$116,300–$264,600 Per Year
Automation, Change Management, Charge Capture, Clinical Study Publications, Communication Skills, Consulting, Continuous Improvement, Corrective Action, Credit and Collections, Cross-Functional, Data Analysis, Decision Support, Epic Certification, Epic Systems, Establish Priorities, Finance, Financial Operations, Healthcare, Healthcare Administration, Healthcare Reimbursement, Hospital, Hospital Systems, Investment Management, Leadership, Lean Manufacturing, Lean Six Sigma, Medical Coding, Medical Record System, Metrics, Operational Improvement, Operational Measurement, Operational Strategy, Patient Care, Performance Analysis, Performance Management, Performance Metrics, Predictive Modeling, Problem Solving Skills, Project Management Certification, Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Portfolio Management (PPM), Project/Program Management, Public Health, Regulations, Reporting Dashboards, Team Lead/Manager, Team Player, Time Management, Training Program
Director of Revenue Cycle Continuous Improvement - - 31443 - UCLA Health
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Director of Revenue Cycle Continuous Improvement
General Information
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Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Onsite or Remote
Flexible Hybrid
Work Schedule
Monday - Friday from 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, with some weekend shifts as needed
Posted Date
06/23/2026
Salary Range: $116300 - 264600 Annually
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
31357
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
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Lead enterprise-wide transformation efforts that improve revenue cycle performance, operational efficiency, and financial outcomes. As the Director of Revenue Cycle Continuous Improvement, you will oversee a portfolio of cross-functional initiatives focused on reducing preventable denials, addressing revenue leakage, improving clean claim performance, and accelerating the adoption of automation and leading practices. You will lead multidisciplinary program management, analytics, training, and change management functions while partnering with leaders across the revenue cycle and the broader organization.
In this role, you will:
- Lead enterprise revenue cycle improvement initiatives across Patient Access, Revenue Integrity, Coding, Clinical Documentation Improvement, charge capture, billing, and collections.
- Identify and address the root causes of preventable denials, revenue leakage, and operational inefficiencies while implementing corrective actions that improve clean claim performance, cash acceleration, cost to collect, and productivity.
- Lead program and portfolio management activities by establishing governance, priorities, execution plans, performance tracking, reporting, and accountability frameworks aligned with organizational goals.
- Evaluate and implement automation, technology, vendor solutions, and innovative practices that improve revenue cycle accuracy, efficiency, and scalability.
- Oversee the development of dashboards, reports, predictive analytics, and actionable insights that support consistent measurement and data-driven decision-making.
- Lead change management and standardized training programs that strengthen workforce capability, technology adoption, operational consistency, and sustained performance improvement.
- Partner with clinical, operational, IT, Finance, Decision Support, and revenue cycle leaders to coordinate system-wide improvements, resolve complex issues, and support regulatory and payer requirements.
- Recruit, develop, and lead a multidisciplinary team that includes program management, training, change management, and data analytics resources while fostering accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning.
Salary Range:
$116,300 to $264,600 annually
Job Qualifications
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Required
- Bachelor's degree in healthcare administration, business, or a related field.
- 8 or more years of experience in hospital-based revenue cycle operations, performance improvement, or healthcare consulting.
- 3 or more years of experience leading projects that implement automation or technological enhancements within hospital or health system revenue cycle programs.
- Strong knowledge of end-to-end healthcare revenue cycle operations, payer requirements, reimbursement methodologies, policies, and their organizational impact.
- Proven experience leading cross-functional transformation initiatives and complex project portfolios that produce measurable financial or operational improvements.
- Strong project and portfolio management skills, including the ability to establish governance, manage competing priorities, meet deadlines, and delegate assignments effectively.
- Strong knowledge of healthcare metrics, analytics, data synthesis, dashboards, predictive analytics, and key performance indicators.
- Demonstrated knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies, including Lean and Six Sigma principles, and familiarity with electronic health record systems such as Epic.
- Demonstrated leadership, critical-thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills with the ability to build collaborative teams, establish operational and financial targets, and convey complex revenue cycle information clearly.
Preferred
- Master's degree in healthcare administration, public health, business, or a related field is preferred.
- HFMA certification is preferred.
- Lean Six Sigma or Project Management Professional certification is preferred.
- Epic certification is preferred.
As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.
Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.
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