[Hiring] Executive Director, ACO Operations @Apex Healthcare

Role Description

Run a Medicare ACO built around nursing home residents. Remote, with a direct line to the founder.

A growing, multistate Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) accountable care organization focused on skilled nursing and long-term care residents is looking for an Executive Director of ACO Operations. The founder keeps strategy. You run day-to-day operations.

This is a hands-on executive role for someone who has run a Medicare ACO, not just worked near one. You’ll own operations, provider relationships and performance, and report directly to the founder.

• Run daily operations of a multistate MSSP ACO
• Own relationships with participating physicians, practices and long-term care providers
• Drive shared-savings performance, quality reporting and CMS compliance
• Track medical expenditures, benchmarks and utilization with finance and analytics partners
• Lead staff, vendors and operational partners
• Execute the founder’s growth plan, including expanding provider participation

Qualifications

• Senior leadership experience in Medicare ACO operations (executive director, COO, VP of ACO operations or similar)
• Working knowledge of the Medicare Shared Savings Program
• Direct accountability for financial results, shared savings and quality performance
• Experience managing physician relationships and a distributed team
• Willingness to travel to participating states

Requirements

• Experience with skilled nursing, nursing home or other institutional Medicare populations
• Multistate operations experience
• Familiarity with CMS reconciliation, risk adjustment and claims analytics
• Experience moving an owner-run organization to professional management

Benefits

• Remote work from anywhere in the U.S.
• An operating ACO and a founder who wants you running it
• Base salary of $225,000 to $275,000, plus a share of ACO savings (terms discussed during the interview process)