REMOTE - Budget Administrator

City of Hope

CA

Job posting number: #7241227 (Ref:10025656)

Posted: May 2, 2024

Salary / Pay Rate: $41.92 - $64.97 / hour

Application Deadline: Open Until Filled

Job Description

Budget Administrator

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.

Position Summary:

Coordinates and develops coverage analyses and budgets for both industry sponsored and non-industry sponsored clinical trials, along with any corresponding amendments. Liaises between external sponsors and COH departments to determine suitable coverage justifications and cost allocations for unique clinical trial procedures. As needed, works with Principal Investigators and study teams to finalize clinical trial budgets and obtain approval of coverage analyses, budget estimates, and/or detailed budgets. As needed, negotiates budgets with clinical trial sponsors on behalf of the institution to ensure optimal cost efficiency. Tracks all relevant data and ensures both contracting and Revenue Integrity teams are supplied with finalized documentation. Enters, maintains and/or reviews financial data from finalized clinical trial agreements and budgets into the OnCore Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS).

As a successful candidate, you will:

  • Coordinate with all relevant groups to draft, finalize and gain approval of coverage analyses and budgets while tracking all appropriate data metrics. This includes documenting qualifying clinical trial status, researching coverage limitations, verifying expected medical necessity, and assigning costs for clinical and non-clinical components of each trial. Must understand the clinical trial and corresponding protocol in order to determine coding and charge determinations. Enter and/or review financial data in OnCore and initiate the sign-off process of the OnCore calendar/financial console.
  • Review protocol amendments for any revisions affecting the coverage analysis and/or budget; updates previously documented information as necessary
  • Performs critical assessment projects to confirm funding source and assure that negotiations will be consistent with institutional guidelines. As needed, performs detailed analyses of current coverage analyses or budgets to establish precedent pricing and better drafting and development techniques. Assesses comparable nature of projects by factors such as study phase or disease-type to ensure appropriate costing.
  • Analyze new protocols, letters of intent, synopses, etc., received from sponsors, review committees or PI/study teams to determine coverage analysis/budget necessity and/or prioritization in coordination with department leadership.

Your qualifications should include:

  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Three years of related budget experience working in research administration, a Contract Research Organization, pharma or biotech industry, a medical or clinical practice arena, or health insurance industry.
    • Must have working knowledge of clinical trials
    • Must be familiar with HCPCS / CPT codes
    • Must understand what is standard of care or routine care and what is considered research-related in the context of clinical trials
    • Must be familiar with Medicare regulations, guidelines, policies
  • Must have working knowledge of medical terminology specific to oncology clinical trials and general study budgeting techniques and coverage analysis techniques
  • There are 3 positions available

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer. To learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, please click here.

To learn more about our Comprehensive Benefits, please CLICK HERE.

Salary / Pay Rate Information:
Pay Rate: $41.92 - $64.97 / hour

The estimated pay scale represents the typical [salary/hourly] range City of Hope reasonably expects to pay for this position, with offers determined based on several factors which may include, but not be limited to, the candidate’s experience, expertise, skills, education, job scope, training, internal equity, geography/market, etc. This pay scale is subject to change from time to time.



City of Hope is a community of people characterized by our diversity of thought, background and approach, but tied together by our commitment to care for and cure those with cancer and other life-threatening diseases. The innovation that our diversity produces in the areas of research, treatment, philanthropy and education has made us national leaders in this fight. Our unique and diverse workforce provides us the ability to understand our patients' needs, deliver compassionate care and continue the quest for a cure for life-threatening diseases. At City of Hope, diversity and inclusion is a core value at the heart of our mission. We strive to create an inclusive workplace environment that engages all of our employees and provides them with opportunities to develop and grow, both personally and professionally. Each day brings an opportunity to strengthen our work, leverage our different perspectives and improve our patients’ experiences by learning from others. Diversity and inclusion is about much more than policies and campaigns. It is an integral part of who we are as an institution, how we operate and how we see our future.


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Job posting number:#7241227 (Ref:10025656)
Application Deadline:Open Until Filled
Employer Location:City of Hope
Duarte,California
United States
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