Director of Business Office at ECU Health Behavioral Health Hospital, Valdosta, GA
Director of Business Office at ECU Health Behavioral Health Hospital in Valdosta, GA. Est. up to $160k. Apply with swipeandhired.
Greenleaf Behavioral Health Hospital
Overview
Come join the Greenleaf Behavioral Health leadership team as the Director of Business Office and make a difference every day! Greenleaf Behavioral Health Hospital is a 136-bed behavioral health and substance abuse treatment hospital located in the heart of South Georgia. We offer inpatient hospitalization, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient programming for adolescents, teens, and adults struggling with depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, behavioral issues, and other mental health illnesses.
PURPOSE STATEMENT:
Plan, develop, organize, implement, evaluate and supervise business office activities including the financial counselling, billing and collections functions for all service lines.
Responsibilities
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Monitor and report on key metrics such as cash collections, days outstanding, unbilled, denials, daily census, etc. in conjunction with the CFO.
- Establish and maintain controls for all cash collected and posted in patient accounting system.
- Maintain effective communication with third party insurance carriers to resolve issues that impede cash flow and detract from patient/member satisfaction.
- Provide staff management to includ e hiring, development, training, performance management and communication to ensure effective and efficient department operation.
- Maintain effective communication with the leadership team to ensure that all third-party compliance guidelines are met.
- Select and monitor outside collection vendors engaged in the collection of facility receivables. Review and balance agency reports to system reports and approve agency invoices.
- Lead and provide operational directives for all Business office activities related to the claim’s management and collections of the facility receivables and ensure timely, efficient cash collections to support the overall financial goals of the facility.
- Define and provide the necessary support and leadership to achieve departmental goals and objectives.
- Review all statistical reports to monitor trends and determine operational deficiencies and implement corrective action plans as necessary.
- Work closely with Utilization Review and Admissions staff to ensure proper authorization of patient insurance coverage.
- Manage and direct subordinate staff to identify goals and objectives.
OTHER FUNCTIONS:
- Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.
Qualifications
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