AHD Business Office/Accounting Specialist

Alameda Health System•Alameda, CA

About The Position

The AHD Business Office/Accounting Specialist supports the business office and accounting departments at Alameda Hospital at Waters Edge and performs billing functions for skilled nursing facility residents. The role handles census tracking; Medicare and Medi-Cal billing; billing documentation and certifications; payer billing and collections; patient trust and petty cash records; deposits; annual reporting; and patient business files. The employee may also perform other related duties at an equivalent level.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Two years of experience in a business office and/or accounting capacity.
Recent Medicare and medical insurance billing experience.

Responsibilities

Track census and handle Medicare A, Medicare B, and Medi-Cal billing.
Start and control PASS and PASSARR forms; prepare UB-40s; and control Medicare certification and recertification.
Produce the Medicare Credit Balance Report quarterly.
Prepare MC-171 admission and discharge notifications.
Post ancillaries and cash, produce Private Pay statements, verify Medi-Cal eligibility monthly, and control Medi-Cal TARs.
Work with payers on billing and collections.
Compare common working files monthly.
Complete patient trust bank reconciliations and maintain the patient trust checkbook.
Reconcile the petty cash bank and checkbook, produce petty cash box receipts, and replenish petty cash as needed.
Handle W-9s and deposits.
Receive, sort, and distribute incoming mail, forwarding mail as needed.
Work on the OSHPD report annually.
Manage patient business files.