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Chief Executive Officer —

SUD & MHRS

Behavioral Health Program

CARENATIONDC INC

Washington, DC Job Details Full-time 5 hours ago Qualifications Supervisory support in social service case management Managed case managers Clinical program budget management Staff supervision Program management Managing teams of therapists Accreditation standards (regulatory compliance area) Team leadership Expense management Social service program staff supervision Substance abuse treatment center experience Healthcare documentation compliance audits Medical billing compliance checks Bachelor's degree Conflict management Overseeing payroll Healthcare financial management Profitability analysis Financial performance measurement Financial compliance monitoring Staffing management Program budgeting Senior leadership Full Job Description Position Summary The Chief Executive Officer is responsible for the overall leadership, growth, compliance, financial performance, and operational success of the organization's Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health Rehabilitation Services programs. This position requires a strong, experienced leader who can manage clinical operations, business development, regulatory compliance, staff performance, Medicaid billing readiness, community partnerships, and program outcomes. The CEO must ensure that the organization operates ethically, professionally, and in full compliance with all applicable federal, state, Medicaid, HIPAA, licensing, accreditation, and agency requirements. The ideal CEO is a strategic thinker, disciplined operator, strong communicator, and results-driven executive who can build a high-performing behavioral health organization while maintaining quality care, client safety, and financial sustainability. Key Responsibilities The CEO will be responsible for: Providing executive leadership for the organization's SUD and MHRS programs. Developing and implementing the organization's strategic plan, growth goals, policies, and operational priorities. Ensuring compliance with all behavioral health licensing, Medicaid, HIPAA, accreditation, clinical documentation, billing, and quality assurance requirements. Supervising senior leadership, including the Clinical Director, Medical Director, Program Director, QA/QI staff, billing team, intake team, case management team, and administrative staff. Ensuring that intake, assessment, treatment planning, service delivery, documentation, billing, discharge, and aftercare workflows are properly implemented. Monitoring program performance, client census, revenue, expenses, staffing levels, clinical outcomes, billing accuracy, and compliance risks. Leading financial planning, budgeting, payroll oversight, vendor management, and revenue cycle performance. Ensuring that all services billed are properly authorized, medically necessary, documented, and supported by clinical records. Building referral relationships with hospitals, courts, shelters, community organizations, government agencies, managed care organizations, and treatment partners. Recruiting, hiring, training, supervising, evaluating, and holding leadership staff accountable for performance. Ensuring that staff follow agency policies, professional ethics, confidentiality rules, and documentation timelines. Reviewing quality assurance reports, audit findings, incident reports, grievances, corrective action plans, and compliance dashboards. Leading preparation for audits, surveys, inspections, accreditation reviews, payer reviews, and regulatory monitoring visits. Ensuring proper use of EHR, HR systems, billing systems, and operational technology. Maintaining a culture of accountability, professionalism, ethical service delivery, client dignity, staff excellence, and continuous improvement. Reporting regularly to the Governing Board regarding operations, finances, compliance, staffing, risks, and strategic growth. Representing the organization professionally with regulators, funders, referral partners, clients, families, and community stakeholders. Protecting all confidential client, employee, financial, and company information. Minimum Qualifications Qualified candidates should have: Bachelor's degree required; master's degree in healthcare administration, business administration, public health, social work, psychology, counseling, or related field preferred. At least 5 years of leadership experience in behavioral health, SUD, MHRS, healthcare, social services, or Medicaidfunded programs. Strong knowledge of mental health, substance use disorder treatment, communitybased services, clinical operations, and healthcare compliance. Experience managing clinical, administrative, billing, QA/QI, intake, and case management teams. Experience with Medicaid billing, documentation compliance, audits, licensing, accreditation, or payer requirements. Strong financial management skills, including budgeting, revenue tracking, payroll oversight, expense control, and profitability planning. Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and hold staff accountable. Strong communication, decisionmaking, conflictresolution, and problemsolving skills. Ability to manage confidential information and operate with integrity. Experience using EHR systems, HR systems, billing systems, and performance dashboards preferred. Preferred Qualifications Preferred candidates will have: Experience managing both SUD and MHRS programs. Experience with outpatient behavioral health program startup or expansion. Knowledge of Medicaid managed care, behavioral health billing, prior authorization, and clinical documentation standards. Experience preparing for audits, surveys, corrective action plans, and accreditation reviews. Experience building referral networks and increasing client census. Experience developing policies, workflows, staff training systems, and quality assurance processes. Experience working with psychiatrists, APRNs, therapists, CACs, case managers, RSS staff, peer support staff, and administrative teams. Ideal Candidate The ideal CEO is someone who: Can lead with confidence and accountability. Understands both clinical care and business operations. Can grow census while protecting compliance. Knows how to build strong referral relationships. Can manage revenue, payroll, expenses, and profitability. Holds staff accountable without creating a toxic culture. Understands HIPAA, Medicaid, documentation, billing, and audit risk. Can identify operational problems quickly and fix them. Communicates clearly with the Board, regulators, staff, and partners. Protects the organization from fraud, waste, abuse, and poor documentation. Values client safety, ethical care, and measurable outcomes.