Bookkeeper / Medicaid Specialist

AdamsPlace•Murfreesboro, TN

3d•Onsite

About The Position

NHC Murfreesboro is currently looking for a Bookkeeper to join their team! This position is responsible for assisting patients with State Medicaid applications for secondary coverage and long-term care benefits, maintaining accurate daily census records, accumulating and pricing charges for supplies and services, classifying charges between distinct service areas, and recording charges for processing in an automated accounts receivable system. The role also involves accurately and timely billing all parties for services rendered, assisting the administrator in the collection of accounts receivable (requiring an understanding of reimbursement procedures including state and federal contracts like Medicaid, Medicare, VA, and private insurance), maintaining files and documentation on outstanding accounts receivable, safeguarding cash transactions, depositing cash receipts daily after reconciliation, maintaining petty cash funds, and recording cash receipts for processing. Additionally, the Bookkeeper will ensure all disbursements have proper authorization, receiving, and documentation, classify and record disbursements for entry to the general ledger, assist the administrator in ensuring timely payments to maximize cash management, submit personnel action forms after proper authorization, maintain historical records in personnel files, account for all transactions in the Patient Trust Fund, and follow all company and facility policies and procedures. The role also includes meeting reporting requirements and deadlines, and performing other assigned duties.

Requirements

Experience in insurance verifications and collections experience required
Possess good communication skills with attention to detail.
Be able to work effectively and thoroughly with patients and families.
Be well-organized, persistent and work as a team player with other departments.
Microsoft Office skill set mid-level fluent knowledge of Excel
Excellent organizational skills with attention to detail
Able to work accurate and effectively with pressures of report schedules
Excellent verbal and written skills
Able to work with a team

Nice To Haves

Payroll experience preferred

Responsibilities

Assist patients with State Medicaid application for secondary coverage and long term care benefits
Maintain an accurate daily census record.
Accumulate and price all charges for supplies and services.
Classify all charges between distinct service areas.
Record charges for processing in an automated accounts receivable system.
Bill accurately and timely all parties for the services rendered.
Assist the administrator in collection of accounts receivable. (This requires understanding of reimbursement procedures including state and federal contracts, i.e., Medicaid, Medicare, VA, private insurance, etc.).
Maintain files and documentation on the status of all outstanding accounts receivable.
Safeguard all cash transactions.
Deposit all cash receipts intact each day after reconciling money to the original documentation.
Maintain petty cash funds.
Record the cash receipts for processing in an automated accounts receivable system.
Determine that all disbursements have proper authorization, receiving and documentation.
Classify and record all disbursements for entry to general ledger.
Assist administrator to ensure timely payments which maximize cash management.
Submit in a timely fashion personnel action forms after proper authorization, maintaining historical record in personnel file.
Account for all transactions in Patient Trust Fund.
Be familiar with and follow all company and facility policies and procedures.
Meet all reporting requirements and deadlines.
Other duties as assigned from time to time.