Sr. Manager, Medical Collections (H)

University of Miami; Avenue (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Miami in Miami, FL is seeking a Senior Manager, Medical Collections to lead the billing collections function. This role serves as a liaison between clinical departments and department leaders to optimize revenue and minimize claim delays and denials.

Responsibilities include training and mentoring staff, directing collection workflows, preparing performance and statistical reports, and ensuring internal controls and policy compliance across the unit.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field required
• Refer to department description for applicable certification requirements
• Minimum 4 years of relevant experience required
• Operational Management: Optimizes day-to-day operations and processes for efficiency and effectiveness.
• Organizational Development: Ability to implement strategies to improve organizational effectiveness, engagement, and manage change.
• Financial Oversight: Knowledge of financial operations and management.
• Team Leadership: Ability to create and maintain a cohesive and productive team environment, build positive working relationships and work collaboratively with others.
• Technical Proficiency: Skilled in using office software, technology, and relevant computer applications.
• Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills to convey ideas clearly and persuasively.
• Any appropriate combination of relevant education, experience and/or certifications may be considered.

Responsibilities

• Trains, oversees, and mentors collection staff and ensures collection activities occur in a timely and accurate manner.
• Collaborates with other managers to improve staffing and work prioritization.
• Prepares statistical reports, procedures, and systems to improve collection functions.
• Audits problem accounts and resolves any issues.
• Meets periodically with department leadership to discuss issues and improvements in regards to billing and collection activities.
• Reviews, processes, and approves billing adjustments, refunds, and transfers.
• Prepares department and individual performance reports.
• Establishes and continuously assesses the effectiveness of the internal controls within the unit and compliance with University policies and procedures.
• Ensures employees are trained on controls within the function and on University policy and procedures.

Skills

Operational Management

Organizational Development

Financial Oversight

Team Leadership

Technical Proficiency

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in relevant field

Tools

Office software

Job description

Current Employees:

The University of Miami/UHealth Central Business Office has an exciting opportunity for a full-time Senior Manager, Medical Collections to work in Miami, FL. The Senior Manager, Medical Collections serves as liaison between the clinical departments assigned and department leaders, faculty physicians, and department chairs. The Senior Manager, Medical Collections utilizes information contained within billing operations to identify opportunities and articulates action plans for clinic department leaders with the goal of optimizing revenue and minimizing medical claim delays and denials.

CORE JOB FUNCTIONS

• Trains, oversees, and mentors collection staff and ensures collection activities occur in a timely and accurate manner.
• Collaborates with other managers to improve staffing and work prioritization.
• Prepares statistical reports, procedures, and systems to improve collection functions.
• Audits problem accounts and resolves any issues.
• Meets periodically with department leadership to discuss issues and improvements in regards to billing and collection activities.
• Reviews, processes, and approves billing adjustments, refunds, and transfers.
• Prepares department and individual performance reports.
• Establishes and continuously assesses the effectiveness of the internal controls within the unit and compliance with University policies and procedures.
• Ensures employees are trained on controls within the function and on University policy and procedures.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field required
• Refer to department description for applicable certification requirements
• Minimum 4 years of relevant experience required
• Operational Management: Optimizes day-to-day operations and processes for efficiency and effectiveness.
• - Organizational Development: Ability to implement strategies to improve organizational effectiveness, engagement, and manage change.
• Financial Oversight: Knowledge of financial operations and management.
• Team Leadership: Ability to create and maintain a cohesive and productive team environment, build positive working relationships and work collaboratively with others.
• Technical Proficiency: Skilled in using office software, technology, and relevant computer applications.
• Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills to convey ideas clearly and persuasively.
• Any appropriate combination of relevant education, experience and/or certifications may be considered.

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The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for. The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.

Job Status: Full time Employee Type: Staff

The mission of the University of Miami is to transform lives through education, research, innovation, and service. A vibrant and diverse academic and healthcare community, the University of Miami and the University of Miami Health System ("UHealth") have rapidly progressed to become one of the nation’s top research universities and academic medical centers in the nation. The University comprises 12 schools and colleges serving undergraduate and graduate students in more than 350 majors and programs.

Visit welcome.miami.edu/about-um to learn more about our points of pride. The University ranks No. 55 on U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Colleges list and ranked No. 49 in the 2022 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute is ranked the #1 eye hospital in the USA and offers some of the nation's premiere eye doctors to treat every eye condition for adults. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer, part of the Miller School of Medicine, received the prestigious National Cancer Institute designation in 2019. The University of Miami and UHealth have also ranked among the Forbes Best Employers and Best Employers for Women on several occasions, most recently in 2022. With more than 17,000 faculty and staff, the University strives for excellence, and is driven by a powerful mission to transform and impact the lives of its students, patients, members of the community, and people across the globe. The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.