Accounting Clerk (AR)

Life Care Center of Gray • Gray, TN

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About The Position

The Accounting Clerk (Accounts Receivable) is responsible for billing, collecting payments, and managing data in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and Life Care standards. The role prepares and submits billing, records cash receipts, prepares bank deposits, supports the business office, and provides customer service to patients.

Requirements

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and email.
• Ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant.
• Knowledge of administration practices and procedures and the laws, regulations, and guidelines governing administration functions in a post-acute care facility.
• Ability to implement and interpret administration department programs, goals, objectives, policies, and procedures.
• Proficiency in competency areas including cash receipts and billing, business office support, patient rights, and safety and sanitation.
• Ability to concentrate and use reasoning skills and good judgment.
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
• Ability to sit, stand, bend, lift, push, pull, stoop, walk, reach, and move intermittently during working hours.
• Ability to lift 20 pounds from floor to waist and waist to shoulder, carry 20 pounds, and push or pull 20 pounds.
• Adherence to Life Care’s Code of Conduct and completion of mandatory Code of Conduct and other appropriate compliance training.

Nice To Haves

• Prior bookkeeping experience.
• Prior billing experience in a health-care setting.
• Data entry experience.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and submit billing, including Medicare A and B and private insurance, accurately and promptly.
• Record cash receipts accurately and promptly.
• Prepare bank deposits accurately.
• Provide excellent customer service and maintain a positive attitude toward patients.
• Assist in evacuating patients.
• Maintain dependable, regular attendance.
• Communicate and function productively on an interdisciplinary team.
• Maintain professional working relationships with associates, vendors, and others.
• Maintain confidentiality of proprietary and confidential information.
• Follow company policies, including harassment and compliance procedures, and complete required compliance training.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED