[Remote] Healthcare Consulting Manager

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Grassi Healthcare Advisors is seeking a Healthcare Consulting Manager to support healthcare provider organizations with reimbursement, financial, operational, and strategic challenges. The role leads client consulting engagements, develops reimbursement and financial analyses, and manages client relationships and consulting teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead preparation, review, and analysis of Medicare, Medicaid, FQHC, and institutional cost reports
• Conduct reimbursement analyses to identify revenue enhancement opportunities and financial risk areas
• Assist providers with New York State Department of Health and New Jersey Department of Human Services reimbursement programs
• Analyze Medicaid rate-setting methodologies, APG reimbursement, fee schedules, managed care payment arrangements, and supplemental payment programs
• Prepare reimbursement impact analyses related to acquisitions, affiliations, service line expansions, and organizational restructuring
• Support responses to governmental audits, desk reviews, and reimbursement inquiries
• Perform healthcare financial assessments, benchmarking studies, and operational improvement analyses
• Develop financial projections, reimbursement forecasts, and strategic business plans
• Assist clients with budgeting, forecasting, and financial performance improvement initiatives
• Evaluate service line profitability and contribution margin performance
• Support value-based care, population health, and alternative payment model initiatives
• Manage multiple consulting engagements simultaneously while maintaining project budgets and timelines
• Serve as the primary day-to-day contact for clients
• Present findings and recommendations to executive leadership, boards, and governing bodies
• Develop written reports, executive summaries, and client presentations
• Participate in business development efforts, proposal preparation, and client relationship management
• Supervise senior consultants, consultants, and analysts
• Review work products and provide technical coaching
• Assist in developing reimbursement methodologies, tools, and standard practices
• Contribute to thought leadership, publications, webinars, and conference presentations

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Healthcare Administration, Public Health, Business Administration, or related field required
• 7+ years of healthcare consulting, provider finance, reimbursement, or healthcare financial management experience
• Medicare and Medicaid cost reporting
• New York and/or New Jersey reimbursement methodologies
• Article 28, Article 31, FQHC, hospital, nursing home, or physician practice reimbursement
• Rate appeals and rate development
• Managed care reimbursement analysis
• Healthcare financial modeling and forecasting
• Advanced Excel modeling capabilities
• Experience with healthcare reimbursement software and cost report preparation systems
• Strong knowledge of: • Medicare reimbursement methodologies • Medicaid reimbursement systems • New York State Department of Health regulations • New Jersey Medicaid reimbursement programs • Value-based payment arrangements • Healthcare financial statement analysis
• Healthcare reimbursement expertise
• Financial analysis and modeling
• Strategic problem solving
• Client relationship management
• Project management
• Executive presentation skills
• Business development acumen
• Leadership and team mentoring
• Written communication excellence
• Master's degree (MHA, MBA, MPH, or related discipline) preferred
• Prior consulting experience preferred
• CPA
• MBA, MHA, or MPH
• HFMA certification
• Other healthcare finance or reimbursement certifications

Benefits

• Generous paid time off
• Flexible “Dress for Your Day” dress code
• Telecommuting options
• Flex-time policies
• Summer hours
• Three extra Fridays off during the summer in addition to PTO through the Floating Summer Friday’s program
• Eligibility for a raise and bonus each June or December based on performance metrics and level
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Employer contribution to life insurance
• 401(k) plan
• ESOP; all Grassi U.S. employees have the exclusive opportunity to own the firm’s stock
• Client and employee referral bonus program
• Financial assistance toward the achievement of the CPA certification, including CPA study materials, CPA exam registration and sitting fees for all 4 parts (up to 2 x per part), and CPA application and licensing fees
• Paid study time during work hours
• Additional paid time off to take your scheduled CPA exam
• Bonus paid upon passing the CPA exam
• Continuing Professional Education (CPE) opportunities, including technical and soft skills training through internal courses and external programs led by well-known industry instructors, at no cost to employees
• Discounted gym memberships
• Wellness initiatives and programs, including the CALM app

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