Billing Clerk

Family Healthcare Network • Delano, CA

95d • $21 - $28

About The Position

The Billing Clerk performs a major part of the revenue cycle process. Responsible for processing claims, posting payments, researching claim rejections and denials, and working delinquent insurance and patient accounts.

Requirements

• Must possess a high school diploma or General Educational Development (GED) certificate.
• Specific knowledge and training in finance and billing, typically acquired during completion of a certificate or license program in billing procedures or learned on the job through a series of training sessions.
• Ability to prepare basic correspondence and simple reports in Microsoft Word.
• Ability to use Microsoft Excel to create tables and simple displays of information.
• Ability to create basic presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Performs the billing function at FHCN.
• Prepares and submits primary and secondary claims for services rendered according to established policies and procedures.
• Reviews claim forms for completion of patient information, CPT and ICD codes, and provider information.
• Computes fees and collects payments for services rendered.
• Collects and posts payments to accounts receivable system.
• Follows-up on correspondence from and researches outstanding aging accounts for third party payers.
• Corrects and rebills third party medical or dental claim denials and rejected claims.
• Performs income eligibility analysis for patients for different programs if necessary.
• Researches and corrects any assigned claim statuses in the practice management system.
• Processes any necessary patient refunds according to FHCN policy.
• Creates and reviews monthly patient statements.
• Answers any patient billing inquiries by researching the requests.
• Tracks and processes delinquent patient accounts.
• Mails payment request and collection letters.
• Processes accounts forwarded to the collection agency and reports collection payments.
• Manages the collection accounts system.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Pay Scale: Min Hourly Rate: $21.00
• Max Hourly Rate: $28.60

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Ambulatory Health Care Services
• Education Level: High school or GED