Cash Poster

American Advanced Management • Salida, CA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

This job description is a record of the essential functions of the listed job. The job description provides the employee, CEO, Human Resources, applicants, and other agencies with a clear understanding of the job, where it fits into the organization, and the skill and work requirements in relation to other jobs. Jobs are always changing to some degree and the existence of the approved job description is not intended to limit normal change and growth. The facility will make reasonable accommodations to otherwise qualified individuals who are capable of performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

POPULATION SERVED
The position does not involve direct patient care for a population of patients ages 18 and older. Age specific experience and/or special training and/or expertise are not required to serve this population.

POSITION SUMMARY
Under general supervision of the CFO and/or Business Office Manager, the Cash Poster is responsible for the posting of line item insurance payments and patient payments into the billing system, posting of declines, charge corrections, and preparation of daily deposits and reconciliation/audit of posted transactions.

Requirements

• Two (2) years of payment posting and medical billing experience required.
• 3 or more years of experience in a hospital or centralized business office environment required.
• Must have intermediate knowledge of collections industry laws, regulations and processes.
• Must have strong negotiation skills.
• Must have basic computer skills.
• Ability to maintain the highest level of confidentiality.
• Ability to maintain accuracy, perform routine mathematical calculations, and approach problems/decision analytically.
• Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work in a team fostered environment.
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize and organize work.
• Ability to adapt to a flexible schedule.
• General hospital accounts receivable accounts knowledge is required.
• Knowledge of insurance payment processing and able to read EOBs.
• Ability to perform secondary level math.
• Ability to read at a secondary level.
• Demonstrates a helpful, positive attitude.
• Maintains effective communication with peers, medical staff, patients, visitors, and families.
• Demonstrates a strong commitment to confidentiality.
• Reports any accidents, injuries, and unsafe equipment and conditions to supervisor by the end of the shift and reports any pre-existing conditions as identified by the ADA.
• Immediately reports and corrects, if possible, unsafe conditions or equipment.
• Complies with relevant regulations, standards and policies governing safe workplace environment (OSHA, Accreditation, etc.)
• Maintains current knowledge of all aspects of the facility’s safety program by attending safety-related training as mandated upon hire and thereafter as required by facility.
• Accepts modified work assignments after receiving the physician’s release to return to work following an accident/ injury.
• Follows the prescribed/recommended treatment given by treating physician(s) after an accident/injury.
• Participates in required in-services and educational programs on an ongoing basis.
• Follows all facility guidelines outlining standards of attendance and punctuality.
• Responsible for reporting to and completing work at assigned times.
• Universal precautions will be observed in order to prevent contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials.
• Under circumstances in which differentiation between body fluid types is difficult or impossible, all body fluids shall be considered potentially infectious materials.
• All blood or other potentially infectious materials will be considered infectious regardless of the status.
• Category II Tasks involve no contact with moist body substances, non-intact skin or mucous membranes.
• The employee must have the ability to perform essential functions without posing a “direct threat” in the workplace.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working within a multi-facility hospital business office environment preferred.
• College education, previous insurance company claims experience and/or health care billing trade school education may be considered in lieu of formal hospital experience.

Responsibilities

• Posts payments and adjustments exceptions from an electronic file, and ensures each batch is balanced daily.
• Posts payment and adjustments from bank lock-box and ensures each batch is balanced daily.
• Posts other types of payment and adjustments from collection agency, interoffice transfers, time of service and credit card payments.
• Reviews Explanation of Benefits and 835 payment files to assure proper payment and adjustment has been received.
• Verifies appropriate financial classification status is loaded into registration.
• Log payments to daily cash log.
• Daily/Weekly/Monthly/ Quarterly/ Semi-Annual Cash Reconciliation duties as assigned.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed