Job Type
Full-time
Description
Title: Billing Support Staff
Purpose: Work as a team to ensure the billing is completed efficiently and accurately by; participating in training and acting as a support for Counselors, Community Workers, and Office Staff.
Qualifications:
- Must be 18 years or older
- High School education
- Detail-Oriented/Organizational Skills
- Professional and Friendly with Public
- Understanding of Insurance / Insurance Verification
- Computer Literate
- Enjoy Therapeutic Environment
- Problem solving
- Team player
Department: Office Staff
Supervised by: Billing Lead
Positions supervised: None
Location: Idaho Falls office
Summary of Benefits:
- Medical Insurance paid for by company for full time employees
- Dental Insurance is available
- Vision Insurance is available
- Simple IRA with 3% company match
- Life Insurance options
- Sterling Medical Membership provided for fulltime employees (and family)
Requirements
Job Functions, Responsibilities, and Authority
- Report directly to the Billing Lead
- Communicate daily with the other billing team members via group chat.
- Communicate any questions and concerns with other team members in the group chats, with the Billing Lead and owners
- Assist in problem-solving situations that arise due to EHR, Clearing House, and Insurance Payer issues
- Work through the AR to ensure claims are processing correctly and addressing claims that need to be rebilled
- Obtain a working knowledge of the EHR as it pertains to claims billing and ensuring routing slips and notes match and are appropriate
- Stay updated on the current insurance payers' billing codes and billing rules
- Bill Medicaid, BPA, Health and Welfare, IDJC, private insurance companies and other entities/individuals for services rendered.
- Review remittances; take corrective action as warranted.
- Review benefit coverage, eligibility, program requirements, limitations, and exclusions for clients
- Work directly with Counselors, Community Workers, and Office Staff to ensure accurate billing.
- Assist with billing counselor claims (electronic and paper) including; individual, family, crisis, group therapy, treatment plans, assessments, etc.
- Assist with billing Community Worker claims
- Audit files and claims in EHR for missed or inaccurate billing
- Review counselor’s billed claims in the claim center of the EHR before pushing them through to the clearing house
- Correct and submit claims that are rejected by the clearing house for mistakes
- Review incoming processed claims for accuracy and correction as needed.
- Communicate directly with insurance companies and clients in regards to claims and balances due from clients and/or insurance companies
- Accept and post payments and remittances from clients and insurance companies
- Answer incoming calls for Billing Team and retrieve voicemails throughout the day. Answer questions regarding client balances and insurance processing. Send itemized statements or receipts per request of the client.
- Review client balances and payments to determine payment arrangements or to be referred to Collection Agency
- Assist with answering billing emails daily.
- Any other tasks as assigned.
- Attend meetings as assigned.
- Monitor timely filing deadlines for initial claims, corrected claims, and appeals.
- Identify and escalate recurring denial trends or payer processing issues to the Billing Lead.
- Assist in identifying underpayments or payment discrepancies when reviewing remittances.
- Maintain compliance with HIPAA and confidentiality standards when handling client and payer information.
- Ensure accurate application of contractual adjustments and write-offs as directed.
- Document claim follow-up activity within the EHR or designated tracking systems.
- Maintain organized records of billing communications and payer correspondence.
Wage: $16-$20/hr DOE
**This is a full-time, in office position.**
Salary Description
$16-$20/hr