Director of Revenue Cycle - Finance
About The Position
The Revenue Cycle Director provides strategic, financial, and operational leadership for all revenue cycle functions, including Patient Access, Health Information Management (HIM), Coding, Revenue Integrity, Billing, Accounts Receivable, Denials Management, and Cash Posting. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, the Director is responsible for optimizing net patient revenue, improving cash flow, reducing reimbursement risk, ensuring regulatory compliance, and enhancing the patient financial experience. This position oversees the full revenue cycle continuum for a Critical Access Hospital operating under Medicare Method II reimbursement and serves as the organization's subject matter expert for revenue cycle strategy, revenue integrity, reimbursement optimization, and revenue cycle performance improvement. The Director partners closely with executive leadership, medical staff, finance, information technology, and operational leaders to drive sustainable financial performance and operational excellence.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in healthcare administration, accounting, finance, business, or a related field required; equivalent combination of education and experience considered.
- 7 or more years of progressive healthcare revenue cycle leadership experience, including multi-department management responsibility.
- Demonstrated success improving net revenue performance, reducing denials, improving cash collections, and leading organizational change initiatives.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in Critical Access Hospital, rural healthcare, or integrated provider/hospital billing environments strongly preferred.
- Experience managing Patient Access, HIM/Coding, Revenue Integrity, and Patient Financial Services functions strongly preferred.
- Epic experience highly preferred, including familiarity with HB and PB workqueues, claim edits, and charge routing.
- HFMA Certified Healthcare Financial Professional (CHFP)
- Certified Revenue Cycle Representative (CRCR)
- Certified Professional Coder (CPC)
- RHIA or RHIT
- Lean Healthcare or Six Sigma certification
Responsibilities
- Provides strategic, financial, and operational leadership for all revenue cycle functions.
- Optimizes net patient revenue.
- Improves cash flow.
- Reduces reimbursement risk.
- Ensures regulatory compliance.
- Enhances the patient financial experience.
- Oversees the full revenue cycle continuum for a Critical Access Hospital operating under Medicare Method II reimbursement.
- Serves as the organization's subject matter expert for revenue cycle strategy, revenue integrity, reimbursement optimization, and revenue cycle performance improvement.
- Partners with executive leadership, medical staff, finance, information technology, and operational leaders to drive sustainable financial performance and operational excellence.
Benefits
- Relocation Assistance Available
Stand Out From the Crowd
Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.
What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
