Product Manager, Practice Management & Front-End Operations
Overview
The Product Manager, Practice Management & Front-End Operations is responsible for optimizing AFC’s core practice management ecosystem — the systems, workflows, and tools that power scheduling, patient intake, insurance verification, collections, and overall clinic efficiency.
This role blends product management, operations enablement, and technology delivery, ensuring that AFC’s Practice Management System (PMS) and associated digital tools enable seamless clinic operations, reduce administrative burden, and drive measurable revenue performance.
Core Responsibilities
Serve as the product owner for AFC’s Practice Management System (Experity or equivalent), including scheduling, visit creation, charge capture, insurance verification, and checkout.
Partner with vendors, IT, and operations teams to optimize system configurations, workflows, and integrations across clinical, billing, and reporting layers.
Evaluate enhancement requests and coordinate release priorities aligned to organizational impact.
Maintain governance of clinic-level setup (e.g., templates, visit types, payer configurations, user permissions, roles, and rulesets).
Redesign patient access workflows — from appointment scheduling and check-in to insurance eligibility, collections, and checkout.
Develop scalable playbooks and change management plans for front-desk operations, including training, SOPs, and adoption of digital tools (kiosks, queue boards, text alerts).
Ensure alignment between patient flow, clinical handoff, and RCM processes to minimize rework, errors, and revenue leakage.
Translate operational challenges from clinics into product requirements and workflow enhancements.
Work closely with clinic managers, medical assistants, and front-desk staff to uncover friction points and test new solutions.
Enable clinical throughput and back-office efficiency by aligning workflows, forms, and systems to staff roles.
Partner with the BI team to define and track key metrics such as front-desk accuracy, visit throughput, no-show rates, and POS collection percentages.
Use data insights to prioritize roadmap initiatives and validate ROI of implemented changes.
Champion continuous improvement — piloting new tools and rolling out process changes that enhance revenue and experience.
Collaborate with internal developers and vendors to integrate PMS with other key systems (RCM, Solv, Waystar, Experity BI, patient engagement tools, etc.).
Evaluate opportunities for automation and AI assistance (e.g., eligibility validation, coding prompts, digital queue management).
Document technical and operational dependencies to ensure sustainable scalability across clinics.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Healthcare Administration, or related field; MBA/MHA preferred.
5–8 years of experience in product management, healthcare operations, or practice management system administration.
Deep understanding of practice management workflows: scheduling, registration, eligibility, charge capture, and billing.
Familiarity with EMR/PMS platforms (Experity, Athena, eClinicalWorks, etc.) and RCM systems (Waystar, Availity).
Strong analytical, communication, and process design skills.
Proven track record driving adoption and ROI for operational technology in multi-site healthcare settings.
Key Success Metrics
Reduction in manual steps or duplicate data entry across intake and checkout workflows.
Improvement in eligibility accuracy, POS collections, and scheduling utilization.
Increased clinic adoption of standardized practice management processes.
Measurable gains in throughput, patient satisfaction, and revenue realization.
Reduction in support tickets and rework related to front-end workflows.
Why This Role Matters
The Practice Management & Front-End Operations Product Manager ensures AFC’s clinics operate with clarity, consistency, and speed, connecting front-desk, clinical, and billing workflows through modernized systems and innovative processes. This role is pivotal in transforming AFC’s operational model from reactive, manual, and reactive to data-driven, digital-first, and revenue-optimized.
This is a remote position.