Director of Operations

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Director overseeing AMSURG’s ambulatory surgery center operations, governance, growth, and financial performance. Managing physician partnerships, boards, staffing, budgets, and revenue-cycle performance across assigned centers.

Responsibilities:

  • Build strong local partnerships with physician leaders
  • Oversee governance and operations of Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs)
  • Optimize center operations to enable growth across a multisite, multimarket environment
  • Oversee approximately $50M to $100M in revenue and typically 6-15 ASCs
  • Build leadership pipelines and develop regional growth strategies
  • Manage ASC P&L in partnership with Center Administrators and physician partners
  • Execute center strategy with support from the VP of Operations
  • Identify service-line and organic growth opportunities
  • Implement corporate initiatives at assigned ASCs
  • Collaborate with marketing, Business Development, Physician Recruiting, Practice Recruiting, Communications, and other DOOs to drive volume growth
  • Develop strategies to grow case volume, reduce expenses, and improve patient experience and outcomes
  • Manage health system partners and provider equity group relationships
  • Prepare for and lead ASC board meetings; potentially serve on ASC joint-venture boards or as board Chairman
  • Manage ASC initiatives and day-to-day operations
  • Mentor and train Center Administrators and coordinate onboarding and learning and development programs
  • Coordinate with Clinical and Revenue Cycle Management teams to improve performance and revenue-cycle KPIs
  • Build relationships with ASCs and physicians and conduct quarterly on-site visits as business needs require
  • Develop staffing models and monitor FTE utilization
  • Provide backup for ASC administrative functions such as payroll and payables
  • Partner with corporate functions on IT, HIPAA, audits, human resources, training, policies, quality, revenue cycle, and procurement
  • Identify best practices and motivate adoption of new opportunities
  • Mitigate legal issues with the VP of Operations and legal department
  • Develop and execute ASC-level action plans
  • Support physician recruitment and retention for business and market development
  • Broker AMSURG resources and maintain ownership of situations through resolution
  • Schedule and lead quarterly board meeting agendas, capture minutes, and follow up on action items
  • Oversee quality, operational efficiency, staffing, policies, risk management, regulatory compliance, patient experience, information technology, security, and financial management
  • Manage and report ASC financial performance, budgets, forecasts, capital requests, volume targets, and EBITDA targets
  • Oversee Revenue Cycle Management to ensure accounts-receivable benchmarks and efficient cash flow

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration or relevant field, and/or equivalent combination of education and work experience
  • Minimum five to seven (5-7) years of healthcare management experience
  • Experience preferred managing up to $40 million+ in revenue at a minimum
  • Experience with contract negotiations and managed care models within a complex organization
  • Multi-state healthcare system experience preferred
  • Minimum three (3) years’ experience managing healthcare operations staff
  • Knowledge of operations in an outpatient or physician specialty service line preferred
  • Clinical and/or Revenue Cycle Management experience preferred
  • Willingness to travel up to 60% of the time, with an average travel commitment of 40-60%
  • Excellent customer service, interpersonal, leadership, management, organizational, verbal and written communication, judgment, and decision-making skills
  • Understanding of healthcare trends and their relationship to Ambulatory Care
  • Ability to manage multiple projects under tight deadlines with meticulous attention to detail
  • Ability to deliver presentations to senior management, boards, community groups, physicians, and staff
  • Self-motivated and able to work without direct supervision
  • Ability to integrate and harmonize diversified functions
  • Ability to understand, influence, and partner with others
  • Ability to resolve problems quickly and effectively
  • Must be able to sit or stand for extended periods, operate a computer and other office equipment, and communicate clearly in person and/or over the phone
  • Requires occasional walking, bending, reaching, and lifting

Benefits:

  • Full-time employment
  • Remote work arrangement
  • Travel reimbursement is not explicitly stated
  • Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions