Billing Manager

Approximately 5-month maternity-leave coverage assignment with possibility of contract extension. Full-time, temporary role supervising 4 Billing Specialists.

About the role

The Temporary Billing Manager provides hands-on leadership for the daily healthcare billing and revenue-cycle operation. This role manages a team of four Billing Specialists and is accountable for maintaining efficient workflows across accounts receivable, denials and appeals, collections, chronic care management (CCM) billing, Medicare billing, and performance reporting. The ideal candidate is an experienced Medical Billing Manager, Billing Supervisor, or Senior Billing Specialist who can rapidly assume ownership of an established operation with minimal training. Strong, recent hands-on experience using the Tebra EHR/billing platform is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead, support, and provide daily direction to a team of four Billing Specialists.
• Manage daily billing workflows, staff coverage, priorities, work queues, and team performance to support timely claim submission and account resolution.
• Oversee accounts receivable activities, including A/R aging review, payer and patient follow-up, collections, account research, payment resolution, and escalation of complex accounts.
• Manage denial workflows, including root-cause review, timely appeals and reconsiderations, trend analysis, and implementation of corrective actions to reduce recurring denials.
• Oversee accurate and compliant CCM billing and coding workflows, including documentation and charge-capture processes.
• Ensure Medicare claims are billed accurately, timely, and in accordance with applicable payer requirements, reimbursement guidelines, and organizational policies.
• Use Tebra to manage claim submission, billing work queues, denial and A/R follow-up, reporting, and revenue-cycle operations.
• Prepare and communicate regular reports and updates to leadership on A/R aging, collections, denial trends, billing productivity, and CCM performance metrics.
• Maintain established billing processes and controls; escalate significant operational, compliance, payer, or reimbursement issues to leadership promptly.
• Identify and implement practical opportunities to improve billing workflow, collections, claim accuracy, denial prevention, and overall revenue-cycle performance.
• Partner with clinical, front-office, coding, and leadership teams to resolve billing issues and support accurate, complete reimbursement.

Requirements

• Prior experience as a Healthcare Billing Manager, Medical Billing Supervisor, Revenue Cycle Supervisor, or Senior Medical Billing Specialist with direct team-lead or supervisory responsibilities.
• Demonstrated experience supervising or managing a healthcare billing team.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of professional medical billing, claims processing, accounts receivable, collections, denials, appeals, and payer follow-up.
• Experience with CCM billing and coding workflows.
• Strong understanding of Medicare billing, reimbursement, and compliance requirements.
• Hands-on Tebra EHR/billing platform experience is required.
• Experience developing, monitoring, and interpreting billing and revenue-cycle reports, including A/R aging, collections, denials, and productivity metrics.
• Current medical billing certification required, such as CPB, CPC, CCA, CBCS, or comparable credential.
• Strong written and verbal communication, organization, leadership, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to independently prioritize work, learn an established operation quickly, and deliver results with limited onboarding.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting a small-to-mid-sized physician practice, outpatient practice, or multi-provider healthcare organization.
• Experience with Medicare and commercial payer billing, appeals, and reimbursement management.
• Experience with process-improvement initiatives focused on reducing denials, improving collections, and shortening A/R days.

Schedule

Full-time, temporary assignment lasting approximately 5 months.