Vice President - Revenue Cycle

Phoebe Putney Health System•Albany, GA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Vice President, Revenue Cycle (VP) is the strategic and operational leader responsible for all aspects of the revenue cycle at Phoebe Putney Health System. The VP, reporting to the Chief Financial Officer/Chief Administrative Officer, will direct, manage, and implement programs to ensure efficient operations of the health system’s Revenue Cycle program to generate sufficient cash flow to support operations and strategic initiatives for the health system. Additionally, the VP is responsible for identifying, analyzing, reducing, and resolving revenue cycle issues. This person will be responsible for developing and maintaining effective relationships with the administrative, clinical, and physician leadership across the organization. This leader will also promote working relationships with key external organizations; this would include other providers, payers, government entities, and applicable professional associations. The VP will set strategy, plan, develop, and lead all administrative and clinical support functions that contribute to the capture, management, and collection of patient service revenues from all payers and all patient services provided by Phoebe Putney Health System.

Requirements

At least ten (10) years of experience as a revenue cycle leader in a complex setting.
Bachelor's degree.
Compassionate and focused on the patient.
A strong understanding of finance and accounting.
A systemic perspective and an understanding of what it takes to work in a complex organization with multiple entities.
Strategic Thinker and ability to see the big picture.
An analytical mind.
Strong business acumen and demonstrated ability to control expenses while building programs that provide revenue growth.
Significant experience with identifying and implementing performance improvement through benchmarking and identifying best practices.
Effective written and oral communication and presentation skills.
Experience with broad application of both financial and clinical information systems.
Good decision skills derived from a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment.
Demonstrated mentoring, coaching and team building skills.
Excellent interpersonal and facilitation skills with the ability to motivate others.
A collaborative team-oriented player, who values people and who can build consensus and help achieve mutual objectives.
Strong medical staff relations and physician development skills.
Sets high standards of performance for self and others and assumes responsibility and accountability for successfully completing work projects.
Demonstrated community and professional leadership.
Must be compliance driven.
Good leadership – someone who demonstrates the importance of selecting, developing, rewarding, and managing the performance of team members.

Nice To Haves

CPA background preferred.
Familiarity with Meditech is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

Direct, manage, and implement programs to ensure efficient operations of the health system’s Revenue Cycle program to generate sufficient cash flow to support operations and strategic initiatives for the health system.
Identify, analyze, reduce, and resolve revenue cycle issues.
Develop and maintain effective relationships with the administrative, clinical, and physician leadership across the organization.
Promote working relationships with key external organizations, including other providers, payers, government entities, and applicable professional associations.
Set strategy, plan, develop, and lead all administrative and clinical support functions that contribute to the capture, management, and collection of patient service revenues from all payers and all patient services provided by Phoebe Putney Health System.
Identify and implement performance improvement through benchmarking and identifying best practices.
Communicate complex financial information to diverse audiences, especially with revenue cycle matters.
Make timely decisions and be responsive to others, even with sometimes incomplete information, under tight deadlines and pressure.
Mentor, coach, and build teams.
Bring consensus and accountability through teamwork.
Build consensus and help achieve mutual objectives.
Develop strong medical staff relations and physician development skills.
Work collegially with medical professionals in partnership toward common objectives.
Set high standards of performance for self and others and assume responsibility and accountability for successfully completing work projects.
Set high standards for compliance and reporting and take responsibility for others’ successfully meeting operational and administrative requirements.
Demonstrate the importance of selecting, developing, rewarding, and managing the performance of team members.