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Salary: 206,349-309,543

Facility: Administrative Regional Training Cntr

Shift: Shift 1

Status: Executive FTE: 1.000000

Bargaining Unit: ACE Associates

Exempt from Overtime: Exempt: Yes

Work Schedule: Days

Hours:

Summary:

An integral component of our delivery system is the accurate, appropriate and timely recognition of revenue. The Vice President, Revenue Cycle participates in strategy, leads operations and optimization of revenue capture and collection across the enterprise. This role is accountable for guiding decisions around the necessary resources, systems, tools, processes, procedures, policies and investments to fully realize revenue associated with the CHS services delivered. This position has direct oversight over the following sections of the revenue cycle:

+ Patient Access

+ Health Information Management

+ Coding and Coding Education

+ Inpatient, Outpatient and Ambulatory Clinical Documentation Integrity

+ Tumor Registry

+ Birth Registry

+ CHS Charge Masters

+ Revenue Integrity

+ Billing, Follow Up and Collections, Denials, Cash Processing, Contract Implementation, Regulatory Compliance, Provision for Charity Care and Bad Debt Processes spanning all the entities within Catholic Health.

This role also has secondary oversight for inpatient clinical denials, Utilization Management and vendor performance of Healthcare Solutions WNY as it relates to professional revenue cycle activities for Catholic Health entities. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, this position will oversee the following revenue cycle operations and performance:

+ Catholic Health Acute Care Facilities

o Mercy Hospital of Buffalo

o Sisters of Charity Hospital

o Sisters of Charity Hospital, St. Joseph Campus

o Kenmore Mercy Hospital

o Mount St. Mary's Hospital

o Lockport Memorial Hospital, a campus of Mount St. Mary's Hospital

+ Catholic Health Employed Physician Groups

+ Catholic Health Home and Community Based Care

+ Trinity Medical, WNY

Responsibilities:

EDUCATION

+ Bachelor's Degree required

+ Master's Degree in a Finance or related field preferred

+ RHIA, CCS, CPC or RHIT certification preferred

EXPERIENCE

+ Adept at navigating technology; experience leveraging systems to improve efficiency and maximize performance

+ Existing experience or a demonstrated interest in examining and re-engineering operations, processes and procedures

+ Demonstrated ability to make quality and metric based strategic business decisions

+ Knowledge of HIPAA, JCAHO and other compliance requirements for the Medical Record

+ Knowledge of ICD coding, working knowledge of coding for third party payers including CMS and NYS guidelines including SPARCs reporting

+ Knowledge and understanding of current healthcare financial challenges including the changing industry dynamic and the anticipated impact of reform; ability to connect these challenges to the revenue cycle for operational improvement opportunities

+ Possesses strong project, process and change management skills and is able to prioritize and adjust based on the changing needs of the organization

+ Demonstrated ability to express ideas logically, cogently and persuasively. Possesses exceptional communication and presentation skills

+ Demonstrated skill in critical thinking, diplomacy and relationship building required

+ Highly developed communication skills, successfully demonstrated in effectively working with a wide variety of people in both individual and group settings

+ Demonstrated problem solving and inductive reasoning skills, which manifest themselves in creative solutions to operational skills

+ Organizes and manages work to achieve results and tracks performance so that problems are detected early and prevented

+ Exhibits a consistent commitment to continuous improvement

+ Provides leadership as indicated by the ability to get individuals or groups to accomplish task and accept ideas

+ Demonstrates interest in employee development and ability in interpersonal communications, especially exhibiting sensitivity to employee's needs

+ Ability to operationalize a vision and manage change to drive success

+ Demonstrates skill in the use of technology and reporting software

+ Other competencies and characteristics

o Has a direct, honest, open and highly professional style; is thoughtful, intentional, and collaborative; encourages input and ideas from others

o A change agent, possesses vision with the ability to motivate others to execution

o A visible leader who maintains equitable presence across all functional areas

o Is highly organized and disciplined with a strong work ethic and sense of urgency

o Is committed to high quality service approach that improves patient, resident, physician and stakeholder satisfaction

o Courageous and possesses a strong ability to encourage and challenge the thinking of others in a diplomatic and constructive manner

o Ability to lead through influence, achieve support for initiatives and build consensus among stakeholders. A leadership style that encourages teamwork, accountability, communication and service orientation

o Is a self-starter, decisive, intuitive, and quick study - recognizes and values processes but is not constrained by them. Is a creative problem solver with a "big picture" perspective

o Leader with proven ability to develop, engage, challenge, and mentor others; possesses core management skills that include the ability to interface and collaborate effectively with management, staff and senior executives

o A creative, results oriented and values driven professional; highly analytical and able to make crisp decisions based on sound analysis of data

WORKING CONDITIONS:

+ Office environment

REQNUMBER: 41578