Opportunity
As the Chief Revenue Cycle Officer, this individual will hold ultimate responsibility for centralized oversight and expert management of all hospital and professional revenue cycle activities across the organization. This role is charged with advancing executive leadership over Cooper’s revenue cycle, which has experienced robust patient volume and double-digit revenue growth over the past seven years.
Key priorities for this role include: (1) reestablishing and strengthening executive command of the revenue cycle function; (2) spearheading strategic technology deployment to reduce overall cost-to-collect; and (3) leading direct engagement with physician leaders to drive improvements in prior authorization and reimbursement coverage. The successful candidate will be empowered to architect the future of Cooper’s revenue cycle, serving as the face and voice of the function to all stakeholders, and driving creative, forward-thinking digital innovation to optimize collections.
A rare opportunity for an exceptional influential leader to architect the go-forward function for a financially healthy organization, the next Chief Revenue Cycle Officer will make a lasting impact at this ideally sized health system – with its growing care network and commitment to innovation – by helping to drive its core mission to serve, to heal, and to educate.
Position Summary
The Chief Revenue Cycle Officer leads the overall strategy, optimization and implementation guidance of revenue cycle operations for Cooper University Health Care’s acute care, outpatient, and professional networks across the health system. This individual will collaborate cross-functionally with finance, IT, compliance, and clinical leaders to serve as a thought leader in revenue cycle best practices and digital innovation.
Key areas of responsibility include oversight of the hospital registration, insurance verification, financial counseling, utilization management and discharge planning, revenue integrity, coding, clinical documentation improvement (CDI), health information management, patient financial services, claims resolution, vendor management, training, and overall collection of patient service revenues across the revenue cycle.
Position Requirements
Education
• Bachelors degree required
• Masters degree preferred
Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
• Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in revenue cycle management
• Epic experience is preferred
• Technology forward mindset
• Track record of leading teams through change
• Commitment to Cooper’s core values
Compensation
An attractive compensation, benefits, and relocation package will be offered based on the job role, candidate experience, qualifications, internal pay equity, and market data.