Bookkeeper / Medicaid Specialist

NHC Careers•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, recording charges for processing in an automated accounts receivable system, billing all parties accurately and timely for services rendered, and assisting the administrator in the collection of accounts receivable. This requires an understanding of reimbursement procedures including state and federal contracts (Medicaid, Medicare, VA, private insurance, etc.). The role also involves maintaining files and documentation on the status of all outstanding accounts receivable, safeguarding all cash transactions, depositing all cash receipts intact each day after reconciling money to original documentation, maintaining petty cash funds, recording cash receipts for processing in an automated accounts receivable system, determining that all disbursements have proper authorization, receiving, and documentation, classifying and recording all disbursements for entry to the general ledger, assisting the administrator to ensure timely payments which maximize cash management, submitting timely personnel action forms after proper authorization, maintaining historical records in personnel files, accounting for all transactions in the Patient Trust Fund, and adhering to all company and facility policies and procedures, meeting all reporting requirements and deadlines. Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

Experience in insurance verifications and collections experience required
Payroll experience preferred
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.
Computer skills: 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

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.
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.