RGP is seeking an experienced Interim Vice President of Revenue Cycle for a confidential healthcare organization in the greater Youngstown, Ohio area. This is a high-impact leadership engagement for a results-oriented executive with a proven ability to assess complex revenue cycle operations, identify opportunities for improvement, and drive measurable financial and operational outcomes.
Reporting directly to the CFO, this leader will play a key role in strengthening revenue cycle performance, optimizing cash flow, and establishing a sustainable operating model for long-term success. The ideal candidate combines strategic vision with hands-on execution and has a track record of delivering results in complex healthcare environments. This is a full-time, onsite consulting opportunity requiring a strong leadership presence and close collaboration with operational, financial, and clinical stakeholders.
Compenstion: W-2 Hourly Rate $90 - $110 DOE
Location: Onsite, 5 Days a week in greater Youngstown, Ohio area
What You Will Work On
- Assess the current revenue cycle environment and develop a comprehensive 30/60/90-day action plan.
- Stabilize underperforming areas while identifying immediate opportunities to improve cash flow and operational performance.
- Build a long-term revenue cycle improvement roadmap focused on sustainable results and organizational accountability.
- Lead end-to-end revenue cycle strategy across patient access, authorization, charge capture, coding, billing, denials management, collections, reimbursement, revenue integrity, and patient financial services.
- Evaluate current operational processes and implement targeted improvements to enhance efficiency, productivity, and financial performance.
- Establish, monitor, and drive accountability around key performance indicators including cash collections, days in A/R, aged A/R, denial rates, clean claim rates, DNFB, charge lag, and cost to collect.
- Identify revenue leakage, reimbursement gaps, and performance challenges, and implement corrective action plans.
- Deliver executive-level reporting on performance trends, risks, root causes, and recommended actions.
- Assess workflow effectiveness, staffing structures, vendor relationships, and technology utilization to improve scalability and service delivery.
- Lead denial prevention initiatives and root-cause analysis efforts across payer, operational, and clinical workflows.
- Partner with executive leadership, finance, operations, and other stakeholders to align revenue cycle priorities with broader organizational objectives.
- Oversee payer performance, reimbursement optimization, underpayment recovery, and payment variance management
- Strengthen revenue integrity, charge capture, documentation practices, and internal controls while maintaining compliance with regulatory and payer requirements.
What You Will Bring
- 15+ years of progressive revenue cycle leadership experience, including executive-level responsibility for complex healthcare organizations.
- Demonstrated success leading revenue cycle transformations, operational turnarounds, or performance improvement initiatives.
- Deep expertise across patient access, coding, billing, denials, collections, reimbursement, revenue integrity, and patient financial services.
- Proven ability to drive measurable improvements in cash collections, A/R performance, denial reduction, reimbursement outcomes, and operational efficiency.
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with a highly metric-driven leadership approach.
- Experience developing and implementing performance dashboards, KPIs, and executive reporting frameworks.
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across finance, operations, and executive leadership teams.
- Strong knowledge of Medicare, Medicaid, commercial payer requirements, reimbursement methodologies, and healthcare revenue cycle regulations.
- Demonstrated success leading teams through change while establishing accountability and driving results.
- Experience evaluating and optimizing workflows, staffing models, technology platforms, and vendor performance.
- Experience with various hospital healthcare software vendors is a plus.
- Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field preferred
What You Can Expect
- An inspirational place for you to do your best work, be engaged in meaningful ways, and continually develop the skills, competencies and qualities that set our team apart.
- Compensation commensurate with your qualifications, experience, and other factors including geographic location, market and operational factors.
- Total Rewards include: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance, 401(k) Savings Plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Professional Development Program, Paid Time Off and Paid Sick Time (in geographies where legally required).
