Director, Revenue Cycle - Transactions Operations and Informatics

Job Description - Director, Revenue Cycle - Transactions Operations and Informatics (262002650)

Job Description

Director, Revenue Cycle - Transactions Operations and Informatics - 262002650

Description

This Director position is in La Jolla and requires residence in San Diego County.

Eligible to participate in the Director Incentive Plan.

Elevate your career with Scripps Health, where Compassion Meets Excellence.

Invest, Empower & Belong. At Scripps Health, your potential is limitless. We''re more than a healthcare provider, at Scripps you will join a community where your views, beliefs and values are celebrated. Grow through industry-leading development programs and empower yourself to deliver innovative care. Be a part of an extraordinary team, impacting health in beautiful San Diego.

Why join Scripps Health?

AWARD-WINNING WORKPLACE:

At Scripps Health, your ambition is empowered, and your abilities are appreciated:

• Nearly a quarter of our employees have been with Scripps Health for over 10 years.
• Scripps is a Great Place to Work Certified company for 2025.
• Scripps has been consistently ranked as a top employer for women, millennials, diversity, and as an overall workplace by various national publications.
• Beckers Healthcare ranked Scripps Health on its 2026 list of 150 top places to work in health care.
• We have transitional and professional development programs to create a learning environment that enables you to thrive in your specific field as well as in your overall career.
• Our specialties have been nationally recognized for quality in areas such as cardiovascular care, oncology, orthopedics, geriatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and gastroenterology.

Join a nationally recognized health system that is shaping the future of technology-enabled revenue cycle operations. In 2026, Scripps Health was recognized by Kodiak Solutions as a Top Performing Revenue Cycle organization and received the Excellence in Denials Management award, highlighting industry-leading performance across key revenue cycle metrics and a strong commitment to financial stewardship, operational excellence, and patient-centered care.

The Director, Revenue Cycle - Transactions Operations & Informatics is a strategic leader who blends operational excellence with data-driven innovation. This role oversees revenue cycle transaction functions, including cash posting, payment reconciliation, electronic remittance processing, payer connectivity. Over time, this leader will assume progressive accountability for Revenue Cycle Informatics, partnering with operational, IS, and other key stakeholders to advance reporting, automation, workflow intelligence, data integrity, and technology-enabled performance improvement across the revenue cycle.

Responsibilities of the role:

• Lead all signed revenue cycle operations with a focus on transactional excellence, automation, and digital enablement to drive measurable improvements in cash acceleration, accuracy, and efficiency,
• Oversee transactional operational including payment postings, EDI workflows, automation initiatives, and vendor integrations, ensuring process standardization and system integrity across all sites.
• Lead and mentor direct reports and staff beneath them in a manner that inspires them to lead and execute their duties and responsibilities in line with Scripps''s vision and mission. Culture an environment where growth and learning are demonstrated, leading to an ever-increasing improvement in efficiency and excellence.
• Direct supervision of vendor contract, including Timely, accurate and consistent fulfillment of negotiated deliverables; Scheduled performance review and reporting; Invoice monitoring and payment; contract updates as needed; Regular meeting / updates on vendor results; Review of services at term breaks to determine best options between continuation or solicitations to stay current with best practices
• Partner across cross functional team to advance technology-driven initiatives such as robotic process automation (RPA), API integration, and data visualization for real-time decision support.
• Build and lead a high-performing, analytically fluent team that leverages Epic, automation tools, and data insights to optimize performance and proactively solve complex operational challenges, as well as proposing process improvements to keep Scripps on the cutting edge. Cultivate collaborative relationships with internal stakeholders and payer partners to identify trends, resolve systemic barriers, and enhance digital transaction quality and payer connectivity.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable regulations and stay current on industry trends and best practices.
• Serve as a strategic architect for future state end-to-end revenue cycle design, incorporating AI readiness, predictive analytics, and automation scalability into long-term plans.

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Qualifications

Requirements:

• Bachelors of Science or Arts, Finance or Business.
• 5 years of healthcare admitting registration/finance/patient accounting plus 5 years of progressive level of multi-hospital system management responsibility including operations redesign and project management.
• Knowledge of Federal/State/County/Commercial Insurance Payers requirements.

Preferred Education/Experience/Specialized Skills/Certification:

• Masters in Business, Healthcare Administration, and Finance preferred

• HFMA Certified Patient Accounting Manager (CPAM), NAHAM Certified Healthcare Access Manager (CHAM), Certified Healthcare Financial Professional (CHFP) or HFMA Fellow (FHFMA) preferred.

• Extensive billing knowledge and experience.

• Ability to connect transaction performance data to operational interventions, including staffing models, payer escalation, and automation.

• Epic HB/PB revenue cycle experience, including payment posting, remittance, account work queues, and reporting.

• Direct experience with 835 electronic remittance, 837 claims, payer edits, clearinghouse workflows, and EDI exception resolution.

• Demonstrated success reducing manual posting, increasing electronic remittance adoption, improving auto-post rates, and reducing unapplied or unidentified cash.

• Experience managing transaction-related vendors, including clearinghouses, payment processors, lockbox vendors, RPA/automation partners, and offshore/outsourced operational teams.

• Strong understanding of internal controls, audit readiness, segregation of duties, refund controls, recoupment management, and payment posting compliance.

• Expertise in Epic Revenue Cycle, payer connectivity, and RPA or workflow automation tools.

• Experience dealing with commercial payers, governmental entities and financial institutions EDI processes.

• Demonstrated experience driving digital transformation, data-driven decision making, and AI enablement within revenue cycle operations.

Job

: Business Office

Primary Location

: Central San Diego County-SAN DIEGO-SCRIPPS CORPORATE OFFICES

Work Locations

:

SCRIPPS CORPORATE OFFICES

4555 EXECUTIVE DR

SAN DIEGO 92121

Organization

: Scripps Health Corp

Job Posting

: Jun 16, 2026, 12:49:50 AM

Benefit Status: FT - FULL-TIME WITH BENEFITS

Minimum Rate (USD)

: 59.81 -

Maximum Rate (USD)

: 86.71

In compliance with the California Pay Transparency Act, Scripps Health posts the pay range for all jobs. Please note that actual pay will be determined based on relevant experience and internal equity within the pay range. Please also note this range is applicable for employees who reside in California only. A geographical pay differential may be applied for remote employees who reside out of state. Scripps Health strives to ensure that our employees receive equal pay for equal work in line with our commitment to being an equal opportunity employer. Scripps Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity/expression), age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.