Director of Revenue Cycle Management

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Remote RCM Director leading billing operations for Maryland behavioral health providers. Managing payer reimbursement, denials, collections, reporting, and billing teams for Revive BHS.

Responsibilities:

  • Oversee day-to-day revenue cycle operations for a portfolio of Maryland behavioral health clients
  • Manage verification of benefits, eligibility, authorizations, claim creation and submission, payment posting, reconciliation, denial management, appeals, collections, patient responsibility, and patient statements
  • Lead and supervise billing managers, billing specialists, authorization/VOB staff, and other RCM team members
  • Monitor billing activity and ensure accurate, timely claim submission
  • Oversee Maryland Medicaid/PBHS, Carelon Behavioral Health, commercial insurance, and other payer billing and reimbursement
  • Monitor accounts receivable and follow up on unpaid, underpaid, rejected, and denied claims
  • Review aging reports and identify trends affecting collections
  • Develop corrective action plans for denials, aging A/R, authorization issues, and reimbursement problems
  • Monitor reimbursement against fee schedules and contracted rates and identify underpayments
  • Oversee denial management and payer appeals
  • Establish and monitor client-account KPIs, including clean claim rate, denial rate, days in A/R, aging, collection rate, authorization-related denials, outstanding A/R, and monthly collections
  • Provide regular revenue cycle reporting to Revive and client leadership
  • Participate in client meetings and communicate billing performance, problems, corrective actions, and recommendations
  • Develop standardized billing workflows, policies, procedures, internal controls, and account-specific processes
  • Assist with onboarding new RCM clients, including EHR and clearinghouse setup, payer configuration, billing matrices, fee schedules, workflows, reporting, and transitions
  • Collaborate with credentialing and consulting teams on enrollment, licensing, credentialing, and operational issues
  • Ensure compliance with Maryland Medicaid, Carelon, Medicare when applicable, commercial payer requirements, HIPAA, and applicable regulations
  • Stay current on Maryland behavioral health reimbursement, billing, authorization, payer, fee schedule, and coding changes
  • Recruit, train, supervise, and evaluate RCM staff
  • Identify automation, workflow, and technology opportunities to improve efficiency and collections
  • Serve as primary internal escalation point for complex billing, reimbursement, payer, and revenue cycle issues

Requirements:

  • Minimum of 5 years of healthcare revenue cycle management experience, including significant leadership or management responsibility
  • Direct experience with Maryland behavioral health billing is required
  • Strong working knowledge of Maryland Medicaid/PBHS and Carelon Behavioral Health
  • Experience billing for OMHC and/or substance use disorder treatment services
  • Thorough understanding of behavioral health authorizations, eligibility verification, claims submission, payment posting, denials, appeals, collections, and A/R management
  • Experience managing multiple client accounts, locations, programs, or billing entities simultaneously
  • Ability to analyze A/R and reimbursement data and translate findings into operational improvements
  • Experience supervising and developing billing teams
  • Knowledge of CPT, HCPCS, ICD-10, modifiers, payer-specific billing requirements, and behavioral health reimbursement methodologies
  • Experience with behavioral health EHRs, clearinghouses, payer portals, and electronic claims/remittance systems
  • Strong Excel/Google Sheets and reporting skills
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Highly organized with ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to independently research and resolve complex payer and reimbursement issues
  • Preferred: experience with multiple Maryland behavioral health levels of care, Carelon, Medicaid EVS, Availity, commercial payer portals, Maryland-specific authorization processes, EHR/billing system implementations or transitions, and third-party or multi-site behavioral health RCM operations
  • CPC, CPB, CRCR or other relevant billing/revenue cycle certification preferred but not required
  • Bachelor's degree in healthcare administration, business, finance, or related field preferred; equivalent relevant experience considered
  • Must be capable of operating at both director and operational levels