Charge Description Master (CDM) Senior Solution Technical Expert (SSTE)

Blue Iris Tech is seeking a highly skilled Charge Description Master (CDM) Senior Solution Technical Expert (SSTE) to provide support to the Defense Health Agency’s Financial Operations Division. The objective of this role is to help DHA optimize revenue cycle performance by reducing MHS GENESIS work queue backlog, improving clinical workload capture, increasing Third Party Collections (TPC), identifying revenue leakage, and enhancing the audit-readiness and business acumen of Military Treatment Facility (MTF) staff. Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Build, maintain, and sustain the master CDM using government-selected technology, ensuring compliance with regulatory code updates (additions, deletions, modifications). Educate MHS Business Community personnel on CDM-related topics and charge input procedures. Provide expert guidance on CDM policies and practices to Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) stakeholders to ensure regulatory compliance. Collaborate with RCM stakeholders across and beyond the J8 Directorate to implement CDM resolutions and enhancements. Maintain up-to-date CDM content in alignment with AMA, CMS, CPT, and HCPCS updates. Coordinate pricing reviews of CPT/HCPCS codes with the DHA Uniform Business Office (UBO) based on CMS regulatory changes. Develop and maintain a comprehensive CDM Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) manual, user guides, and training materials. SOPs must be updated quarterly or as needed based on regulatory or emergency code releases. Support MHS GENESIS-specific CDM modifications, including code additions and deletions, as requested by DHA or the EHR client. Maintain and refine a supply item file for all chargeable supplies, updated quarterly. Manage CMAC rate table updates within the CDM based on DHA UBO data and TRICARE annual releases. Coordinate cost-based and CMAC-based pricing using MEPRS, CAPER, DMLSS, and CMAC data sources as defined by DHA UBO methodologies. Assist in developing charge structures and defensible pricing methodologies based on locality, workload, and resource analysis at MTF Parent and Child levels. Update CDM standard rates (e.g., room charges, surgical tiers) based on actual DoD service delivery costs. Serve as liaison for communicating CDM changes to MHS GENESIS Charge Services Solution Owner Team, DHA Functional Teams, and system end users. Ensure changes (e.g., pricing, billing decisions, CPT/HCPCS codes) are communicated no later than 15 days prior to system release. Maintain and update 100-character code descriptions for all active and obsolete codes in accordance with regulatory guidance. Create and maintain the American Dental Association (ADA) Current Dental Terminology (CDT) code table and related descriptions within the CDM.