Job Description
Performs duties related to departmental physician’s billing and collection, including but not limited to verifying insurance coverage with third party carriers, follow-up on outstanding accounts, entering charges/ payments/ adjustments into the computer and maintaining records of fees collected periodically.
Job Responsibility
- Performs all duties related to departmental physicians’ billing, including but not limited to:
- Completing, processing and reconciling insurance claim forms/payments.
- Following up on outstanding accounts via telephone and /or written inquiry to patients and /or third party payors.
- Inputs charges, payments and adjustments to computerized system or posts to manual records.
- Maintains daily, weekly and monthly records of fees collected.
- Verifies insurance coverage and other related data with third party carriers.
- Processes credit balance reports, prepare pre-collection notices and other correspondence/bills.
- Performs six-month and year-end account analysis.
- Sets-up financial agreements with patients, upon consulting with supervisor.
- Set-up patient charts and billing cards.
- Prepares payment journals and/or make bank deposits.
- Performs related duties, as required.
*ADA Essential Functions
Job Qualification
- High School Diploma or equivalent, required.
- Knowledge of physician’s billing inclusive of third party billing and CPT codes, required.
- Knowledge of medical terminology, ICD-9 coding and automated systems, preferred.Ability to input data to computerized system.
- Ability to do simple arithmetic calculations. Ability to communicate effectively.
*Additional Salary Detail
The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member’s base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).
The salary range for this position is $23.89-$25.22/hour