Practice Administrator Post Acute Medical GRO
CareConnectMD · Costa Mesa, CA · 2 mo ago
On-siteHealthcareFull-time
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide oversight of medical group operations across multiple regions, ensuring consistency, scalability, and operational excellence.
- Establish and implement organizational goals, policies, procedures, and operating systems.
- Standardize workflows, staffing models, and best practices across markets.
- Lead teams to deliver a high level of patient and customer service across all care settings.
- Utilize knowledge of organizational systems, policies, and procedures to drive operational effectiveness.
- Exercise independent judgment, initiative, and problem-solving in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
Operations & Execution
- Maintain accountability for operational performance across regions, including staffing models, provider workflows, and care delivery execution.
- Oversee day-to-day operational performance and ensure effective coordination across interdepartmental functions.
- Ensure provider coverage standards are met (visits/day/week, admission timeliness and weekend/after-hours coverage).
- Monitor and manage rounding schedules, documentation timeliness and workflow compliance.
- Identify and resolve operational gaps impacting care delivery.
- Establish communication systems with facility staff, triage, and providers to improve efficiency and quality.
- Support execution of initiatives tied to: MSSP ACO REACH LEAD.
- Monitor effectiveness of operational processes and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
- Ensure appropriate delegation of responsibilities and development of leadership capabilities within the team.
Financial Management & KPI Ownership
- Own P&L performance across the medical group.
- Develop and manage budgets, forecasts, and expense controls.
- Review monthly financials and implement strategies to improve revenue and manage costs.
- Monitor key operational performance indicators, including: Provider productivity and schedule utilization, Revenue cycle performance (collections, denial rates, days in A/R), Adjusted collection rates (target ≥95%), Cost management and contribution margin, Track and improve key VBC metrics: Readmissions (RTA), ED utilization, Length of stay (supportive, not primary driver).
- Ensure alignment of expenditures with budget.
Revenue Cycle & Practice Performance
- Partner closely with Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) to optimize billing, collections, and denial management.
- Maintain strong understanding of Medicare, Medicaid, and managed care guidelines.
- Monitor collections performance and provide regular reporting to leadership.
- Maintain accurate charge capture, coding alignment, and compliance with payer requirements.
Physician Partnership & Incentive Alignment
- Manage SNFist physicians and advanced practice providers (NPs/PAs) schedules and staffing.
- Track and enforce: Productivity (visits per day, admissions), Quality metrics (RTA, care transitions, documentation quality), Compliance with client requirements.
- Provide real-time coaching on: Facility engagement and communication, Family interaction and care planning.
- Serve as a key operational partner to physician leadership.
- Provide physician performance reporting and operational insights.
- Support design and execution of physician compensation and incentive models aligned with: Productivity, Quality outcomes, Value-based care performance.
- Drive provider engagement, accountability, and alignment with organizational goals.
Scheduling, Access & Patient Flow
- Build and maintain provider schedules across facilities.
- Align staffing with facility density and growth strategy.
- Monitor admissions, visits, discharges to ensure target visits for patients are met.
Facility Relationship Management
- Serve as the primary operational liaison to SNF administrators and DONs.
- Proactively address: Service concerns, Coverage issues, Patient assignment challenges.
- Support growth and retention by maintaining high facility satisfaction.
Marketing & Growth
- Partner with business development to increase density in existing facilities, add new facilities and expand geographic footprint.
- Identify opportunities to grow patient volume and strengthen referral networks.
Leadership & Talent Management
- Lead, coach, and develop staff.
- Foster a culture of accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
- Partner with HR on recruitment, hiring, and workforce planning.
- Ensure timely hiring processes and alignment of roles with business needs.
Compliance & Risk Management
- Ensure compliance with CMS, regulatory requirements, and organizational policies.
- Maintain audit readiness and proper documentation standards.
- Support credentialing processes for physicians and advanced practice providers.
- Ensure adherence to: Medicare and payer billing requirements, SNF regulatory expectations.
- Monitor documentation quality and audit readiness.
- Support implementation of workflows (e.g., TCM, APCM, ACP where applicable).