Supervisor, Specialty Testing Denial Management / Appeals - HYBRID

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Labcorp is seeking a Specialty Testing Denial Management / Appeals Supervisor – Hybrid to join our team!

Work Schedule: Monday – Friday; 8:00am-5:00pm EST (flexible)

This hybrid position offers a balanced schedule of three in-office workdays at our Burlington or Durham, NC locations and two remote workdays per week, supporting both collaboration and flexibility.

Labcorp Genetics has an opportunity for a Specialty Testing Denial Management / Appeals Supervisor. This position provides direct leadership and operational oversight for a team responsible for resolving insurance claim denials, underpayments, and reimbursement issues. The Supervisor is accountable for team performance, staffing, quality, productivity, compliance, employee development, and the timely submission and follow-up of appeals.

The Supervisor uses operational data and payor trends to establish priorities, remove barriers, strengthen workflows, and improve cash collections. This role partners with leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to implement sustainable solutions for complex specialty testing reimbursement challenges, including genetic, molecular, and oncology testing.

Job Responsibilities:

· Supervise, coach, and support Denial Management Billing Specialists and other assigned staff.

· Establish performance expectations, monitor accountability, and address performance outcomes.

· Conduct one-on-one meetings, team huddles, coaching sessions, and performance discussions.

· Complete performance evaluations and employee development plans.

· Participate in recruiting, interviewing, hiring, onboarding, training, cross-training, succession planning, and retention activities.

· Assess staffing and capacity requirements, manage schedules, approve time-off requests, and escalate resource risks impacting operational performance.

· Oversee the review, analysis, prioritization, preparation, submission, and follow-up of denied and underpaid insurance claims.

· Ensure appeals are completed accurately, timely, and with required supporting documentation.

· Serve as the primary escalation point for complex claims, coverage, coding, billing, reimbursement, and payor issues.

· Monitor performance against key operational metrics including productivity, quality, aging, appeal turnaround time, overturn rate, inventory management, and cash collections.

· Ensure adherence to payor policies, contractual requirements, standard operating procedures, internal controls, HIPAA regulations, CMS guidelines, Medicare requirements, Medicaid requirements, and other applicable regulations.

· Conduct workflow, documentation, and performance audits.

· Implement corrective actions, education plans, and operational controls to reduce errors and compliance risks.

· Analyze denial trends and root causes by payor, procedure code, diagnosis code, testing type, workflow, location, and other operational attributes.

· Develop and implement denial prevention and reimbursement recovery strategies.

· Lead process improvement initiatives designed to reduce avoidable denials, improve appeal success rates, accelerate reimbursement timelines, and increase cash collections.

· Prepare and present operational performance updates, trends, risks, and recommendations to leadership.

· Partner with Billing, Coding, Prior Authorization, Reimbursement, Client Services, Laboratory Operations, Compliance, IT, and payor-facing teams to resolve systemic reimbursement issues.

· Support technology and workflow implementations through business requirements gathering, user acceptance testing, change adoption activities, and post-implementation monitoring.

· Develop and maintain standard operating procedures, job aids, escalation processes, and training materials.

· Escalate operational, compliance, staffing, payor, and financial risks with recommended mitigation strategies.

· Perform additional departmental initiatives and responsibilities as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

· Associate degree with 3 or more years of experience in healthcare revenue cycle operations; or High school diploma with 5 or more years of experience in healthcare revenue cycle operations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5 or more years of experience in healthcare revenue cycle operations, including insurance claims processing, reimbursement, collections, or accounts receivable management.
• 3 or more years of experience managing insurance claim denials, appeals, underpayments, and reimbursement recovery activities.
• 2 or more years of people leadership experience with responsibility for employee coaching, performance management, workload distribution, staffing oversight, and employee development.
• Experience working with Medicare, Medicaid, commercial payors, insurance claim adjudication processes, appeal submissions, and reimbursement workflows.
• Experience using revenue cycle management systems, billing platforms, reporting tools, and Microsoft Office applications.
• 3 or more years of leadership experience managing healthcare revenue cycle, denial management, appeals, billing, or reimbursement teams.
• 3 or more years of experience with medical billing, insurance claims processing, and Explanation of Benefits (EOB) review activities.
• 2 or more years of experience using XIFIN RPM and XIFIN Business Intelligence reporting tools.
• 2 or more years of experience supporting reimbursement activities for genetic testing, molecular testing, oncology testing, or specialty laboratory services.

• Experience supporting Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial payor reimbursement for laboratory testing services.
• Experience leading revenue cycle process improvement initiatives, system implementations, workflow redesign projects, or change management programs.
• Experience supporting Labcorp Genetics and/or Labcorp Oncology billing and reimbursement operations.

Additional Job Standards:

· Demonstrated leadership practices involving coaching, delegation, conflict resolution, performance discussions, and employee development.

· Knowledge of denial management methodologies, appeals processes, payor requirements, reimbursement methodologies, and healthcare revenue cycle practices.

· Knowledge of operational and financial performance metrics, denial trend analysis, and root cause investigation techniques.

· Effective verbal, written, and presentation communication with employees, leadership teams, providers, clients, payors, and cross-functional stakeholders.

· Sound judgment when addressing employee matters, operational risks, compliance concerns, and business decisions.

· Project management and organizational skills for managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

· Focus on accuracy, quality, compliance, customer experience, and financial performance outcomes.

· Experience working collaboratively across operational, clinical, compliance, and technology teams.

· Commitment to fostering an inclusive, accountable, service-oriented, and continuous improvement culture.

Application Window Closes: 11/16/2026

Benefits: Employees regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week are eligible for comprehensive benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, STD/LTD, 401(k), Paid Time Off (PTO) or Flexible Time Off (FTO), Tuition Reimbursement and Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Employees regularly scheduled to work less than 20 hours, Casual, Intern, and Temporary employees are only eligible to participate in the 401(k) Plan. Employees who are regularly scheduled to work a 7 on/7 off schedule are eligible to receive all the foregoing benefits except PTO or FTO. For more detailed information, please click here. 

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