Business Office Associate I - Part-Time (Weekends)

Frederiksted Health Care Inc

About The Position

In this fast-paced environment, under the immediate supervision of the Director of Revenue Services, performs work involving alphabetical and third-party sorting and verification of charges indicated on the patient’s medical bills. Work also involves the completion and transmittal of patient’s insurance forms, indicating a break-down of charges and diagnosis. Supervision takes the form of discussions, conferences, and review of work for conformity with established laws, rules, and regulations.

Requirements

Ability to understand Corporate and departmental policies, regulations, practices and procedures prescribed for the conduction of business and billing of services.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers and other contacts.
High school diploma and four (4) years of progressive experience in a health care setting.
Graduation from a recognized college or university two (2) year program with an Associate of Arts degree in Business Administration or a related field, plus two (2) years of work experience in a business office setting.
Graduation from the twelfth grade including or supplemented by commercial subjects and four (4) years of related experience in the areas of claims examining, interviewing, in a service-oriented or social service setting, accounts clerk or related capacity.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Ability to communicate concisely and clearly orally and in writing with clinical staff, patients, and center staff.
Ability to follow simple, oral, and written directions.
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, area, and percentages.
Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and mathematics.
Good analytical skills.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations.
Proofread documents.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Competency required in the areas of communication, excellent verbal and written skills.
Ability to prepare accurate reports.
Ability to prepare complex work rapidly and accurately.
Ability to type at least 50 words per minute.
Computer literate to include Microsoft Word, Excel and Access.
Knowledge and ability to operate all office and business machinery.
Good organizational skills and the ability to perform numerous tasks simultaneously in a fairly complex office environment.
Stickler for details, sense of personal responsibility for work performance and a professional attitude.
The ability to work without supervision and adhere to policies and procedures.
Knowledge of filing practices and procedures; claim processing.

Responsibilities

Interviews patients in order to obtain pertinent information such as: (1) ability to pay, (2) the presence of third party coverage, (3) the presence of Medical Assistance, and (4) identifying information.
Uses data and follows a prescribed formula for computing SIF discounts.
Applies discounts to an individual’s account, ensures that discounts are justifiable, correct, and true in accordance with existing laws and regulations.
Ensures that account is accurate, true and correct, checks computations, proper addresses, and other pertinent information.
Determines and differentiates as to which formula is applicable to the services rendered and reports all irregularities to supervisor.
Prepares periodic statement as to total of services rendered and breakdown of these services.
Registers patients on a standard computer database.
Reviews all charges of incidental services received by individuals and audits all documents submitted for processing in connection with accounts.
Perform all other related duties as required or assigned.
Employee may be required to handle cash.
Assist with any other duties as assigned.