Executive Director, Coding & Revenue Cycle Innovation

MD Anderson Cancer Center; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 174,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Onsite work

Job summary

The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center invites an Executive Director, Coding to provide enterprise-wide leadership of centralized coding functions within the patient revenue cycle.

You will drive coding accuracy, regulatory compliance, and financial performance while advancing quality outcomes that influence institutional rankings. You will partner with Clinical Operations, Finance, Quality, Compliance and IT to align coding practices with goals, and oversee AI-enabled coding

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Master's degree or higher in finance, business administration, or a healthcare-related field preferred.
• RHIA, CPHIMS, or CPC required; CCS, CCDS, or CDIP preferred.
• Ten years of professional progressive experience in finance, accounting, or related fields; five years of leadership experience.
• Experience with large-scale professional and technical patient coding and related information systems.

Responsibilities

• Direct, administer, and lead centralized coding operations and set enterprise coding strategy.
• Drive continuous improvement of revenue cycle performance using people, processes, and technology.
• Oversee metrics impacting rankings (US News, Vizient) and quality measures.
• Collaborate across Clinical Operations, Finance, Compliance, HIM, and IT.
• Ensure adherence to regulatory requirements and leverage AI-enabled coding workflows.
• Provide executive oversight for systems like Epic Resolute, 3M 360 Encompass, Nuance, OnCore CTMS.
• Lead talent development and professional growth within the coding organization.
• Engage in industry benchmarking and thought leadership.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Revenue cycle

Coding governance

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory compliance

AI / automation

Systems oversight

Epic Resolute

3M 360 Encompass

Nuance

OnCore CTMS

CAC

NLP tools

Analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree or higher

Tools

Epic Resolute

3M 360 Encompass

Nuance

OnCore CTMS

CAC

NLP tools

Audit platforms

Analytics systems

Job description

The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center invites an Executive Director, Coding to provide enterprise-wide leadership of centralized coding functions within the patient revenue cycle.

You will drive coding accuracy, regulatory compliance, and financial performance while advancing quality outcomes that influence institutional rankings. You will partner with Clinical Operations, Finance, Quality, Compliance and IT to align coding practices with goals, and oversee AI-enabled coding