Financial Counselor - Traveling | Traveling Staff |Day| Full Time

UF Health•Gainesville, FL

About The Position

To deliver excellent patient-centered service by floating to different UFHP practices to fill in staff vacancies. Incumbent will facilitate established financial processes to enable and expedite the billing and collection of professional services. This includes entering charges, applying coding/billing rules, maximizing collections, verifying insurance, obtaining authorizations for services, reviewing patient account detail, scheduling appointments, check-in, and, financial counseling of patients. Accountable for resolution of front end edits, rejections, and information requests to achieve practice goals. This position interacts directly with internal and external customers of the practice.

Requirements

High school graduate or equivalent.
Two years of business/financial/physician practice experience required, e.g., preferably related to patient accounts and collections.
Excellent communication, organization, and problem-solving skills required.
Incumbent must be comfortable collecting payments and counseling patients regarding financial matters in a professional manner.
The ability to multitask, prioritize responsibilities, problem solve, and function in a team environment are necessary attributes of the successful incumbent.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of CPT and diagnosis coding preferred.
Four-year degree may substitute for two years of financial/physician office experience.
EPIC system knowledge preferred.
Associate degree or equivalent course work may substitute for the one year required experience.