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Accounts Receivable Clerk roles involve invoicing, payment tracking, and reconciliation work that aligns well with business, finance, and accounting degrees, making them a strong OPT match. Many employers file LCAs for these positions, and your 12-month OPT window is typically enough time to prove value and prompt an H-1B visa conversation.
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Ensemble is a leading provider of technology-enabled revenue cycle management solutions for health systems, including hospitals and affiliated physician groups. They offer end-to-end revenue cycle solutions as well as a comprehensive suite of point solutions to clients across the country.
Ensemble keeps communities healthy by keeping hospitals healthy. We recognize that healthcare requires a human touch, and we believe that every touch should be meaningful. This is why our people are the most important part of who we are. By empowering them to challenge the status quo, we know they will be the difference!
O.N.E Purpose:
- Customer Obsession: Consistently provide exceptional experiences for our clients, patients, and colleagues by understanding their needs and exceeding their expectations.
- Embracing New Ideas: Continuously innovate by embracing emerging technology and fostering a culture of creativity and experimentation.
- Striving for Excellence: Execute at a high level by demonstrating our “Best in KLAS” Ensemble Difference Principles and consistently delivering outstanding results.
The Opportunity:
ENTRY LEVEL CAREER OPPORTUNITY OFFERING:
- Remote Role
- Bonus Incentives
- Paid Certifications
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Comprehensive Benefits
- Career Advancement
- This position pays between $17.00 - $18.65/hr based on experience
Accounts Receivable Associate Specialist is responsible for following up directly with commercial, governmental, and other payers to resolve claim payment issues, to secure appropriate and timely reimbursement and response. Identifies and analyzes denials, payment variances, and no response claims and acts to resolve claims/accounts, including drafting and submitting technical and clinical appeals. Provides support for all denial, no response, and audit activities.
Essential Job duties:
- Examines denied and other non-paid claims to determine the reason for discrepancies.
- Communicates directly with payers to follow up on outstanding claims, files technical and clinical appeals, resolves payment variances, and ensures timely and accurate reimbursement.
- Ability to identify specific reasons for underpayments, denials, and cause of payment delay. Works with management to identify, trend, and address root causes of issues in the A/R.
- Maintains a thorough understanding of federal and state regulations, as well as payer specific requirements and takes appropriate action accordingly.
- Documents all activity accurately including contact names, addresses, phone numbers, and other pertinent information in the client’s host system and/or appropriate tracking system.
- Demonstrates initiative and resourcefulness by making recommendations and communicating trends and issues to management.
- Needs to be a strong problem solver and critical thinker to resolve accounts.
Expected Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Must demonstrate basic computer knowledge and demonstrate proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
- Excellent Verbal skills.
- Problem solving skills, the ability to look at accounts and determine a plan of action for collection.
- Critical thinking skills, the ability to comprehend tools provided for securing payment, and apply them to differing accounts to result in payment.
- Adaptability to changing procedures and growing environment.
- Meet quality and productivity standards within timelines set forth in policies.
- Meet required attendance policies.
- Must be inquisitive and demonstrate openness to innovation including AI to explore better processes and ways to alleviate friction and improve patient and client experiences.
- This is a remote position; however, candidates must be willing and able to travel to and work onsite at client, temporary, or corporate office locations as business needs require.
Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- 2 or 4-year college degree.
- 1 or more years of relevant experience in medical collections, physician/hospital operations, AR Follow-up, denials & appeals, compliance, provider relations or professional billing preferred.
- Knowledge of claims review and analysis.
- Working knowledge of revenue cycle.
- Experience working the DDE Medicare system and using payer websites to investigate claim statuses.
- Working knowledge of medical terminology and/or insurance claim terminology.
Join an award-winning company
Five-time winner of “Best in KLAS” 2020-2022, 2024-2025
Black Book Research's Top Revenue Cycle Management Outsourcing Solution 2021-2024
22 Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) MAP Awards for High Performance in Revenue Cycle 2019-2024
Leader in Everest Group's RCM Operations PEAK Matrix Assessment 2024
Clarivate Healthcare Business Insights (HBI) Revenue Cycle Awards for strong performance 2020, 2022-2023
Energage Top Workplaces USA 2022-2024
Fortune Media Best Workplaces in Healthcare 2024
Monster Top Workplace for Remote Work 2024
Great Place to Work certified 2023-2024
- Innovation
- Work-Life Flexibility
- Leadership
- Purpose + Values
Bottom line, we believe in empowering people and giving them the tools and resources needed to thrive. A few of those include:
- Associate Benefits – We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial health of you and your family, including healthcare, time off, retirement, and well-being programs.
- Our Culture – Ensemble is a place where associates can do their best work and be their best selves. We put people first, last and always. Our culture is rooted in collaboration, growth, and innovation.
- Growth – We invest in your professional development. Each associate will earn a professional certification relevant to their field and can obtain tuition reimbursement.
- Recognition – We offer quarterly and annual incentive programs for all employees who go beyond and keep raising the bar for themselves and the company.
Ensemble is an equal employment opportunity employer. It is our policy not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Ensemble also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories.
Ensemble provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local law. If you require accommodation in the application process, please contact TA@ensemblehp.com.
This posting addresses state specific requirements to provide pay transparency. Compensation decisions consider many job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location; knowledge; skills; relevant experience; education; licensure; internal equity; time in position. A candidate entry rate of pay does not typically fall at the minimum or maximum of the role’s range.
Employment Disclaimers – Ensemble
Thank you for considering a career at Ensemble!
Ensemble is a leading provider of technology-enabled revenue cycle management solutions for health systems, including hospitals and affiliated physician groups. They offer end-to-end revenue cycle solutions as well as a comprehensive suite of point solutions to clients across the country.
Ensemble keeps communities healthy by keeping hospitals healthy. We recognize that healthcare requires a human touch, and we believe that every touch should be meaningful. This is why our people are the most important part of who we are. By empowering them to challenge the status quo, we know they will be the difference!
O.N.E Purpose:
- Customer Obsession: Consistently provide exceptional experiences for our clients, patients, and colleagues by understanding their needs and exceeding their expectations.
- Embracing New Ideas: Continuously innovate by embracing emerging technology and fostering a culture of creativity and experimentation.
- Striving for Excellence: Execute at a high level by demonstrating our “Best in KLAS” Ensemble Difference Principles and consistently delivering outstanding results.
The Opportunity:
ENTRY LEVEL CAREER OPPORTUNITY OFFERING:
- Remote Role
- Bonus Incentives
- Paid Certifications
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Comprehensive Benefits
- Career Advancement
- This position pays between $17.00 - $18.65/hr based on experience
Accounts Receivable Associate Specialist is responsible for following up directly with commercial, governmental, and other payers to resolve claim payment issues, to secure appropriate and timely reimbursement and response. Identifies and analyzes denials, payment variances, and no response claims and acts to resolve claims/accounts, including drafting and submitting technical and clinical appeals. Provides support for all denial, no response, and audit activities.
Essential Job duties:
- Examines denied and other non-paid claims to determine the reason for discrepancies.
- Communicates directly with payers to follow up on outstanding claims, files technical and clinical appeals, resolves payment variances, and ensures timely and accurate reimbursement.
- Ability to identify specific reasons for underpayments, denials, and cause of payment delay. Works with management to identify, trend, and address root causes of issues in the A/R.
- Maintains a thorough understanding of federal and state regulations, as well as payer specific requirements and takes appropriate action accordingly.
- Documents all activity accurately including contact names, addresses, phone numbers, and other pertinent information in the client’s host system and/or appropriate tracking system.
- Demonstrates initiative and resourcefulness by making recommendations and communicating trends and issues to management.
- Needs to be a strong problem solver and critical thinker to resolve accounts.
Expected Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Must demonstrate basic computer knowledge and demonstrate proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
- Excellent Verbal skills.
- Problem solving skills, the ability to look at accounts and determine a plan of action for collection.
- Critical thinking skills, the ability to comprehend tools provided for securing payment, and apply them to differing accounts to result in payment.
- Adaptability to changing procedures and growing environment.
- Meet quality and productivity standards within timelines set forth in policies.
- Meet required attendance policies.
- Must be inquisitive and demonstrate openness to innovation including AI to explore better processes and ways to alleviate friction and improve patient and client experiences.
- This is a remote position; however, candidates must be willing and able to travel to and work onsite at client, temporary, or corporate office locations as business needs require.
Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- 2 or 4-year college degree.
- 1 or more years of relevant experience in medical collections, physician/hospital operations, AR Follow-up, denials & appeals, compliance, provider relations or professional billing preferred.
- Knowledge of claims review and analysis.
- Working knowledge of revenue cycle.
- Experience working the DDE Medicare system and using payer websites to investigate claim statuses.
- Working knowledge of medical terminology and/or insurance claim terminology.
Join an award-winning company
Five-time winner of “Best in KLAS” 2020-2022, 2024-2025
Black Book Research's Top Revenue Cycle Management Outsourcing Solution 2021-2024
22 Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) MAP Awards for High Performance in Revenue Cycle 2019-2024
Leader in Everest Group's RCM Operations PEAK Matrix Assessment 2024
Clarivate Healthcare Business Insights (HBI) Revenue Cycle Awards for strong performance 2020, 2022-2023
Energage Top Workplaces USA 2022-2024
Fortune Media Best Workplaces in Healthcare 2024
Monster Top Workplace for Remote Work 2024
Great Place to Work certified 2023-2024
- Innovation
- Work-Life Flexibility
- Leadership
- Purpose + Values
Bottom line, we believe in empowering people and giving them the tools and resources needed to thrive. A few of those include:
- Associate Benefits – We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial health of you and your family, including healthcare, time off, retirement, and well-being programs.
- Our Culture – Ensemble is a place where associates can do their best work and be their best selves. We put people first, last and always. Our culture is rooted in collaboration, growth, and innovation.
- Growth – We invest in your professional development. Each associate will earn a professional certification relevant to their field and can obtain tuition reimbursement.
- Recognition – We offer quarterly and annual incentive programs for all employees who go beyond and keep raising the bar for themselves and the company.
Ensemble is an equal employment opportunity employer. It is our policy not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Ensemble also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories.
Ensemble provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local law. If you require accommodation in the application process, please contact TA@ensemblehp.com.
This posting addresses state specific requirements to provide pay transparency. Compensation decisions consider many job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location; knowledge; skills; relevant experience; education; licensure; internal equity; time in position. A candidate entry rate of pay does not typically fall at the minimum or maximum of the role’s range.
Employment Disclaimers – Ensemble
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship in Accounts Receivable Clerk
Target employers with active LCA filings
Companies that have filed Labor Condition Applications for accounting or finance roles are already familiar with visa sponsorship. Focusing your search on these employers significantly improves your chances of finding a path beyond OPT.
Frame your degree as a direct qualification
Accounts Receivable Clerk roles often qualify as specialty occupations when tied to a finance or accounting degree. Lead with your degree field in applications and interviews to make the OPT-to-H-1B visa case easier for HR to approve.
Raise the sponsorship conversation early
Ask about H-1B sponsorship during the offer stage, not months later. Employers need time to prepare LCA filings and attorney coordination. Bringing it up early signals professionalism and gives both sides time to plan.
Prioritize mid-size and large companies over small firms
Smaller businesses rarely have immigration counsel on retainer. Mid-size and enterprise employers in healthcare, manufacturing, and logistics regularly sponsor AR clerks and have established processes for doing so.
Document your contributions in measurable terms
Track metrics like days sales outstanding improvements, error rates reduced, or collections volume handled. Concrete numbers make the business case for sponsorship easier when your manager advocates for you internally.
Apply before your OPT clock runs out
H-1B petitions for October start dates must be filed in April. Work backward from your OPT expiration to ensure your employer has enough lead time. Starting the conversation at least six months out is the safer approach.
Accounts Receivable Clerk OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Can I work as an Accounts Receivable Clerk on OPT?
Yes, if your degree is in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field. Your OPT employment must be directly related to your major area of study. An AR Clerk role is a strong fit for most business and finance graduates, but you should confirm the connection between the job duties and your specific degree program before accepting an offer.
Do Accounts Receivable Clerk jobs qualify as specialty occupations for H-1B purposes?
They can, but it depends on how the employer defines the role. If the position requires a bachelor's degree in accounting or finance specifically, it meets the specialty occupation standard. Roles posted as open to any degree field are harder to support. When evaluating offers, look for job descriptions that explicitly require a degree in a specific business or finance discipline.
Where can I find Accounts Receivable Clerk jobs that are open to OPT students?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for F-1 OPT students and filters roles by employers with a history of visa sponsorship. Browsing Migrate Mate for AR Clerk positions gives you a shortlist of companies already familiar with OPT and H-1B processes, which saves significant time compared to applying broadly and discovering sponsorship limitations late in the process.
Does an Accounts Receivable Clerk role qualify for STEM OPT extension?
Not on its own. STEM OPT requires a degree in a qualifying STEM field, and accounting and finance are not currently on the USCIS STEM designated degree list. If your degree is in management information systems, data analytics, or another STEM-adjacent field and your AR role involves substantial data or systems work, consult your DSO to assess whether an extension could apply.
What happens if my OPT expires before my employer files for H-1B?
If your OPT expires before an H-1B petition is filed and approved, you lose work authorization and must stop working. The H-1B cap-gap rule can bridge the gap if your employer files before April 1 and your OPT is valid at the time of filing, extending your authorization through September 30. Talk to your DSO and your employer's immigration counsel well before your expiration date.