The Director of Business Planning is responsible for the operational analysis to support work processes and strategic initiatives.  The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in healthcare economics and be skilled in building relationships.   This role requires exceptional communication and project management skills, with responsibilities including creating financial models and collaborating with stakeholders. 

• Validate & model data for quality improvement, operational analysis, and strategic analysis


• Working closely with leadership and Revenue Cycle, update and maintain service line profit and loss statements (P&L)


• Working closely with stakeholders across the organization to gain expertise regarding the organization's business lines and processes, including critical access reimbursement.


• Utilize service line P&Ls and knowledge of local/national trends to inform strategic designs regarding maintaining, growing, and adding service lines


• Prepare and disseminate reports, publications, and targeted analyses to stakeholders to support their efforts to provide quality care to patients


• Responsible project manager for activities related to adding new service lines, new procedures/treatments/visit types to existing service lines.


• Working collaboratively with leadership, establish volume, cost, and profitability targets annually and monitor performance


• Evaluate ongoing effectiveness and efficiency of processes, engage in process redesign and organizational structure redesign as needed in collaboration with leadership


• Address specific revenue cycle/reimbursement questions relevant to Critical Access Hospital and Rural Health Clinic (RHC) guidelines


• All other duties as requested by the CFO

• Master’s degree in Business Management, Health Care Administration, or similar required.


• 5-7 years working in a healthcare reimbursement/revenue cycle field, including data analysis required.


• Community hospital experience with critical access preferred. 


• Advanced knowledge of database design and reporting required.


• Familiarity with EPIC/eDH or Webi.


• Proven experience leading organizational initiatives


• Reimbursement/revenue cycle expertise, including experience with business modeling and planning.


• Ability to take initiative, manage multiple tasks simultaneously, and meet established deadlines.


• Analytical thinker with a curious mindset and proven problem-solving skills.


• Excellent communication skills and proven ability to work with and lead teams.


• Ability to make independent decisions in judgment using general guidelines provided by leadership.