VP, Revenue Cycle Management

Welcome to Ovation Healthcare!

At Ovation Healthcare, we’ve been making local healthcare better for more than 40 years. Our mission is to strengthen independent community healthcare. We provide independent hospitals and health systems with the support, guidance and tech-enabled shared services needed to remain strong and viable. With a strong sense of purpose and commitment to operating excellence, we help rural healthcare providers fulfill their missions.

The Ovation Healthcare difference is the extraordinary combination of operations experience and consulting guidance that fulfills our mission of creating a sustainable future for healthcare organizations. Ovation Healthcare's vision is to be a dynamic, integrated professional services company delivering innovative and executable solutions through experience and thought leadership, while valuing trust, respect, and customer focused behavior.

We’re looking for talented, motivated professionals with a desire to help independent hospitals thrive. Working with Ovation Healthcare you will have the opportunity to collaborate with highly skilled subject matter specialists and operations executives, in a collegial atmosphere of professionalism and teamwork.

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Summary:

We are seeking a mission-driven, strategic revenue cycle executive to lead and modernize the Central Business Office (CBO) for one of our independent hospitals based in Tennessee. This hospital is part of a larger system, has 300+ beds, and about $150-200M in NPR. Additionally, it has many offsite clinics and a robust physician enterprise program that it continues to grow.

This senior leader will oversee the full spectrum of revenue cycle operations and drive enterprise-wide transformation that aligns with this hospital’s strategic growth and direction. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in rural and specialty care reimbursement, experience navigating the Southeast regions regulatory compliance and payer specifics, and a passion for advancing access and sustainability in underserved communities.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Enterprise Revenue Cycle Oversight:

• Lead all back-end revenue cycle functions billing, collections, denials, and revenue integrity across the hospital. Also oversee the coding teams for both the hospital and the clinics..

Technology Modernization:

• Drive modernization of billing platforms and front-end digital tools. Lead optimization of EHR and RCM systems that are newly implemented. to enhance accuracy, automation, and reporting.

Data-Driven Performance Management:

• Implement dashboards and performance tracking systems to monitor KPIs such as A/R days, denial rates, net revenue realization, Medicaid eligibility conversion, and patient collections. Proactively manage financial risk in a challenging payer mix.

Transformation & Centralization:

• Lead the centralization of revenue cycle functions into a high-performing, scalable CBO model.
• Streamline workflows and resource allocation across geographically dispersed, multi-service facilities.

Strategic Financial Collaboration:

• Serve as a key partner to the CFO and executive team in aligning revenue cycle strategy with system-wide financial goals.
• Support payer contracting strategy with the client managed care team.

Workforce & Leadership Development: 

• Build and lead a strong revenue cycle leadership team.
• Recruit and retain top talent in rural markets while fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and mission alignment.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Leadership & Transformation:

• Demonstrated success leading enterprise-wide revenue cycle transformation, workforce centralization, and technology modernization.

Communication & Change Management:

• Excellent communicator and team builder with the ability to drive alignment and cultural buy-in across clinical, financial, and operational teams.

Systems Expertise: 

• Proficient with healthcare IT and RCM systems relevant to this hospital (e.g., Athena, MedHost, Epic).
• Ability to lead upgrades, integrations, and optimization projects.

Work Experience, Education, and Certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration, Business, or Finance required; Master’s degree (MHA, MBA, MPH) strongly preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive revenue cycle leadership experience
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