Administration.

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Proactively develop and maintain working knowledge including UW Health organizational structure, UW School of Medicine and Public Health (UWSMPH), relationships with other functional areas, and stay abreast of industry standards, best practices, and government and externally reported healthcare regulations and metrics/benchmarks, including measurement programs

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Participate in subcommittees/workgroup meetings, including agenda preparation, documentation of meeting discussion, and follow up items.

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Other duties as assigned.

As needed, additional responsibilities reasonably within the scope of duties and physical requirements may be assigned.  ALL DUTIES AND REQUIREMENTS MUST BE PERFORMED CONSISTENT WITH THE UW HEALTH PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND RESPECT FOR PEOPLE COMMITTMENTS.

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Non-Clinical

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Bachelor's Degree

in Accounting, Business, Finance, Healthcare, or related field

Required

or

4 years of relevant financial analysis experience may be considered in lieu of degree in addition to the required experience below

Master's Degree

in Business, Healthcare or related field

Preferred

2 years

of professional experience in progressively advanced financial, planning or analysis roles

Required

4 years

years of professional experience in a health care business office setting with relevant business experience including one or more of the following:

• physician compensation

• budgeting and/or financial systems

• data analysis and/or report application development

• academic health care system

Preferred

Epic certification in professional billing or Clarity

Preferred

CPC

Preferred

LICENSE, CERTIFICATIONS, AND REGISTRATIONS MUST BE MAINTAINED PER UW HEALTH POLICY. 

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Knowledge of the healthcare business environment, healthcare operations, market behavior, and economics from both a provider and managed care perspective.

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Understanding of financial accounting data in the context of healthcare.

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Strong technical, data handling and interpretive skills; ability to leverage analytic and reporting systems and large databases in creative ways to maximum advantage.

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Ability to manage multiple projects that require adequate planning and control of scope, timeline and customer communication.

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Produce well-structured, high-quality documents/reports that are based on sound methodologies.

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Ability to manage multiple concurrent activities, including time-sensitive recurrent tasks

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Able to work with a high degree of independence, research and resolve questions and problems, request supervisor input and keep supervisor informed.

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Strong written and verbal communication skills, including effective presentation skills with the ability to share data analysis findings in an understandable way to a variety of stakeholders, including non-technical stakeholders.

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Demonstrate professionalism surrounding data access, data security, data sensitivity, and data confidentiality.

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Effective interpersonal relations skills promoting teamwork and collaborative alliances.

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Able to navigate a large organization, including managing political sensitivities, to accomplish results.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORKING CONDITIONS

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Sedentary: Sedentary work involves lifting no more than 10 pounds at a time and occasionally lifting or carrying articles like docket files, ledgers, and small tools. Although a sedentary job is defined as one which involves sitting, a certain amount of walking and standing is often necessary in carrying out job duties. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required occasionally and other sedentary criteria are met.

Up to 10#

Negligible

Negligible

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Light: Light work involves lifting no more than 20 pounds at a time with frequent lifting or carrying of objects weighing up to 10 pounds. Even though the weight lifted may be very little, a job is in this category when it requires a good deal of walking or standing, or when it involves sitting most of the time with some pushing and pulling of arm or leg controls. To be considered capable of performing a full or wide range of light work, you must have the ability to do substantially all of these activities. If someone can do light work, we determine that they can also do sedentary work, unless there are additional limiting factors such as loss of fine dexterity or inability to sit for long periods of time.

up to 20#

Up to 10# or requires significant walking or standing or requires pushing/pulling of arm/leg controls.

Negligible or constant push/pull of items of negligible weight

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Medium: Medium work involves lifting no more than 50 pounds at a time with frequent lifting or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 pounds. If someone can do medium work, we determine that they can also do sedentary and light work.

20-50#

10-25#

Negligible-10#

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Heavy: Heavy work involves lifting no more than 100 pounds at a time with frequent lifting or carrying of objects weighing up to 50 pounds. If someone can do heavy work, we determine that they can also do medium, light, and sedentary work.

50-100#

25-50#

10-20#

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Very Heavy: Very heavy work involves lifting objects weighing more than 100 pounds at a time with frequent lifting or carrying of objects weighing 50 pounds or more. If someone can do very heavy work, we determine that they can also do heavy, medium, light, and sedentary work.

Over 100#

Over 50#

Over 20#

Other - list any other physical requirements or bona fide occupational qualifications not indicated above:

Over 50 lbs.

UW Health does not require, nor does it expect that its employees lift more than 50 lbs unassisted. Objects in excess of 50 lbs should be lifted or moved with mechanical means or through a team lift. Employees in patient care areas are expected to utilize mechanical lifts and adhere to the "Use of Mechanical Lifts (Liko)" policy in the Patient Services Policy and Procedure Manual.

Note: The purpose of this document is to describe the general nature and level of work performed by personnel so classified; it is not intended to serve as an inclusive list of all responsibilities associated with this position.

THE EMPLOYEE MUST BE ABLE TO COMPLETE ALL PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE JOB WITH OR WITHOUT AN APPROVED ACCOMODATION. Note: The purpose of this document is to describe the general nature and level of work performed by personnel so classified; it is not intended to serve as an inclusive list of all responsibilities associated with this position.