Healthcare Reimbursement Consulting Manager

About the role

At Plante Moran, we help organizations solve complex business challenges and uncover new opportunities for growth. Our management consulting team partners with clients to improve performance, strengthen financial outcomes, and navigate an evolving healthcare landscape. By combining deep industry expertise with a collaborative, client-focused approach, we deliver practical solutions that drive measurable results. As a trusted advisor, you'll work closely with post-acute healthcare providers, helping them optimize reimbursement, improve financial performance, and make informed business decisions. You'll have the opportunity to lead impactful engagements, build meaningful client relationships, and contribute to the success of both our clients and our growing practice.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage consulting engagements focused on post-acute healthcare reimbursement, financial performance, and accounting-related services.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to clients by providing strategic guidance on Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement matters.
• Prepare, review, and analyze Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF), Home Health, and Hospice Medicare and Medicaid cost reports in compliance with federal and state regulations.
• Analyze financial, reimbursement, and operational data to identify opportunities for revenue optimization, reimbursement improvement, staffing efficiencies, and expense management.
• Deliver accounting and financial advisory support to clients as needed.
• Help clients maximize reimbursement opportunities and improve overall financial performance.
• Supervise, mentor, and coordinate the work of consulting staff, fostering professional growth and ensuring quality client service.
• Build, maintain, and expand client relationships while contributing to business development and practice growth initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required.
• CPA preferred, but not required.
• Five or more years of experience in post-acute healthcare reimbursement, including Medicare, Medicaid, and cost reporting within a public accounting, healthcare consulting, reimbursement consulting or post-acute setting.
• Strong accounting and financial analysis skills, with the ability to identify trends, variances, and opportunities for process improvement.
• Proficiency with financial reporting systems, Microsoft Office, and related business applications.
• Travel: 10%-15%.
• This role is based in Cleveland or Columbus and is primarily an in-person position.
• This is an exempt position, so you may have to work hours that exceed the standard 40-hour work week.

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
• Flexible Time Off and various pre-determined holidays.
• 401(k) plan.
• Flexible benefits plans.
• Business-related travel expense, lodging, and meal reimbursement for business-related use.
• Pension plan for eligible administrative and paraprofessional staff.
• Discretionary bonus plan for eligible staff.
• Contingent staff positions option to elect health insurance in addition to limited paid sick time.

Pay

The compensation range for this role in CO, IL, OH, and MA is $120,000.00 - $150,000.00. Experienced hires are generally not hired at or near the maximum salary range, as compensation decisions consider responsibilities, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and geography. For early career roles, including campus hires, standardized, market-based starting salaries are offered among individuals within the same hiring group.