Director Revenue Cycle Applications IT

Position Summary

At Stony Brook Medicine, the Revenue Cycle Applications IT Director serves as a strategic leader charged with managing and enhancing the technology by supporting the organization's revenue cycle operations. This includes oversight of multi-hospital inpatient and outpatient services, physician practice registration, scheduling, health information management, and patient accounting systems.

Duties of a Director Revenue Cycle Applications IT may include the following but are not limited to:

· Oversees the operation and continuous improvement of all IT revenue cycle systems and interfaces, including Patient Financial Services, Charge Capture and Reconciliation, Registration, Scheduling, Patient Throughput, Health Information Management, Electronic Document and Signature Capture, Visitor Management, online payment solutions, Document Imaging, Diagnostic Coding, Deficiency Management, and Enterprise Master Patient Index across multiple hospitals and physician practices.

· Leads initiatives to crosswalk data among diverse systems in support of Revenue Cycle operations.

· Manages integration and support for a comprehensive suite of revenue cycle applications.

· Directs the evaluation, selection, implementation, and upgrade of technologies designed to automate tasks, centralize processes, and drive operational efficiency.

· Analyzes data to identify trends and develop strategies aimed at optimizing revenue capture and minimizing payment denials or delays.

· Ensures compliance with healthcare regulations (e.g., HIPAA) and payer requirements and coordinates the provision of required data to regulatory bodies and partner agencies.

· Serves as a liaison between Revenue Cycle and IT departments to facilitate integration and uphold data integrity.

· Collaborate with clinical, financial, and administrative teams to streamline workflows, enhance patient experience, and optimize financial operations.

· Manages vendor and partner relationships, conducting invoice reconciliations against completed deliverables.

· Supervises teams of system administrators and analysts responsible for maintaining revenue cycle technologies and supporting related initiatives.

· Requires proficiency in project management skills for implementing assigned projects, as well as strong collaboration abilities to support the Office of the PMO on enterprise-level initiatives.

· Plans resource allocation in alignment with organizational priorities and projects.

· Delivers effective leadership and supervision for direct reports and staff, including responsibilities for staffing, professional growth, human resource management, resource allocation, training, and ensuring compliance with established standards, policies, and best practices.

· Maintains software portfolios and IT support within ancillary areas; manages inventories of relevant equipment.

· Fosters a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and collaboration.

· Leads the development of system requirements, procurement, functional specifications, implementation, performance monitoring, enhancements, workflow assessments, outcome reviews, and recommendations for process redesign.

· Partners with Revenue Cycle Departments in requirements analysis, planning, selection, budgeting, design, implementation, and ongoing support of systems aligned with organizational strategic objectives, providing expertise throughout the application system lifecycle.

· Coordinates Revenue Cycle system operations with other directors to effectively prioritize team initiatives, ensuring seamless support for end-user departments and core business processes. Actively contributes to SBMIT’s strategic and operational objectives as an integral member of the SBMIT leadership team.

· Departmental capital planning, covering application upgrades, innovation, and technical needs assessments.

· Oversight of departmental capital and operational budgets.

· Adheres to organizational security policies and guidelines.

· Develops contingency procedures for all critical Revenue Cycle Applications.

· Participates in on-call rotations as required.

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