Manager, Revenue Cycle

Manager Of Outpatient Revenue CycleThe Manager of Outpatient Revenue Cycle is responsible for planning, supervising, and coordinating outpatient medical billing and coding for all Community Health Center services, including ambulatory clinics, diagnostics, behavioral health, and ancillary services. This position oversees the development and implementation of monthly AR reports, policies, and processes to reduce inefficiencies and maximize revenue by improving outpatient charge capture, coding, claims submission, and collection functions. The Manager is a key member of the Community Health Center management team, conducting problem analysis and recommending solutions. Periodic travel between the Health Care District's Home Office, Lakeside Medical Center, and outpatient clinic sites may be required.Responsibilities include:Developing and leading a customer serviceoriented team focused on outpatient revenue cycle objectives.Managing end-to-end outpatient billing operations, including oversight of third-party billing services, ensuring efficient work queues, claim edits resolution, and high productivity.Overseeing outpatient charge capture and coding accuracy (CPT/HCPCS, ICD-10-CM), including E/M, observation, diagnostics, infusions/injections, minor procedures, and clinic/ancillary services.Ensuring compliance with CMS outpatient rules (OPPS), National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) edits, modifier usage, medically necessary services, and payer-specific policies.Developing outpatient revenue cycle reports, dashboards, and KPIs (e.g., DNFB, first-pass yield, clean claim rate, denial rates, days in AR, credit balances) and presenting findings to leadership.Providing feedback to registration, scheduling, and HIM teams to maximize performance of front-end and back-end processes affecting outpatient claims.Identifying, collecting, and validating data related to outpatient utilization and reimbursement trends; preparing regular and ad hoc analyses for leadership.Working with third-party payers to assure appropriate payment for outpatient services, including contract interpretation and monitoring of payer policy changes that impact outpatient reimbursement.Collaborating with technical experts and business units to optimize Epic work queues, charge review, claim edit logic, and reporting for outpatient services.Supervising coding quality audits and compliance monitoring to ensure proper outpatient billing to Medicaid, Medicare, and commercial payers; leading coder education based on audit findings.Overseeing timely creation and transmission of outpatient claims; auditing and recording payments, adjustments, and write-offs; researching, correcting, and rebilling denied or rejected outpatient claims.Monitoring production of patient statements and the collection of patient balances related to outpatient services; recommending allowances and write-offs per policy based on aged trial balance review.Leading root-cause analysis and remediation for top outpatient denials (e.g., medical necessity, bundling, eligibility, authorization, modifier, frequency, duplicate claims).Ensuring charge posting staff are trained on EMR use for outpatient charge capture and documentation retrieval consistent with access and needs.Attending required meetings and participating on committees; maintaining professional affiliations to stay current with outpatient revenue cycle trends and regulations.Leading staff in resolving issues related to patient financial services, especially those impacting outpatient access, pricing transparency, estimates, and collections.Supporting emergency duties when required, which may include work in special needs or Red Cross shelters or other emergency responses.QualificationsEducation: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Healthcare Administration, Finance, or related field required. Equivalent combination of education and experience may substitute for minimum requirements.Experience: Three (3) to five (5) years of experience managing outpatient coding and/or billing staff required. Experience in team building and knowledge of Managed Care, Payer Enrollment and Credentialing required. Experience in Epic strongly preferred.Certification: Certified Professional Coder (CPC), Certified Outpatient Coder (COC), or other relevant outpatient coding certifications preferredLicensure: Valid Florida Driver's License required.Registrations: N/ATraining: N/AJob InfoJob Identification 879Job Category Revenue CycleJob Schedule Full timeJob Shift DayLocations 1515 N. Flagler Drive, West Palm Beach, FL, 33401, US (On-site)Department Administration - CHCAbout UsThe Health Care District of Palm Beach County is an independent special taxing district that has served as a healthcare safety net for more than 36 years to fill in gaps in access to healthcare services. This unique healthcare system covers the entire county and provides a wide range of services such as nine community health centers (Federally Qualified Health Centers) which serve everyone regardless of ability to pay; school health teams in 172 public schools; a lifesaving Trauma Hawk aeromedical helicopter program; a rural, public teaching hospital, Lakeside Medical Center; an award-winning skilled nursing center; a ground ambulance program for Health Care District patients needing a higher level of care and the county's Trauma Agency, which ensures quality outcomes within the county's trauma system and leads initiatives to prevent traumatic injury.We are committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, military or veteran status, age, sex, pregnancy status, genetic information, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation or identification status, or any other legally recognized category protected by jurisdictional, state or federal law. The information collected by this application is solely to determine suitability for employment, verify identity and maintain employment statistics on applicants.We are also committed to maintaining a safe, healthy, and productive work environment for all employees. As such, we are a Drug-Free Workplace.This role may require Agency of Health Care Administration (AHCA) background screening and clearance. As required under House Bill 531, applicants may review AHCA's education and awareness information at the following link: