Executive Director, Payer Denials & Revenue Recovery

Piedmont; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Piedmont Healthcare Corporate is seeking an Executive Director to lead system-wide Payer Denials and Recovery within the Revenue Cycle. You will drive strategic vision, oversee denials, underpayment recovery, and contract compliance for hospital and physician entities, partnering with payer organizations and regulators to protect revenue.

The role requires 10+ years in revenue cycle leadership, Epic experience preferred, and a track record of large-scale transformation within multi-hospital

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, healthcare administration, finance, accounting, or related field required.
• Master's degree preferred.
• 10 years of leadership in revenue cycle operations or related fields.
• Experience with denials, appeals, payer recovery, and contract compliance.

Responsibilities

• Developing and executing a system-wide vision for payer denials and recovery.
• Overseeing denials management, appeals, recoupment, and IDR across hospital and physician entities.
• Leading enterprise oversight for denials, appeals, recoupments, and recovery analytics.
• Partnering with payers, regulators, auditors, and business partners to protect revenue.

Skills

Leadership

Revenue cycle

Strategic vision

Denials management

Payer analytics

Contract compliance

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration

Master's Degree Preferred

Tools

Epic

Epic Revenue Cycle

Reporting tools

Job description

Piedmont Healthcare Corporate is seeking an Executive Director to lead system-wide Payer Denials and Recovery within the Revenue Cycle. You will drive strategic vision, oversee denials, underpayment recovery, and contract compliance for hospital and physician entities, partnering with payer organizations and regulators to protect revenue.

The role requires 10+ years in revenue cycle leadership, Epic experience preferred, and a track record of large-scale transformation within multi-hospital