iRhythm Technologies

Reimbursement & Access Manager

United States

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Healthcare, Medical DevicesIndustries

About iRhythm

Employment Type: Full time

Career-defining. Life-changing. At iRhythm, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your skills and your career while impacting the lives of people around the world. iRhythm is shaping a future where everyone, everywhere can access the best possible cardiac health solutions. Every day, we collaborate, create, and constantly reimagine what’s possible. We think big and move fast, driven by our commitment to put patients first and improve lives. We need builders like you. Curious and innovative problem solvers looking for the chance to meaningfully shape the future of cardiac health, our company, and your career.

About This Role

The Reimbursement & Access Manager (RAM) is a commercially focused, field-based position responsible for ensuring patient access and reimbursement for iRhythm’s Zio services across key accounts in their designated geography. This individual will act as a strategic partner to the field sales organization, healthcare providers, billing staff, and internal commercial stakeholders to proactively identify, educate, and resolve access barriers and reimbursement issues.

The RAM serves as the market-facing expert on payer policy, billing workflows, claims adjudication, and patient assistance programs. This role supports seamless integration of iRhythm services into clinical and operational pathways, driving both financial and clinical outcomes.

This position is ideal for a strategic, solutions-oriented individual who thrives in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment and is passionate about improving patient access through education, advocacy, and cross-functional collaboration.

What You Will Be Doing

Customer Access & Reimbursement Support

  • Serve as the primary field-facing contact for all access and reimbursement-related inquiries from assigned accounts.
  • Analyze and resolve reimbursement barriers, working cross-functionally with providers, internal revenue cycle teams, and payers when needed.
  • Track and report access challenges, trends, and opportunities in real-time.
  • Train provider staff on:
    • Co-pay support
    • Prior authorization processes
    • Payer policy and coverage determination to reduce delays and denials
    • Zio service billing and coding requirements
    • Documentation and medical necessity criteria
    • Prior authorization, claims appeals, and coverage trends
    • Integration of financial assistance programs into workflows

Strategic Market Access Engagement

  • Act as a regional subject matter expert on payer policy coverage, reimbursement pathways, acquisition models, and claims workflows.
  • Support pull-through of payer coverage policies, LCM decisions, and ensure alignment with commercial and market access strategy.
  • Identify evolving payer policies or state/federal regulation shifts and proactively communicate their impact to internal stakeholders.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Partner with Sales (AVPs, RSDs, TMs), Revenue Cycle, Legal/Compliance, RCM and Patient Support to ensure seamless account engagement.
  • Collaborate with the Market Access team to build and execute regional access strategies.
  • Coordinate onboarding for new accounts with billing and service line integration support.

Compliance & Best Practices

  • Maintain deep knowledge of CMS policies (especially Medicare Parts B & D), commercial payer processes, and HIPAA compliance.
  • Act as an internal consultant on best practices to streamline access workflows and improve the provider/patient experience.

Reporting & Analytics

  • Use data to identify trends in denials, access delays, or payer barriers, and share insights to improve access pathways.
  • Identify opportunities for ConAl savings.
  • Support market access dashboards and key performance metrics related to reimbursement and account performance.
  • Contribute insights from the field to enhance strategic decisions on coding, documentation, and patient affordability programs.

What We Need To See

  • Bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration, life sciences, business, or related field preferred, commensurate experi

Skills

Reimbursement
Patient Access
Payer Policy
Billing Workflows
Claims Adjudication
Patient Assistance Programs
Sales Support
Problem-Solving
Cross-functional Collaboration
Advocacy

iRhythm Technologies

Advanced cardiac monitoring solutions provider

About iRhythm Technologies

iRhythm Technologies focuses on cardiac monitoring solutions, with its main product being the Zio Patch, a wearable device that tracks heart rhythms for up to 14 days. This extended monitoring helps healthcare providers detect irregular heart rhythms that shorter monitoring might miss, making it especially useful for patients at risk. The company serves both patients and healthcare providers, generating revenue by selling the Zio Patch and offering data analysis services to interpret the collected heart data. iRhythm aims to improve patient outcomes and streamline healthcare workflows in the cardiac health sector.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2006Year Founded
$102.8MTotal Funding
IPOCompany Stage
Biotechnology, HealthcareIndustries
1,001-5,000Employees

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
Unlimited Paid Time Off
Paid Vacation
Paid Holidays
401(k) Retirement Plan
401(k) Company Match
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Mental Health Support
Hybrid Work Options
Pet Insurance

Risks

Increased competition from emerging cardiac monitoring technologies threatens market share.
FDA warning letter may lead to regulatory scrutiny and potential fines.
Shareholder investigation could result in legal challenges and financial liabilities.

Differentiation

Zio Patch offers up to 14 days of uninterrupted cardiac monitoring.
iRhythm's Zio Patch is the smallest and least conspicuous cardiac diagnostic device.
The company provides data analysis services for actionable insights from Zio Patch data.

Upsides

Wearable health tech market growth aligns with iRhythm's business model.
Telehealth expansion increases demand for remote monitoring solutions like Zio Patch.
AI integration enhances arrhythmia detection accuracy in iRhythm's Zio Patch.

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