Sanford Health

Vice President, Revenue Cycle, Coding and HIM

Sanford Health$150K — $200K *
Healthcare
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required; Master's preferred in relevant fields.
  • Extensive leadership experience in healthcare revenue cycle and related functions.
  • Strong background in health information management and coding practices.
  • Demonstrated expertise in regulatory compliance and reimbursement processes.
  • Ability to lead effectively within a large integrated healthcare system.

Responsibilities

  • Provide strategic leadership for mid revenue cycle functions.
  • Develop and implement strategies to improve coding accuracy and operational efficiency.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align clinical documentation with financial outcomes.
  • Lead initiatives to minimize revenue leakage and optimize reimbursement.
  • Establish standardized processes and performance expectations across various service lines.
  • Advance technology and process improvements to enhance operational scalability.
  • Mentor and develop leaders within the revenue cycle team.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare coverage for employees and dependents.
  • Retirement savings plan with company match.
  • Generous paid time off and holiday policies.
  • Professional development and continuing education opportunities.
  • Employee wellness programs and support resources.
Full Job Description
Work Shift:
Day (United States of America)
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
Compensation:

Union Position:
No
Department Details

Summary
The Vice President, Revenue Cycle, Coding and HIM is responsible for enterprise leadership, strategic direction, and operational performance of Sanford Health's mid-cycle revenue functions. This role ensures accurate clinical documentation, coding, charge capture, revenue integrity, and regulatory compliance while supporting timely and appropriate reimbursement across the health system.

Job Description

As a member of the enterprise revenue cycle leadership team, this leader works collaboratively with peer executives and cross-functional partners to ensure alignment across the full revenue cycle continuum. The Vice President is expected to lead with an enterprise mindset, drive standardization, reduce operational variation, support innovation, and advance strategies that improve performance across a large, complex health system.

Provides enterprise leadership and oversight for mid revenue cycle functions, including health information management, coding operations, charge capture, and related functions.

Establishes strategies to improve coding accuracy, documentation quality, reimbursement integrity, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency.

Partners with physician leaders, clinical teams, operational executives, finance, technology, compliance, and revenue cycle peers to strengthen alignment between clinical documentation, patient care delivery, and financial outcomes.

Leads enterprise initiatives focused on reducing revenue leakage, improving quality reporting accuracy, optimizing reimbursement opportunities, and minimizing compliance risk.

Develops standardized processes, governance structures, and performance expectations across hospitals, clinics, regions, and service lines.

Advances technology, analytics, automation, and process improvement initiatives that improve accuracy, efficiency, and scalability.

Develops and mentors revenue cycle leaders, building leadership capability, workforce engagement, accountability, and a culture of continuous improvement.

Qualifications
Bachelor's degree required. Master's degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Finance, Health Information Management, or related field preferred.

Extensive progressive leadership experience within healthcare revenue cycle, health information management, coding, clinical documentation improvement, revenue integrity, healthcare operations, or related functions required. Experience in a large integrated healthcare delivery system preferred.

Must demonstrate strong knowledge of healthcare reimbursement, regulatory requirements, operational transformation, analytics, and executive-level collaboration.

About Sanford Health

Sanford Health is a non-profit, integrated health care system headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It is the largest rural, not-for-profit health care system in the nation with locations in 26 states and nine countries. Sanford Health's 48,000 employees, including 1,400 physicians, make it the largest employer in the Dakotas. Sanford Health provides care to patients through a network of hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities, and other health care services. The organization's mission is to improve the human condition through exceptional care, innovation, and discovery.
Learn more about Sanford Health
Size
1,409 employees
Industry
NASDAQ

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