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Director of Revenue Cycle Management

Evolve Orthopedic Partners · Syracuse, NY · 3 wk ago
On-siteFinanceFull-time

Vendor Management & Performance

  • Own operational oversight of multiple outsourced RCM vendors supporting AR follow-up, denial/underpayment work queues, payment posting, and remittance reconciliation across the platform.
  • Translate enterprise goals into clear vendor expectations, work standards, productivity requirements, and service levels; ensure adequate staffing, coverage, and contingency planning.
  • Establish and run recurring vendor operating rhythms (daily/weekly huddles, monthly QBRs), including KPI reviews, root-cause analysis, and corrective action plans.
  • Monitor vendor quality through audits and controls (posting accuracy, contractual allowance mapping, denial code accuracy, adjustment integrity, refund processing, reconciliation completeness).
  • Ensure vendors comply with Evolve policies, payer rules, HIPAA/security requirements, and documentation standards; escalate and resolve issues quickly.
  • Partner with Finance/Treasury and vendor teams to ensure cash application integrity, bank deposit/lockbox alignment, ERA/EFT enrollments, and timely reconciliation of exceptions.
  • Support contract administration by reviewing vendor invoices against deliverables, validating performance, and recommending optimizations or scope changes to maximize value.

AR Strategy, Denials Management & Cash Acceleration

  • Drive consistent AR work standards across practices (aging prioritization, escalation pathways, payer strategy playbooks, timely filing safeguards, appeal processes).
  • Oversee denial and underpayment management, including identification of trends, root causes, and cross-functional fixes with Coding, Charge Entry, Patient Access, and Operations.
  • Ensure appropriate handling of credit balances, refunds, recoupments, and patient overpayments; maintain controls that protect against write-off leakage and compliance risk.
  • Partner with leadership to set targets for aging buckets (30/60/90+), denials rates, and cash velocity; develop and execute action plans to achieve targets.
  • Support payer issue escalation and complex claim resolution, including high-dollar accounts, out-of-network scenarios, retro-authorizations, and post-payment audits.

Payment Posting, Reconciliation & Controls

  • Ensure accurate and timely posting of ERAs/EOBs, including payments, adjustments, contractuals, takebacks, interest, and patient responsibility.
  • Lead reconciliation processes that ensure posted activity matches payer remits, bank deposits, lockbox files, and merchant services reports; investigate and resolve variances.
  • Partner with IT/PM teams to maintain payer mappings, posting rules, and reconciliation workflows; ensure changes are tested and validated prior to release.
  • Develop and maintain audit trails and control documentation that supports internal and external audits.
  • Oversee refund workflow controls, including payer vs patient refunds, approvals, and reconciliation to GL as applicable.

Reporting, Analytics & Continuous Improvement

  • Own operational reporting cadence for assigned functions; validate data integrity and ensure stakeholders receive accurate, actionable KPI reporting.
  • Build and maintain dashboards for vendor KPIs and revenue cycle performance (cash posted, cash collected, denial trends, AR aging, reconciliation exception queues, turnaround times).
  • Identify system/process defects and drive fixes with cross-functional partners; create standard work, SOPs, and training materials as processes evolve.
  • Support integrations, acquisitions, and practice conversions by partnering on workflow design, vendor onboarding, and go-live stabilization plans.

Leadership & Collaboration

  • Serve as a key RCM leader for the MSO, modeling accountability, urgency, and a service mindset across practices.
  • Cookordination with Patient Access, Coding, Charge Entry, Clinical Operations, and Finance to ensure clean claim flow and timely resolution of issues impacting cash.
  • Escalate risks and opportunities to the VP, RCM with clear analysis, recommendations, and expected impact.
  • Lead special projects and ad hoc analyses as assigned, including payer initiatives, workflow redesign, and performance improvement sprints.

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