Description
General Summary of Position
MedStar Physicians' Billing Services has an opening for an experienced Patient Accounts Specialist (Level II) to join our team and work remote from home! To be successful, candidates must have a minimum of four years of experience in hospital/physician patient accounts and collections in medical billing operations.
Join one of the largest health systems in the Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., area and enjoy the benefits of a full benefits package including paid time off, health/vision/dental insurance, short- & long-term disability, tuition reimbursement and the benefits of remote work capability. Position offers a flexible dayshift schedule and is remote!
Job Summary - Under general supervision, performs accounts receivable follow-up/collection procedures to obtain timely reimbursement from third party carriers and other payment sources on moderately complicated invoices in a Direct Contract assignment and/or with an invoice balance. Performs collection activity for assigned divisions, third party carriers and individual providers. Maintains contacts with third party carriers and communicate billing/reimbursement changes to management in a timely manner. Assists in evaluation of A/R and participate in development of collection strategies to decrease outstanding A/R.
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Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Minimum Qualifications
Education
- High School Diploma or GED equivalent. required
- Associate or Bachelor's degree preferred
Experience
- 4 years of progressively responsible experience in hospital/physician patient accounts or equivalent experience required
- Experience and proficiency using an automated billing system, Athena IDX and ETM experience
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Effective negotiating skills, to include ability to resolve complex billing and collection situations with individual patients or third party payers.
- Proactive problem solving skills.
- Ability to interpret data and related information, and discern trends and tendencies, as well as determine appropriate course of action.
- Ability to work as part of team, set goals, prioritizes work and assist in the coordination and execution of work.
- Ability to assist in the following areas: lead, monitor daily activities, evaluate, train and motivate performance of team members.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Knowledge of ETM, basic operation of hardware and work processing and spreadsheet packages, preferably Microsoft.
- Knowledge of relevant billing and collection laws and regulations, hospital protocols.
- Knowledge of third party claims and diagnostic coding, to include ICD 9/10 and CPT coding.
- Demonstrates proven successful organizational and analytical skills that ensure consistent completion of daily quota driven processing.
This position has a hiring range of $18.33 - $29.96
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