The Company
Athletico Physical Therapy (“Athletico”) has emerged as one of the leading providers of physical therapy, occupational therapy, and athletic training services in the United States. With over 900 locations across 24 states and the District of Columbia, Athletico is dedicated to delivering comprehensive rehabilitation services and specialized programming to high schools, colleges, and professional sports teams. Employing approximately 9,000 skilled clinicians and athletic trainers, the organization is committed to enhancing the health and quality of life for its patients. In 2016, a strategic investment from BDT Capital Partners accelerated Athletico’s growth, enabling the company to expand its reach to more communities and patients nationwide. Today, Athletico has revenues of ~$1.5 billion and continues to experience significant organic growth following this investment. Athletico is headquartered in Oak Brook, IL.
The Role
To support the company’s increasing complexity and tp leverage operational synergies, Athletico is seeking to hire a new Vice President, Revenue Cycle to oversee the end-to-end revenue cycle function. The new leader will have oversight of day-to-day revenue cycle operations including clinic revenue operations, coding, charge capture, billing, account follow-up, denial management and collections. The VP reports directly to the Chief Financial Officer and will collaborate with stakeholders across Athletico’s distributed branch network. The role will lead a team of ~180 FTE’s and will ideally be based at company headquarters in Oak Brook, IL.
Experience & Requirements
• 10+ years of progressive management experience. Experience leading end-to-end revenue cycle, ideally in a rapidly growing and high-volume work environment. Experience with private equity preferred.
• Extensive knowledge of healthcare revenue systems, processes and operations including scheduling, registration, charging, billing and collections. Knowledge of significant healthcare industry initiatives which influence revenue cycle operations.
• Project management and transformation skillset, including opportunity identification and prioritization, timeline and resourcing management, financial and risk management, change management and reporting.
• Experience with process automation techniques and technology including RPA and Virtual assistants.
• Experience integrating both small- and large-scale acquisitions.
• Experience defining strategic business requirements for IT projects to enhance effectiveness and efficiency of revenue cycle processes.
• Experience establishing and driving adherence to service level agreements with internal and external customers.
• Experience identifying and partnering with external vendors to fill process/capability gaps.
• Large organizational leadership experience. Examples of using positive reinforcement, clear feedback and follow through to advance an organization.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively interact in a cross-functional environment with all levels of executive management and a geographically dispersed footprint.
