Manager Back-End Revenue Cycle Continuous Improvement at Huron Consulting Services

Huron helps its clients drive growth enhance performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. We help healthcare organizations build innovation capabilities and accelerate key growth initiatives enabling organizations to own the future instead of being disrupted by it. Together we empower clients to create sustainable growth optimize internal processes and deliver better consumer outcomes.Health systems hospitals and medical clinics are under immense pressure to improve clinical outcomes and reduce the cost of providing patient care. Investing in new partnerships clinical services and technology is not enough to create meaningful and substantive change. To succeed long-term healthcare organizations must empower leaders clinicians employees affiliates and communities to build cultures that foster innovation to achieve the best outcomes for patients.Joining the Huron team means youll help our clients evolve and adapt to the rapidly changing healthcare environment and optimize existing business operations improve clinical outcomes create a more consumer-centric healthcare experience and drive physician patient and employee engagement across the enterprise.Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future.The CI&I Manager will oversee junior staff responsible for conducting A/R and metric research identifying trends monitoring progress towards metric goals and collaborating with operational leaders to drive shared accountability toward A/R improvement. The CI&I Manager is expected to provide strategic thought leadership to cross functional project teams stakeholders and senior leaders.HURON PROFILEManagers play a vibrant integral role at Huron. Their invaluable knowledge reflects in the projects they manage and the teams they lead. As change leaders our Managers build long-standing partnerships with clients while collaborating with colleagues to solve our clients most pressing business challenges. Huron Managers shape and deliver results that seamlessly align with client goals visions and missions. Remarkably versatile our Managers also spend significant time mentoring junior staff where they share expertise as well as feedback and encouragement.Managers effectively collaborate with Huron and client senior leaders to design and implement complex and sustainable solutions while delivering remarkable results for our clients that often exceed engagement objectives. Their talents and leadership qualities instill passion and trust in clients junior staff members and Huron management. If you can lead teams create customized solutions and masterfully communicate on every levelIf youre a consummate professional a prospective champion of integrity and excellence and an inspiration of confidence and trust then you can and will leave your mark on the future of consulting. Create your future at Huron.POSITION SUMMARYHuron Managed Services is currently seeking a Manager to join Luminis Healths Continuous Improvement and Insights (CI&I) team. The CI&I Manager will provide strategic data and reporting to financial clearance registration and hospital revenue cycle operations leaders across the system. The CI&I Manager will focus on providing critical insights to address root cause issues impacting A/R and metric performance to drive financial and operational improvement.The CI&I Manager will oversee junior staff responsible for conducting A/R and metric research identifying trends monitoring progress towards metric goals and collaborating with operational leaders to drive shared accountability toward A/R improvement. The CI&I Manager is expected to provide strategic thought leadership to cross functional project teams stakeholders and senior leaders.KEY JOB DUTIESAnalyze interprets and summarizes pertinent revenue cycle data components and monitors performance against Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to identify process improvement opportunitiesConducts risk assessments to achieving KPI targets reports identified risks to management and provides recommendations for mitigation of riskExtrapolates market and payer trends and coordinates with operational leaders managed care vendor management and other relevant stakeholders to support development of action plans to attain top decile metric performanceDevelops and manages A/R and performance improvement issues logs quantifying impact of improvement initiatives as well as prioritization of solutions within a functional areaSupports execution of metric improvement solutions by providing operational leaders with necessary data and insights to take targeted actionsFacilitates cross-market collaboration and issue resolution leveraging system-wide exposure to derive and support delivery of optimal solutionsPrepares status reports and action-oriented summaries for executive leaders across the systemAttends and co-lead metric and project calls with Senior Management and support staffCritically evaluates overall A/R management strategy with the objective of continually enhancing operational improvement and embedding consistent processes to sustain best known practice solutionsUtilizes enhanced analytical tools for high volume complex analyses to provide critical insights and process updates based on analysis and collaboration with operational leadersQUALIFICATIONSCore QualificationsCurrent permanent U.S. work authorization requiredBachelors degree requiredLimited travel requiredProficient in Microsoft Office (Word PowerPoint Excel)Direct supervisory experience6-8 years of healthcare operations leadership and/or consulting experiencePreferred ExperienceRelevant hospital revenue cycle experience directing a department and/or team-based projects with a focus on process re-engineering/performance improvement initiatives and change management ORProject leadership and workplan management experience within a consulting firm setting with a focus on hospital or physician revenue cycle denials management or patient access servicesCandidate QualitiesPossesses strong operational understanding of revenue cycle processesStrong understanding of revenue cycle metrics and the levers that drive them in the patient access patient financial services and HIM/coding environmentAbility to design and apply conceptual models to business problems to understand issues and support with reporting and analyticsEffective and efficient organization and planning skills with the proven ability to manage complex multi-workstream performance improvement projects while delegating and overseeing the work of junior team membersProven analytical and critical thinking skills required to synthesize complex data sets and interpret qualitative and quantitative data and trends to implement recommendations resulting in measurable performance improvement and successful organizational changeImpactful and professional written and verbal communication set clear project team direction develop key deliverables escalate risks and influence key stakeholders inclusive of client and internal senior leadershipAbility to collaborate with team members and client counterparts to understand business challenges adapt implementation methodologies and approaches to ensure results align with clients business objectivesTeam leadership experience including building talent training supervising coaching/mentoring and performance managementADDITIONAL INFORMATIONJob FunctionContinuous Improvement & InsightsEmployment TypeFull timeLocationThe applicant must be eligible to work in the United States and does not require sponsorshipPhysical DemandsDesktop use may require extensive sitting periodsSeniority LevelManagerPosition LevelManagerCountryUnited States of AmericaRequired Experience:Manager Key Skills Business Development,Apprentice,Asset Management,ABAP,IT Strategy,Manufacturing Experience: years Vacancy: 1