Healthcare Consulting Manager [Primary Care/Behavioral Health]

About the Firm

CohnReznick is one of the nation’s top professional services firms, offering rewarding careers in advisory, assurance, and tax. The firm helps organizations optimize performance, manage risk, and maximize value through CohnReznick LLP (assurance services) and CohnReznick Advisory LLC (advisory and tax services). With deep industry knowledge and a collaborative approach, CohnReznick serves clients worldwide as an independent member of Nexia, with offices nationwide.

Your Team

This position supports the Healthcare Group, which partners with community health centers and mission-driven healthcare organizations. The group delivers specialized support across audit and assurance, tax, and healthcare advisory services, helping organizations navigate complex regulatory requirements, improve financial sustainability, and advance access to care for underserved populations.

Why CohnReznick?

At CohnReznick, we’re united by a mission to create opportunity, value, and trust for clients, people, and communities. The firm offers a robust Total Rewards package, including generous paid time off, a flexible work environment, expanded parental leave, extensive learning and development opportunities, and paid volunteer time. We balance work with enjoyment and encourage in-person collaboration, with professionals typically working in the office an average of 3 days a week.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments of revenue cycle processes, staffing models, and service delivery structures.
• Develop recommendations and actionable implementation plans to improve operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, and revenue optimization.
• Analyze RCM performance metrics (AR aging, denial trends, clean claims rate, charge lag) and prepare data-driven reports and presentations for clients.
• Support the optimization of EHR and practice management systems, including templates, workflows, billing rules, and charge capture processes.
• Review third-party contracts for favorable payment terms and assist providers with contract negotiations.
• Analyze Value-Based Care agreements and assist with managing/improving quality performance metrics.
• Manage project timelines, deliverables, and client expectations to ensure high-quality outcomes.
• Stay current on policy changes, payer regulations, and industry trends affecting behavioral health reimbursement.
• Advise clients on outpatient medical/behavioral health payer rules, Medicaid and Medicare billing requirements, documentation standards, and managed care processes.
• Support regulatory readiness efforts related to billing, documentation, and compliance.
• Facilitate on-site meetings, stakeholder interviews, and process observations to inform assessment and solution design.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of outpatient coding guidelines.
• Participate in audits to ensure data quality and regulatory compliance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Healthcare Administration, Public Health, or a related field required; Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in healthcare consulting, healthcare operations, or a related management role within medical/behavioral health operations.
• Demonstrated expertise in medical/behavioral health programs, including outpatient primary care, mental health, substance use disorder services, crisis services, or integrated behavioral health.
• Strong understanding of payer requirements across Medicaid, Medicare, and commercial insurers.
• Experience with data analysis, performance improvement methodologies, and project management.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to translate complex concepts into clear, actionable insights.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a hybrid environment and travel for client engagements as needed.

Skills

• Familiarity with major electronic health record and practice management system platforms across outpatient medical, behavioral health, and substance use providers.
• Firsthand experience with practice management and revenue cycle systems, including registration, eligibility, coding, claims, and denials workflows.
• Experience reviewing third-party payer contracts, with the ability to identify favorable reimbursement terms and payment methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to support or lead contract negotiations with payers on behalf of healthcare providers.
• Strong understanding of Value-Based Care (VBC) models, including quality metrics, incentive structures, and performance measurement.
• Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and data modeling.
• Familiarity with telehealth platforms and virtual care workflows.
• Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools (Microsoft Project, Teams, SharePoint).
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft 365 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint/OneDrive).
• Understanding of HIPAA requirements, PHI handling, and secure data exchange concepts.
• Certified Professional Coder (CPC) preferred.

Pay

In New York, the salary range for this position is $105,000 to $175,000. Actual compensation within the range will depend on skills, experience, qualifications, and location, in accordance with applicable employment laws. Salary is one component of CohnReznick’s total rewards package, which also includes a discretionary performance bonus and other benefits.

Schedule

This is a hybrid position, with professionals encouraged to work in the office an average of 3 days a week. The cadence of in-office presence is determined at the team level.