Director of Revenue Cycle Management -
Behavioral HealthLocation:
South FloridaSchedule:
Full-Time | Monday-Friday | 8:00 AM-5:00
PMWork Arrangement:
OnsiteCompensation:
$100,000+ annually, based on experience
Employment Type:
Full-Time | ExemptA growing healthcare organization in South Florida is seeking an experienced Director of Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) to lead and optimize its full revenue cycle operations.
This is a leadership position supporting continued organizational growth and program expansion. The Director will evaluate current revenue cycle, billing, and financial processes, identify opportunities for improvement, and develop a strategic action plan to improve revenue performance, efficiency, and overall operations.
The ideal candidate will have strong experience in behavioral health revenue cycle management, along with hands-on knowledge of Netsmart, Florida Medicaid, Medicaid MCOs, Medicare, commercial payers, billing, denials, A/R, coding, and revenue-cycle analytics.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the full revenue cycle, including patient access, intake, eligibility, charge capture, coding, billing, denial management, A/R, and collections.
- Assess current RCM and billing operations to identify process gaps, inefficiencies, and revenue leakage.
- Develop and implement practical, measurable improvement plans.
- Monitor key performance indicators such as clean-claim rate, denial rate, days in A/R, and collection rates.
- Analyze denial trends and identify root causes related to documentation, authorization, credentialing, coding, or billing.
- Oversee accurate patient setup, eligibility verification, charge capture, coding, claim submission, payment posting, and related revenue-integrity functions.
- Manage provider and payer enrollment processes to minimize billing delays.
- Evaluate and improve Netsmart EHR billing configuration, claims workflows, and system processes.
- Maintain strong knowledge of Medicaid, Medicare, commercial insurance, and Florida Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs).
- Develop RCM dashboards, reports, and financial metrics for executive leadership.
- Lead and develop revenue cycle staff.
- Partner with Finance, IT, Clinical Operations, Compliance, and other departments on process and technology improvements.
- Ensure billing and revenue cycle activities comply with applicable federal, state, and payer requirements.
- Use data and financial reporting to identify issues, prioritize improvements, and measure results.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Healthcare Administration, Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field required; Master's degree preferred.
- 7+ years of progressive revenue cycle management experience.
- 2+ years of senior-level revenue cycle management leadership experience.
- Significant experience managing behavioral health revenue cycle operations.
- Experience with primary care, FQHC, community health center, or similar healthcare revenue cycle operations.
- Experience managing complex, multi-program and multi-payer revenue cycles.
- Netsmart EHR experience required.
- Florida Medicaid and Florida Medicaid MCO experience required.
- Strong knowledge of Medicare and commercial payer requirements.
- Strong expertise in claims processing, denial management, A/R, collections, coding, and revenue integrity.
- Experience with provider and payer enrollment.
- Strong analytical and KPI/dashboard experience.
- Demonstrated success with revenue cycle process improvement and technology optimization.
- Strong leadership, communication, project management, and change-management skills.
What You'll Be Doing InitiallyThe immediate focus will be on understanding the current operation before making changes.
The Director will:
- Review existing RCM, billing, programming, workflows, and systems.
- Gain an understanding of the current team and operational structure.
- Analyze revenue cycle performance and identify areas of opportunity.
- Determine the root causes of billing and revenue challenges.
- Develop a prioritized plan of action to improve processes and financial performance.
- Work collaboratively with leadership and internal teams to implement improvements.
Qualified Director-level RCM professionals with behavioral health experience are encouraged to apply.