MEDICAL BILLING
Job Type
Full-time
Description

Job Purpose: To handle all aspects of medical billing. Keeping a clean accounts receivable.


Primary Focus:

  • Regularly work Accounts Receivable (A/R) to ensure timely payments
  • Manage past-due accounts monthly, documenting follow-up activity and payment arrangements. Work collection accounts weekly.
  • Submit delinquent accounts to collections following internal policies and timelines
  • Ensure statements are generated and uploaded to the clearing house weekly.
  • Take billing calls from patients. Respond to billing questions and resolve concerns with clarity and professionalism.
  • Work all denial claims from EOBs in a timely manner. Correct/re-submit denied claims.
  • Communicate with insurance companies regarding outstanding or denied claims.
  • Work claim rejections in a timely manner.
  • Keeps work area clean and neat.
  • Keeps equipment operating by following operating instructions; troubleshooting breakdowns; maintaining supplies; performing preventive maintenance; reporting when repairs are needed.
  • Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by following standards and procedures; complying with legal regulations.
  • Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping patient care information confidential.
  • Enhances health care practice reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different request; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
  • Conforms to all clinic policies outlined in the employee manual or received verbally from asupervisor.
  • Provide professional customer service to internal and external customers.
  • Works as team player.
  • Greets patients and visitors in a friendly and helpful manner.
  • Treats staff, physicians, and patients with respect.
  • Performs any other task assigned

Additional Duties as Needed:

  • Process refunds when needed.
  • Ensure all CPT/ICD codes and current fees are correct within the system and request changes if needed to the administrator.
  • Post daily charges 
  • Post insurance and patient payments.


Requirements

Skills/Qualifications: Vast knowledge of medical billing and coding. Procedural Skills, Documentation Skills, Interpersonal Skills, Verbal Communication, Multi-tasking Skills, Planning, Dependability, Teamwork, Time Management, Customer Service Skills and being Detailed Oriented.

Past Primary Care medical billing experience preferred.