Highlights
The role supports the VP, Corporate Controller, and Group CFOs by maintaining sustained monitoring, documentation, issue management, and follow-through and by working directly with Groups, Divisions, Finance/Reimbursement, Legal, Government Relations, and external consultants. 8-10 years of experience in Medicaid supplemental payment programs, Medicaid financing, healthcare reimbursement, healthcare finance, Medicaid program administration, or related areas required.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Nashville, TN |
| Industry | Healthcare Services |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1968 |
| Website | http://hcahealthcare.com/ |
Description
This position is incentive eligible.
Do you have the career opportunities as a Director of Supplemental Payments you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join HCA Healthcare which is part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.
Job Summary and Qualifications
The Director of Supplemental Payments serves as the primary operating manager and steward of institutional knowledge for the enterprise Medicaid supplemental-payment and financing portfolio. The role supports the VP, Corporate Controller, and Group CFOs by maintaining sustained monitoring, documentation, issue management, and follow-through and by working directly with Groups, Divisions, Finance/Reimbursement, Legal, Government Relations, and external consultants.
Major Responsibilities
Portfolio Management
- Maintain the complete state/program inventory and Group/Division crosswalk.
- Monitor material active programs, approvals, renewals, payments, reconciliations, and known changes.
- Identify missing information and coordinate updates.
Program Documentation & Knowledge Management
- Maintain standardized state/program profiles, source-document links, approval/preprint packages, historical versions, source logs, and decision history.
- Convert material consultant work and decisions into durable internal documentation.
Approvals, Payments & Revenue Realization
- Maintain CMS/state approval and renewal calendars.
- Maintain assessment, payment, remittance, accounting, and reconciliation dates.
- Track expected versus actual payments and coordinate unresolved variances and recoupments with Finance/Reimbursement.
DSH & Medicaid GME
- Maintain the enterprise Medicaid DSH and GME register, including methodology, pools, HCA allocation, payment, financing, audit status, recoupment, legislative activity, and advocacy.
- Escalate material risks and opportunities and coordinate supporting analysis.
Quality & Operational Requirements
- Maintain the quality measure and reporting inventory and associated dollars at risk.
- Translate IT, clinical, reporting, and operational dependencies into financial deadlines and protection actions.
- Track exception and extension processes.
Modeling, Issue Management & Governance
- Maintain state assumptions, source provenance, and model version control with Finance/Reimbursement.
- Maintain risk/opportunity, decision, and action logs.
- Prepare Governance scorecards, state updates, decision requests, and VP briefing materials.
Consultant Management
- Serve as the routine operating contact for consultants.
- Coordinate assignments, deadlines, and deliverables.
- Capture conclusions in the enterprise repository and identify coverage gaps.
Education & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in health care administration, Public Policy, Business, Finance, Accounting, or related field required
- 8-10 years of experience in Medicaid supplemental payment programs, Medicaid financing, healthcare reimbursement, healthcare finance, Medicaid program administration, or related areas required
- 3+ years of experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives, programs, or teams required
- Master's degree in Health Care Administration, Public Policy, Business, Finance, Accounting, or related field preferred
- 25% Required
Benefits
HCA Healthcare, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
- Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
- Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
- Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
- Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
- Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
- Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts
Learn more about Employee Benefits
Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
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HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
If you are looking for an opportunity that provides satisfaction and personal growth, we encourage you to apply for our Director of Supplemental Payments opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Unlock the possibilities and apply today!
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
About Company
At its founding in 1968, Nashville-based HCA was one of the nation's first hospital companies. Today, we are the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, a company comprised of locally managed facilities that includes about 165 hospitals and 115 freestanding surgery centers in 20 states and England and employing approximately 204,000 people. Approximately four to five percent of all inpatient care delivered in the country today is provided by HCA facilities. Richard M. Bracken serves as Chairman of HCA and R. Milton Johnson is the company's President and Chief Executive Officer.
HCA is committed to the care and improvement of human life and strives to deliver high quality, cost effective healthcare in the communities we serve. Building on the foundation provided by our Mission & Values, HCA puts patients first and works to constantly improve the care we give them by implementing measures that support our caregivers, help ensure patient safety and provide the highest possible quality. Investing in our communities is important to us. HCA typically invests about $1.5 billion annually to keep our facilities modern and up-to-date technologically and to expand and add services where needed. Focusing primarily on communities where the company is a leading healthcare provider, HCA selectively adds new facilities in order to better serve our communities.
And because two HCA founders were physicians, we value highly the strong relationships we've created with local physicians. We endeavor to provide them with a wide array of services and modern facilities in order to help them deliver the best possible care.