Artificial Intelligence (AI), Benchmarking, Billing, Collection Agency, Communication Skills, Credit and Collections, Data Sets, Debt Management, Detail Oriented, English Language, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), Financial Services, HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), Hospital Systems, Leadership, Maintain Compliance, Medical Billing, Medical Record System, Past Due Accounts, Patient Assessment, Performance Metrics, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Research Laboratory, State Laws and Regulations, Writing Skills
San Francisco, California
About the job
Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.
Position: Patient Financial Services Leader
Type:Contract
Compensation:$92/hour
Location:Remote
Role Responsibilities
- Lead patient collections and self-pay operations, including early-out collections and bad debt management.
- Evaluate AI-generated patient financial communication drafts and self-pay resolution strategies for accuracy.
- Develop and implement self-pay collection strategies across the revenue cycle.
- Manage patient payment plan enrollment, monitoring, and compliance processes.
- Coordinate with financial counseling, billing, and bad debt recovery teams to optimize self-pay revenue capture.
- Monitor self-pay KPIs, including collection rates and patient satisfaction scores.
- Ensure compliance with FDCPA, HIPAA, state collections laws, and internal policies.
- Oversee relationships with collection agencies and early-out vendors.
- Annotate AI outputs and provide structured feedback to support AI training datasets.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- 5+ years of experience in patient collections, self-pay revenue cycle, or patient financial services.
- At least 2 years in a leadership role.
- Deep knowledge of self-pay collection workflows and FDCPA compliance.
- Experience managing early-out and bad debt collection programs.
- Familiarity with propensity-to-pay tools and patient payment technology platforms.
- Proficiency with EHR systems and patient collections/billing platforms.
- Exceptional written and verbal English communication skills.
- High attention to detail with the ability to evaluate collections strategies.
Preferred
- CRCR, CHAM, or similar revenue cycle certification.
- Experience with digital patient payment platforms.
- Background in hospital, health system, or physician group patient financial services.
- Familiarity with AI tools and comfort evaluating AI-generated content.
- Experience implementing propensity-to-pay analytics.
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
- Upload resume
- AI interview based on your resume
- Submit form
Resources & Support
- For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
- For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com
PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.