Accounts Receivable/Medical Billing Specialist

J.C. Lewis Primary Healthcare Center • Savannah, GA

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About The Position

The Accounts Receivable (AR) Specialist manages the health center’s front-end billing and revenue collection cycle, ensuring timely reimbursement from Medicaid, Medicare, managed care organizations (MCOs), commercial insurance, and patients. The role requires expertise in community health billing, HRSA compliance, sliding fee scales, medical denial management, and self-pay client management.

The specialist reconciles daily clinic funds, generates and enters monthly charges, prepares and submits claims, posts insurance and patient payments, administers sliding fee discounts, and tracks denials and appeals. Additional finance duties may be assigned.

Requirements

• Minimum 2–3 years of medical billing and accounts receivable experience; ideally in an FQHC or community health setting.
• Associate or bachelor's degree in accounting/business management.
• Certified Professional Biller (CPB) certification.
• High comfort level with accounting software and Microsoft Excel.
• Proficiency with major EHR/Practice Management software, such as Athenahealth, eClinicalWorks, or NextGen.
• Data accuracy and basic accounting skills.
• Strong understanding of CPT, ICD-10, and HCPCS codes.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in an FQHC or community health setting.
• Knowledge of Medicaid/Medicare guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Reconcile daily front-desk cash logs, checks, and credit card batches against practice management schedule reports before routing funds to General Accounting in the Financial Solution.
• Generate, classify, and enter monthly charges into client accounts, classifying total revenue into specialty groups.
• Prepare, scrub, and electronically submit clean medical, dental, and behavioral health claims to payers through the clearinghouse daily.
• Accurately post insurance Electronic Remittance Advices (ERAs), Explanation of Benefits (EOBs), and patient payments to patient accounts.
• Apply HRSA-compliant sliding fee discounts based on verified family size and income data, and audit self-pay patient balances.
• Analyze, correct, and resubmit rejected or denied claims; file formal appeals with insurance companies to support maximum, timely reimbursement.
• Perform additional finance duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree