Director of Physician Practice Revenue Cycle

Ascension•Belle Meade, TN

2d•$138,258 - $195,188•Remote

About The Position

This role leads strategic revenue cycle operations by designing and implementing progressive policies to maximize financial health and streamline clinical billing workflows. The Director will drive data-driven decision-making through advanced analytics and predictive forecasting, transforming complex metrics into clear, actionable insights for senior leadership. This position provides strategic direction across the revenue cycle continuum, including patient registration, coding, billing, denials management, and collections, with accountability for medical group KPI performance such as net collection rate, days in A/R, and denial rates. The role also involves championing operational excellence by auditing current processes, identifying performance gaps, and building proactive remediation plans to harmonize workflows across the organization. Additionally, the Director will serve as a subject matter expert for all revenue cycle functions and provide ongoing support to medical group practices through training and process implementation.

Requirements

High School diploma equivalency with 5 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years being in leadership/management OR Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree with 3 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years being in leadership/management.

Nice To Haves

Proven, hands-on experience navigating and managing the Athena electronic health record (EHR) and billing platform.
Demonstrated success working within a blended/hybrid revenue cycle partnership model.
Local proximity to Middle Tennessee area is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead strategic revenue cycle operations by designing and implementing progressive policies that maximize financial health and streamline clinical billing workflows.
Drive data-driven decision-making through advanced analytics and predictive forecasting, transforming complex metrics into clear, actionable insights for senior leadership.
Provide strategic direction across the revenue cycle continuum (i.e. patient registration, coding, billing, denials management, and collections) with accountability for medical group KPI performance including net collection rate, days in A/R, denial rates, etc.
Champion operational excellence by auditing current processes, identifying performance gaps, and building proactive remediation plans to harmonize workflows across the organization.
Serve as a subject matter expert for all revenue cycle functions and provide ongoing support to medical group practices via training and process implementation