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Finance Counselor | Florida Recovery Center | Full-Time | Days

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Full-Time
Call expectations
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Weekends
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Job Description

Overview

Provides financial counseling to inpatients and their guarantors as well as selected outpatient groups for the impaired professionals and partial hospitalization patients. This process includes establishing and/or confirming a medical record identification number, patient registration, detailed financial screening and analysis; verifying insurance or other third party coverage, collecting of deposits and co-pays; securing revolving credit applications, sponsorship referral and financial statements as required; obtaining necessary signatures and support documents from patients and guarantors; and coordinating financial issues with internal and external departments.

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

High school graduate or equivalent.

Two years of business/financial/physician practice experience required, e. g., preferably related to patient accounts and collections required.

  • Knowledge of CPT and diagnosis coding preferred.
  • Four-year degree may substitute for two years of financial/physician office experience.
  • EPIC system knowledge preferred.
  • Associate degree or equivalent course work may substitute for the one year required experience.
  • Excellent communication, organization and problem-solving skills required.

Incumbent must be comfortable collecting payments and counseling patients regarding financial matters in a professional manner.

The ability to multi-task, prioritize responsibilities, problem solve and function in a team environment are necessary attributes of the successful incumbent.

Motor Vehicle Operator Designation

None provided

Licensure/Certification/Registration

None

Key Responsibilities

The finance counselor provides financial counseling to patients, including insurance verification, financial screening, and the collection of deposits and co-pays. They also coordinate financial issues with internal and external departments and secure necessary documentation from patients and guarantors.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Data entryMulti-taskingTeamworkCPT coding

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% are remote, 32% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

Counselor pay on WeekdayDoc is up 9.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Florida is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.1% of Florida clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

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