The Bradley Group

Manager – Managed Care Contracting

Brad Arnold — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:58:34 +0000

We are engaged in a search for a Manager of Managed Care Contracting. This is a position located in Houston, Texas. The need is specifically for someone who is currently performing reviews of and negotiating reimbursement contracts and redline agreements for physical therapy and occupational therapy and ancillary services, working from the provider side in managing these contracts with the respective managed care (payor) companies. The role supports the rehabilitation and therapy services of approximately 100 therapy clinic locations on the east coast.

Chief Executive Officer – Home Health Services company

Brad Arnold — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:50:24 +0000

EXCLUSIVE and CONFIDENTIAL search for a Chief Executive Officer of a Home Health Services company. Our client has specifically asked us to treat this as a strictly confidential retained search and as such we are only able to disclose the actual client and complete detailed position specifications to candidates our client believes have demonstrated sufficient competency and performance qualifications in their resume to warrant disclosure. We ask candidates to be patient with our client’s process.

General Function: The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is responsible for the overall administration, sales, operational and financial performance of the company. The CEO is expected to provide overall leadership, direction, management, development and successful achievement of the business objectives of the company of this $15 million Home Health company.

Specific Responsibilities and Priorities:

Establish a positive leadership style, accessible and involved with a ‘hands on’ presence to the management, sales and operations team and clients of the company.
Establish organizational and functional structure for the company.
Coordinate the activities and direction and responsibilities of the management team to develop and achieve short and long term objectives.
Maintain overall P&L responsibility and operating results inclusive of reviewing and approving financial reports, budgets, client contracts; review and approval of medical services, charges for services with knowledge of reimbursement strategies and issues; reviewing and approving major expenditures and effective cost controls.
Provide the operational thrust to expand service offerings and increased revenue streams
Provide a significant presence and role in client development
Display a willingness to be hands on as necessary to resolve issues and redirect
Be proactive in establishing and maintaining performance standards of the company.

Chief Executive Officer – Durable Medical Equipment distribution company

Brad Arnold — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:42:26 +0000

EXCLUSIVE and CONFIDENTIAL search for a Chief Executive Officer of a Durable Medical Equipment (DME) company. Our client has specifically asked us to treat this as a strictly confidential retained search and as such we are only able to disclose the actual client and complete detailed position specifications to candidates our client believes have demonstrated sufficient competency and performance qualifications in their resume to warrant disclosure. We ask candidates to be patient with our client’s process.

Specific Responsibilities and Priorities:

Establish a positive leadership style, accessible and involved with a ‘hands on’ presence to the management, sales and operations team and clients of the company.
Establish organizational and functional structure for the company.
Coordinate the activities and direction and responsibilities of the management team to develop and achieve short and long term objectives.
Maintain overall P&L responsibility and operating results inclusive of reviewing and approving financial reports, budgets, client contracts; review and approval of medical services, charges for services with knowledge of reimbursement strategies and issues; reviewing and approving major expenditures and effective cost controls.
Provide the operational thrust to expand service offerings and increased revenue streams
Provide a significant presence and role in client development
Display a willingness to be hands on as necessary to resolve issues and redirect
Be proactive in establishing and maintaining performance standards of the company.

Vice President of Managed Care

daniel@noblesidekick.com — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:40:09 +0000

Position Purpose: To conduct and provide strategic direction to the reimbursement and managed care contracting for this national healthcare provider company.

Role + Responsibilities:

This is a hands-on position involving negotiating of national and regional commercial and worker compensation payer contracts
Will be an active member of senior operations management team.
Providing feedback to senior management concerning contractual issues, market conditions, upcoming pricing issues which have or will have impact on managed care agreements
Leading a team of contracting and provider representatives to meet the needs of our expanding company business models.
Interfacing and working with the managed care contracts of large private practice acquisitions

Requirements/Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent work experience required.
Minimum of 7-10 years experience of direct managed care contracting experience.
Detail oriented with strong organizational and time management skills
Strong negotiating skills as well as knowledge of various payor sources such as managed care, industrial, TPAs, Medicare, Medicaid, etc.
Understanding of the rehabilitation industry from a National perspective as well as a proven track record of success.
Proven leadership and ability to motivate team members.
Proficient in Microsoft Excel
Excellent administrative, analytical, organizational, verbal and written communication skills required.

Additional valued experience:

Demonstrated knowledge of managed care processes and provider network development processes.
Demonstrated knowledge of managed care lines of business, including MediCare, state Medicaid and Commercial HMO products

Director of Sales

daniel@noblesidekick.com — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:39:07 +0000

We are working with a client company to help recruit and build a sales team, beginning with the Director of the Sales team. This high energy, fast paced and growing 20 (twenty) year old company is very well established in providing educational platforms for hospital nursing staffs and are in the process of rolling out a new service/product line to their hospital client base as well as to market to new clients. This new product line further develops the talent management and career development of all employees in a healthcare provider environment.

The primary role of the Sales Director is to develop and lead a sales team focused on calling on the human resource leadership of a hospital, introducing this new service/product line and establishing new market share for this service/product. The position reports to the Vice President of Sales. In particular if you have current or recent sales experience employed by one of the following companies: SuccessFactors or Taleo or Halogen or Healthcare Source or Cornerstone or Authoria or similar talent management product and consulting companies we would like to speak with you! Other requirements include:

5 to 7 years of sales and sales management experience
Bachelor’s Degree
selling software, employee assessments, surveys or talent solutions
to Human Resource leadership of healthcare provider organizations

extensive experience selling to the C suite and or Human Resource leadership of a hospital or other healthcare provider organizations
experience developing and managing cross functional teams including sales, sales support, marketing and product management
a high level of professional communication and presentation skills
a high level of energy, disciplined effort, integrity and professionalism

Chief Financial Officer

daniel@noblesidekick.com — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:38:30 +0000

At the present time The Bradley Group is recruiting CFO candidates to several CFO searches. The hospitals are located in Texas, Oklahoma and the southeastern United States. Qualified candidates must have current management or supervisory experience in for-profit or investor owned med surge hospitals. Typically, the requirements include:

· minimum of 5 years of “for profit/investor owned” hospital financial management experience as a member of senior management as a CFO or VP of Finance, etc.

· B.S. or B.A. in Accounting or Business Administration, a Master’s level degree and/or CPA would be considered a plus

· excellent knowledge of GAAP as it relates specifically to healthcare and hospital accounting, reimbursement and financial reporting

· comprehensive knowledge of the acute care med surge healthcare field financial management responsibilities including effective presentation skills of financial reports and P&L statements,

· excellent budget, cost control skills, organization skills and a management style which develops and encourages excellent relationships and communication with community, the hospital administrative and medical staff.

Chief Operations Officer

daniel@noblesidekick.com — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:36:38 +0000

We continue our engagement in a search for a med-surge hospital Chief Operating Officer. This is an opportunity for one who would like to fast track their career progression to a hospital Chief Executive Officer position. Our client wants to establish “bench strength” with in the company from which to promote internally to the CEO role. This would create a situation where a COO would get to know the organization and further establish their skills sets and experience. The candidates who are considered most qualified are those who are currently working in an operations role within a for-profit med-surge acute care hospital and can present a progression of positive career development in management and leadership roles in hospital operations. Superior people skills and communication skills will be a distinguishing qualification. Obviously, candidates must have the willingness (open) to relocate to where the opportunity to become a CEO will present itself. Please contact Brad Arnold for further information and to engage in a confidential discussion about this COO position.

Vice President – Revenue Cycle Management

Brad Arnold — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:25:17 +0000

Primary responsibilities are:

Third party negotiations and third party payer relationships, contract performance reporting and contract organization and maintenance
Revenue impact analyses and budget preparations
Claims issue resolution
Patient revenue system contract maintenance
Net revenue assessments for development pro-formas

Qualifications/Requirements:

More than 5 years of progressively responsible healthcare related experience in Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Master’s degree preferred in either Healthcare Administration or Business Administration is preferred.
Advanced working knowledge of Vision and/or AdvantX patient accounting software is preferred.
Advanced experience utilizing QuickBooks and MS Excel as well as Word and Outlook.
Strong reporting and administrative writing skills; excellent verbal communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
Ability to confidently conduct presentations to groups in person, via webinar, and/or conference call
Professional, effective instruction and supervisory skills
Motivated, self-starter possessing the ability to work effectively from a home‐office/remote environment

Chief Operating Officer

Brad Arnold — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 22:25:11 +0000

Starting a search for a hospital Chief Operating Officer who would like to fast track their career progression to a hospital Chief Executive Officer position. Our client is wanting to establish “bench strength” from which to draw on for internal promotion to the CEO role. This would allow someone to have an opportunity to know the organization and establish their skills sets and experience. The candidates who are considered most qualified are those who are currently working in an acute care hospital and can present a positive career progression of management and leadership roles in hospital operations. Superior people skills and communication skills will be a distinguishing qualification. Obviously, candidates need to have a willingness (open) to geographical location as it is very hard to predict where the opportunity to become a CEO will present itself. Please contact Brad Arnold for further information and to engage in a confidential discussion about this COO position.

Director of Reimbursement

Brad Arnold — Wed, 25 May 2011 10:45:37 +0000

Director of Payor Contracting / Reimbursement, Ambulatory Surgery Center company with a national presence. Work remotely from virtual office to review and manage payor (managed care) contracts.