Boston Children's Hospital

Division Director- Emergency Medicine

Boston Children's Hospital$150K — $200K *
Hospitals & Medical Centers
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in business administration or a related field; Master's degree preferred.
  • 8+ years of experience in academic clinical and research operations management.
  • Expertise in professional fee billing and revenue integrity management.
  • Strong understanding of Epic workflows and operational analytics is preferred.
  • Demonstrated leadership and negotiation skills in complex environments.

Responsibilities

  • Direct ED professional billing operations and charge capture.
  • Manage Epic charging workflows and vendor relationships for coding.
  • Create dashboards for auditing professional visit volumes using Epic and 3M 360.
  • Recommend improvements for provider documentation and billing compliance.
  • Oversee administrative support for clinician scheduling and operational forecasting.
  • Lead efficiency initiatives and clinical-operations analytics.
  • Manage relationships with community network hospitals to ensure staffing and operational effectiveness.

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance plans.
  • Retirement savings plan with employer contributions.
  • Generous paid time off and holidays.
  • Professional development opportunities and continuing education support.
Full Job Description
Job Posting Description

Position Summary
Directs the administrative, financial, operational, and research functions of the Division of Emergency Medicine, one of the largest divisions in the Department of Pediatrics. This role carries broad responsibility for clinical operations administration in addition to research, academic, and financial administration. Partners closely with the Division Chief on revenue integrity, physician staffing operations, advanced-practice-provider (APP) program administration, operational analytics, and the division's community-network hospital relationships.

Key responsibilities
Revenue Integrity & Professional Billing
  • Accountable for ED professional billing operations and charge capture.
  • Oversees Epic charging workflows and manages the coding-vendor relationship.
  • Develops dashboards and reports in Epic and 3M 360 to audit professional visit and procedure volume.
  • Recommends provider-documentation improvements to strengthen coding accuracy and revenue integrity.
  • Ensures billing compliance in collaboration with the coding vendor, CHPA compliance auditor, BCH Compliance, and ED Facility leadership.
Clinical Operations & Administrative Infrastructure
  • Oversees administrative support for physician scheduling, clinical-commitment monitoring, and operational forecasting.
  • Directs the infrastructure supporting the ED clinician schedule across approximately 80 attendings, 19 fellows, 22 APPs, and ~230 rotating residents
  • Leads operational-efficiency and process-improvement initiatives.
  • Oversees the division's clinical-operations analytics and reporting infrastructure.
  • Partners with the Clinical Chief on development and ongoing management of the APP program.
Community Network Hospital Relationships
  • Manages administrative relationships supporting 5 Community programs
  • Oversees credentialing, onboarding, and reappointments across BCH and community-hospital sites.
  • Negotiates annual financial agreements related to network activities and collaborates on network initiatives and process improvement.
  • Serves on the Community Hospital Network Oversight Committee.
Administration, Finance & Staff
  • Supervises division administrative and research staff, including hiring, training, work organization, performance management, and merit determinations.
  • Oversees faculty and fellow appointment processing in compliance with BCH and Harvard Medical School requirements.
  • Develops and monitors research, training-grant, foundation, and general-fund budgets in collaboration with division leadership.
  • Establishes reconciliation and financial-monitoring procedures and authorizes expenditures for funds under departmental control.
  • Supports grant submissions and ensures compliance with institutional and sponsor policies.
  • Serves as a liaison to hospital departments, faculty, staff, external organizations, and regulatory agencies; partners with division leadership on strategic planning.
Minimum qualifications

Education:
  • Bachelor's degree in business administration or related field required. Master's degree preferred.
Experience:
  • 8+ years of progressively responsible experience in academic clinical and research operations, including professional fee billing/revenue integrity and clinical operations management.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage complex operational, financial, personnel, and information-system issues.
  • Working knowledge of Epic charging workflows, coding/compliance, and operational analytics strongly preferred.
  • Proven leadership, negotiation, and conflict-resolution skills across complex cross-functional environments.

About Boston Children's Hospital

Boston Children's Hospital is a 404-bed comprehensive center for pediatric health care. As one of the largest pediatric medical centers in the United States, Children's offers a complete range of health care services for children from birth through 21 years of age. Boston Children's Hospital is home to the world's largest research enterprise based at a pediatric hospital. More than 1,100 scientists, including nine members of the National Academy of Sciences, 11 on-staff members of the Institute of Medicine and 9 members of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The hospital is also the primary pediatric teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School.
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