About the role

  • Director of Patient Accounts overseeing operations in a high-growth revenue cycle management company. Leading remote teams across multiple geographies to ensure service excellence and financial outcomes.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the Patient Accounts organization across multiple geographies, including managers, supervisors, customer service representatives, and collection specialists
  • Oversee remote workforce operations across U.S., Philippines, and India, ensuring consistent training, communication, performance standards, and quality control
  • Develop team structure, hiring plans, productivity models, and workflow assignments that support multi-client needs and call volume distribution
  • Establish departmental goals and ensure accountability through performance reviews, KPI management, and effective coaching
  • Oversee daily operations of the inbound patient call center, ensuring timely service, accurate resolution, and achievement of service-level agreements (SLAs)
  • Manage outbound collection strategies, including call cadence, scripting, quality assurance, and conversion optimization
  • Serve as the subject matter expert for call center technology, telephony platforms, QA systems, and dashboards
  • Monitor quality, handle escalations, and implement continuous improvement initiatives to enhance patient satisfaction and operational efficiency
  • Ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local regulations related to patient billing, communications, and collections, including FDCPA, TCPA, and HIPAA
  • Develop and execute strategies to improve patient collections, reduce A/R days, and optimize cash flow
  • Implement and monitor payment plan programs and patient outreach initiatives
  • Oversee placement of accounts with bad debt agencies; work with the client success team, ensuring client approvals are tracked
  • Analyze account activity trends to identify root causes and design corrective strategies
  • Oversee relationships with all third-party vendors supporting patient accounts, including call center technology providers, merchant vendors, and bad debt agencies
  • Establish clear performance expectations, KPIs, and SLAs for each vendor, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and client requirements
  • Conduct routine performance reviews, develop vendor scorecards, and escalate issues when performance gaps are identified
  • Implement structured governance routines with vendors, including monthly/quarterly business reviews, action plan follow-ups, and continuous improvement initiatives
  • Monitor vendor productivity, response times, service quality, and patient experience metrics to ensure consistent delivery
  • Produce comprehensive dashboards and reporting packages highlighting operational performance, collection results, call center metrics, staffing trends, and improvement opportunities
  • Use data-driven insights to guide decision-making and recommend operational enhancements
  • Track the impact of implemented strategies and regularly evaluate results against client goals and internal benchmarks

Requirements

  • 5–7 years of progressive experience in healthcare revenue cycle operations or patient accounts management
  • Minimum 3 years in a leadership role managing high-volume multi-client call center operations
  • Experience leading teams in multi-client environments and remote/offshore operating models strongly preferred
  • Strong leadership and team management skills
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • In-depth knowledge of billing and collections processes and regulations
  • Proficiency in data analysis and reporting
  • Ability to develop and implement effective collection strategies
  • Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities
  • Certified Revenue Cycle Professional (CRCP) or similar certification preferred

Benefits

  • Remote work options

Job title

Director, Patient Accounts

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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