SNF Accounts Receivable (AR) Director

Are you looking for your new career? We are now hiring a SNF Accounts Receivable Director to be the newest member of our awesome team!
Salary Range: $160k-180k

Are you ready to contribute to a team, committed to excellent customer service and dedicated to each individual’s unique talent?

If yes, how you will contribute to the team:

Under the guidance of the Senior Vice President of RCM, the AR Director is responsible for ensuring the consistency and quality of the AR effort across the company.  They will assist in the overall direction and management of the Revenue Cycle team, to oversee operations of AR coding, EMR software, charge entry, denial management, Audits, accounting and cost reporting relations and accounts receivable follow up. The AR Director will maximize the revenue and cash flow while maintaining a high level of operational, employee, and customer relations. Working under the direction of the SVP Revenue Management to meet short- and long-term strategic goals, they will create written guidelines, policies and procedures in accordance with implementation of all work processes after meticulous analysis.

1. Process Development & Maintenance
a. Develop procedures for the collection of accurate patients to ensure expeditious, “clean” billing and/or reimbursement for the patient services and procedures, as well as policies for collection of admission deposits, co-pays, deductibles and compliance reports.
b. Establish service and financial performance standards, goals, and targets for each facility covered under the Central Business Office.
c. Lead and develop strategies to ensure best practices are utilized throughout the Revenue Cycle.
d. Assist in the development of long-range planning and goals for the System revenue cycle initiatives.
e. Develop long term strategic plans for future state processes and structures.

2. Team Leadership & Operational Oversight
a. Manage Patient Administrative Service and Patient Financial Services Departments, including all the functions of insurance verification, registration, clinical reimbursement, billing and claims, collections, cash management/reconciliation and financial reporting and analysis.
b. Monitor timeliness for cash collections, contractual allowance, refund processing.
c. Reconcile between the revenue cycle and financial systems for all types of adjustments such as revenue, cash, contractual allowance, bad debt, write-offs, recoveries, unposted cash, cash deposits, and all other adjustments
d. Maintain appropriate internal control safeguards over AR records and collection of cash as well as compliance standards for providing accurate information on all facility or health system billings.
e. Oversee payer denial function by working collaboratively with various clinical and case management functions to manage payer denials. Collaborate with Senior Leadership at each facility to identify and improve denial management opportunities

3. Conduct year–end audits with public accounting firms and third-party auditors and resolves conflicts regarding public accounting firms, third-party auditors, and investigated parties.

4. Collaborates with the SVP Revenue Management, SVP Business Services, VP of Finance, Controller and Chief Financial Officer for each of their sectors managed under the Central Billing office in developing and executing enterprise-wide standardization and efficiency visions and strategies that support overall performance.

Qualifications 

• Excellent analytical and comprehension skills.
• Ability to multi-task and manage deadlines in a changing environment.
• Strong attention to detail, compliance, and process efficiency.
• Exceptional communication skills
• High school graduate or equivalent required. College degree preferred.
• 5-7 years of experience as an AR Consultant.
• 5-7 years of leadership experience as a supervisor a billing team.
• Experience with Medicare, Medicaid, and Managed Care billing as well as private collection.
• Must be PC proficient.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and other applications.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, veteran or disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Pay Transparency Statement

Compensation for roles varies depending on a wide array of factors including but not limited to the location, role, skill set and level of experience. As required by state or local law, we provide a reasonable pay scale to include the hourly or salary range that we reasonably expect to pay for roles, as stated above.

Salary : $160 - $180