Dir, Customer Service

Overview The Director of Customer Service leads the healthcare system centralized patient financial engagement and self-pay recovery operations, to include customer service, billing communications, payment solutions, account resolution, digital self-service, and outsourced collections. This role ensures a consistent, high-quality patient financial experience while improving issue resolution, reducing repeat contacts, and minimizing bad debt.This leader drives operational excellence through staff development, performance management, technology optimization, process improvement, and data-driven decision-making.This leader partners closely with Patient Access, Billing, Follow-up/Denials, Compliance, Legal, IT, and clinical leaders to resolve complex account issues, improve workflows, and maintain regulatory compliance. Qualifications Education: Bachelor's degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Finance, Management, or a related field required. A formal degree may be substituted with 10+ years of direct, hands-on patient financial services or customer service operations and supervisory experience. Experience: Minimum of 5 years of progressive healthcare revenue cycle experience with a four-year degree. Minimum of 4 years of leadership experience managing large-scale patient financial services or customer service operations with a four-year degree. Demonstrated experience with Epic, revenue cycle technologies, and patient engagement platforms. Proven success leading large teams through organizational change and process improvement initiatives. Epic Revenue Cycle Certification preferred. Deep understanding of healthcare revenue cycle operations, with a strong emphasis on:Self-pay recoveryPatient financial engagementRevenue cycle optimization Strong leadership skills with the ability to manage, develop, and motivate teams. Demonstrated performance management discipline, including:Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)Operational cadenceAccountability measures Proven change leadership capabilities with a continuous improvement mindset. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Working knowledge of:Financial assistance and charity care programsPatient payment plan workflowsRelevant policies and documentation requirements governing patient financial services.