Overview
Lead day-to-day PFS customer service operations to deliver consistent, high-quality patient financial experience. Manage front-line teams responsible for customer service, billing communications, payment solutions, account resolution, digital self-service, and outbound self-pay activity. Drive operational performance, staff development, process improvements, and partnership with clinical and revenue-cycle stakeholders to reduce repeat contacts, improve resolution, and minimize self-pay aging and bad debt.
Qualifications
Education: Associate degree in Healthcare Administration, Healthcare Management, or a related field highly preferred.
Experience: Minimum of 3 to 4 years of progressive revenue cycle experience, including at least 1 to 2 years in billing operations (HB and/or PB) within a hospital or multi-site health system with a two-year degree.
- Minimum of 3 years of supervisory experience in hospital and/or professional billing operations.
- A formal degree may be substituted with 6+ years of direct, hands-on revenue cycle and supervisory experience.
- Demonstrated experience with Epic and revenue cycle technologies.
- Proven success leading teams through organizational change and process improvement initiatives.
- Patient billing experience required.
- License/Certification/Registration: Not required.
- Solid knowledge of healthcare revenue cycle operations, with emphasis on:
- Self-pay engagement
- Patient financial communications
- Basic collections workflows
- Revenue cycle best practices
- Strong team leadership, coaching, and performance management skills.
- Experience using data-driven decision making and performance metrics, including:
- Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
- First Call Resolution (FCR)
- Aging reports
- Accounts Receivable (A/R) recovery metrics
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration abilities.
- Working knowledge of:
- Financial assistance and charity care policies
- Patient payment plan workflows
- Related documentation and compliance requirements
- Ability to professionally manage patient and stakeholder escalations while maintaining a high level of customer service.
- Demonstrated commitment to:
- Regulatory compliance
- Patient privacy requirements
- Operational integrity
- Continuous process improvement.