Billing Analyst Surgical

Chesapeake Regional Healthcare•Chesapeake, VA

About The Position

This role is responsible for preparing and verifying charges, performing billing tasks, identifying charging opportunities, auditing supplies, reconciling patient charges, adjusting inappropriate charges, verifying catalog and serial numbers, performing daily reconciliations, coordinating charge changes, and providing ongoing charging education for the OR team. The position also involves demonstrating knowledge of surgical supplies and procedures, establishing effective communication, attending required meetings, and performing special projects to improve efficiency. Administrative responsibilities include communicating organizational information, preparing correspondence, organizing policy and procedure resources, attending and recording meeting minutes, coordinating on behalf of various departments and the surgeon community, updating and chasing delegated tasks, and acting as a liaison for the Director. Dependability and the ability to analyze and interpret data are also key aspects of this role.

Requirements

Required expertise in Excel and Word
Strong organizational skills and superior attention to detail
Proven ability to multi-task, work under pressure, and meet tight deadlines
Can work independently and be highly collaborative managing multiple tasks, projects, and able to prioritize.
Can support full scope of administrative functions and billing duties.
Highly developed written, verbal, and communication skills and is comfortable interacting with executive level management.
High school diploma required with knowledge/courses in surgical procedures, billing, and auditing.
Must have experience working in an OR and/or Surgical Billing department
typing speed of 40+ words per minute and excellent computer operation skills is required
2 – 4 years of professional support experience.

Nice To Haves

Associate or bachelor’s degree preferred

Responsibilities

Prepare and verify prior day’s assigned department charges for processing
Perform billing tasks for assigned department
Identify and communicate potential charging opportunities
Audit supplies and reconcile patient charges
Adjust inappropriate charges as needed
Verify catalog and serial numbers on all implants
Perform daily reconciliations of all charge interface reports
Coordinate the process of new, changed, and/or inactive charges
Provide ongoing charging education for the OR team, utilizing the current IT operating system application for the OR, Materials Management, and Patient Billing
Actively engage in any software implementation program to meet the needs of the OR and the Perioperative departments as they directly affect the patient charge system
Demonstrate sufficient knowledge of surgical supplies and surgical procedures to be able to follow up on incomplete/inaccurate patient charge
Establish and maintain effective lines of communication between self, circulating nurses, staff, and the Nurse Auditor to resolve questions
Attend required hospital-wide orientations, meetings, and in-services
Demonstrate a commitment to flexible work scheduling when necessary to ensure deadlines are met
Effectively communicate and facilitate organizational information across all departments in the facility and organization, when needed.
Responsible for performing special projects to improve efficiency and performance, as assigned.
Prepare any needed correspondence to governing bodies, committees, and practicing surgeons and their groups.
Organize and maintain department policy and procedure resources.
Ensure all resources are secured and available to employees.
Attend and record minutes for all meetings.
Direct coordination on behalf of Perioperative Services, CRMC departments, and the surgeon community.
Update and chase delegated tasks to ensure progress to deadlines.
Act as a liaison, problem solver, researcher, and facilitator as a point of contact for the Director, where appropriate.
Follows instructions, responds to management direction; takes responsibility for own actions; keeps commitments; completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan.
Performs other related duties as necessary.
Ability to analyze, interpret and understand charts and graphs of data.