Manager, Accounts Receivable and Cost Reporting ​/ Healthcare

Manager, Accounts Receivable and Cost Reporting

Now is your chance to join a Forbes magazine top 100 hospital where career growth and opportunity await you. They are committed to building healthcare teams whose care exceeds the expectations of their patients and community and are looking for quality talent who share the same values. They're nestled in a beautiful rural setting but close enough to the big city to enjoy that too!

If that sounds like the change you are looking for, please read on…

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, or related field required.

• Minimum of five years progressive healthcare finance, reimbursement, accounting, or revenue cycle experience.

• Previous supervisory or management experience.

• Working knowledge of Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement methodologies, healthcare accounting principles, cost reporting, reimbursement regulations, and revenue cycle operations.

• Strong analytical, critical-thinking, communication, and problem-solving skills.

• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Power BI, financial reporting systems, business intelligence tools, and data visualization applications.

• Full time hybrid position, Monday-Friday. Person will need to be onsite a few days a week.

• The range is between $86,000-$118,000 per year depending on experience.

• Full benefits package including (Medical, Dental, Life, PTO) and relocation assistance.

• Manages the Accounts Receivable and Cost Reporting functions for The Health Care System.

• Responsible for reporting on hospital and professional accounts receivable performance, reimbursement analysis, denial and collection trends, governmental and commercial payer receivables, Medicare and Medicaid cost reporting, supplemental payment programs, and regulatory reimbursement reporting at the organization and service line level.

• Provides leadership and reporting direction to identify trends in collection of receivables and optimization of cash flow while leading accurate reimbursement reporting and regulatory compliance.

• Develops reporting tools, analytics, and identifies operational processes that improve collections, reduce aged accounts receivable balances, strengthen reimbursement accuracy, and maximize financial performance related to service line execution.

• Helping to execute organizational goals. It is critically important to understand how Accounts Receivable and Cost Reporting activities contribute to the financial success of the organization and the key service lines. The Manager must effectively communicate organizational priorities, establish expectations, and guide staff through change.

• Monitor Accounts Receivable operations through continuous monitoring of days in accounts receivable, aging trends, denial rates, net collection performance, cash collections, credit balances, denials and recoupments, and payer-specific performance metrics.

• Develop and maintain dashboards, scorecards, and reporting tools that support leadership decision-making and improve visibility into collection performance and reimbursement trends.

• Analyze payer performance, collection barriers, denial patterns, underpayments, and reimbursement opportunities. Recommend operational improvements and action plans at both the organization wide level and the service line level.

• Oversee the preparation, coordination, review, and audit support for Medicare, Medicaid, and other governmental cost reports.

• Coordinate reimbursement activities with revenue cycle leaders, operational departments, external reimbursement consultants, auditors, and governmental agencies.

• Manage reimbursement analyses related to Medicare settlement estimates, Medicaid reimbursement programs, DSH, UPL, supplemental payment programs, bad debt reimbursement, uncompensated care funding, and other regulatory reimbursement programs.

• Monitor changing reimbursement regulations and communicate financial impact assessments to leadership at both the organizational level and the service line level.

• Develop reimbursement forecasts and support…