Billing Specialist III

UT Southwestern Medical Center • Dallas, TX

17h • Remote

About The Position

UT Southwestern Medical Center has a new opportunity in the Revenue Cycle Department for a Billing Specialist III. Works under moderate supervision to perform advanced level billing responsibilities. Supports the division of Nephrology.
The duties for this position will include but not limited to the following:
Maintain a monthly average of 115 encounters per day.
Excellent time management skills
Ability to partner with a team or work alone.
Charge review
Reconciliation
Manual charge entry
Ensure the department adheres to a six-day metric.
Work From Home (WFH): This position will work from home, but the applicant must live within the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Additional details shall be discussed with applicants during the interview process.
Shift: Flex shift, 8-hour days Monday - Friday

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• 3 years medical billing or collections experience
• Must demonstrate the ability to work complex E&M services, complex diagnostic studies, endoscopic, interventional and/or surgical procedures
• Must demonstrate the ability to make calls to obtain authorizations

Nice To Haves

• Coding certifications (CPC, CPMA, CMC, ART, RRA, RHIA, RHIT, CCS, CCA) and/or degrees (associate level, bachelor level, master level) preferred and may be considered in lieu of experience.
• (CPC) CERT PROFESSIONAL CODER Upon Hire or
• (CPMA) Cert Prof Medical Auditor Upon Hire or
• (CMC) CERT MEDICAL CODER Upon Hire or
• (ART) ASSOC RECORDS ADMIN Upon Hire or
• (RRA) REGISTERED RECORDS ADMIN Upon Hire or
• (RHIA) REGD HEALTH INFO ADMINIST Upon Hire or
• (RHIT) REGD HEALTH INFO TECHNOLO Upon Hire or
• (CCS) CERT CODING SPECIALIST Upon Hire or
• (CCA) Cert Coding Associate Upon Hire

Responsibilities

• Analyzes, investigates and resolves coding edits for complex drug billing, complex diagnostic studies, endoscopic, interventional and/or surgical procedures. This includes CPT, diagnosis, modifier, bundling, duplicate charge, and custom edit resolution. Requires strong knowledge of the carrier's (Federal/State/Private) regulations and guidelines, internal revenue cycle coding processes and specialty specific service line billing practices. This position requires a high degree of organization and accuracy, and clear communication with providers on a regular basis to insure services are well documented and meet all billing requirements. This position could possibly require resolving clinical and/or technical denials as well.
• Performs abstracting on E&M services, complex diagnostic studies, and/or endoscopic, interventional or surgical procedures. Requires the ability to read the progress note and or procedure/surgical results and confirm or change the CPT code(s), diagnosis code(s) and modifiers (if applicable). Requires strong knowledge of the carrier coverage policies and documentation requirements for specialty specific service lines. Must know the Medicare and Medicaid teaching physician documentation billing rules.
• Perform monthly charge reconciliation.
• Serves as a resource to the FERC Team Leads, Compliance Auditors, Medical Collectors and Billing Specialists I & II. Requires a billing and coding knowledge level that provides guidance on and resolution to resolve claim denials, rejections and backend coding edits.
• Performs manual charge entry for all non-EpicCare and non-automated sites of services. This includes E&M visits and procedures across several centralized service lines. Depending on the clinical department they may be required to review and release charges from a computer assisted coding environment.
• Investigates and resolves coding and registration Epic Resolute Claim edits. Requires strong knowledge of Epic's carrier registration filing order rules and billing rules.
• May assist in obtaining insurance authorizations and accurately maintaining the authorization records, communicate patient balance and patient-responsibility amounts to clinics and/or patient/families, responding to requests for information. Attend coding and billing in-services to stay current on changes; attend other meetings and training as assigned.
• May lead train, and/or mentor the work of lower-level designated coding employees to ensure quality of work and growth in knowledge and expertise.
• May support multiple specialties in a hybrid role as needed.
• Duties performed may include one or more of the following core functions: (a) Directly interacting with or caring for patients; (b) Directly interacting with or caring for human-subjects research participants; (c) Regularly maintaining, modifying, releasing or similarly affecting patient records (including patient financial records); or (d) Regularly maintaining, modifying, releasing or similarly affecting human-subjects research records.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100%25 coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer

What This Job Offers

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