Formed in 1998 under four religious sponsors, Catholic Health in Buffalo, NY is a non-profit healthcare system that provides care to Western New Yorkers across a network of hospitals (six campuses – 1,209 licensed beds), nursing homes, home care agencies, physician practices, and other community-based ministries. Today, the system has two religious sponsors, the Diocese of Buffalo and the Vincentian Fathers, who carry on its Mission across the Buffalo-Niagara region as one of the largest health systems in Western New York. Catholic Health is well-known for its cardiac services, women's health, cancer treatment, and rehabilitation services and is a leading provider of elderly care. The system has revenue of $1.6 billion, approximately 10,000 employees, and has been named among the top 100 integrated healthcare systems in the country by SDI. Catholic Health is affiliated with the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine.
An integral component of our delivery system is the accurate, appropriate and timely recognition of revenue. The Vice President, Revenue Cycle participates in strategy, leads operations and optimization of revenue capture and collection across the enterprise. This role is accountable for guiding decisions around the necessary resources, systems, tools, processes, procedures, policies and investments to fully realize revenue associated with the CHS services delivered.
The ideal candidate will have significant experience managing revenue cycle operations within a healthcare environment, with a deep understanding of Epic electronic medical record systems and their integration with revenue cycle workflows
This position has direct oversight over the following sections of the revenue cycle:
- Patient Access
- Health Information Management
- Coding and Coding Education
- Inpatient, Outpatient and Ambulatory Clinical Documentation Integrity
- Tumor Registry
- Birth Registry
- CHS Charge Masters
- Revenue Integrity
- Billing, Follow Up and Collections, Denials, Cash Processing, Contract Implementation, Regulatory Compliance, Provision for Charity Care and Bad Debt Processes spanning all the entities within Catholic Health.
This role also has secondary oversight for inpatient clinical denials, Utilization Management and vendor performance of Healthcare Solutions WNY as it relates to professional revenue cycle activities for Catholic Health entities. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, this position will oversee the following revenue cycle operations and performance:
- Catholic Health Acute Care Facilities
- Mercy Hospital of Buffalo
- Sisters of Charity Hospital
- Sisters of Charity Hospital, St. Joseph Campus
- Kenmore Mercy Hospital
- Mount St. Mary’s Hospital
- Lockport Memorial Hospital, a campus of Mount St. Mary’s Hospital
- Catholic Health Employed Physician Groups
- Catholic Health Home and Community Based Care
- Trinity Medical, WNY
The starting base salary for this position is $240,000, with a generous benefits package and bonus potential. The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be determined based on various factors, including but not limited to level of experience, education, accomplishments, internal equity, budget, and reasonableness evaluation. The base compensation range listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.
For more information and to apply, please contact Abby Walsh at [email protected].