Business Office Support, Clerk, Full Time

Hialeah Hospital•Hialeah, FL

About The Position

Under the direction of the Vice President of Revenue Cycle or designee, the General Clerk performs clerical support to the Business Office staff as needed. Our 378-bed acute care hospital opened in 1951 to serve the Hialeah, Florida community. Our team is committed to honoring the trust that our patients place in us by providing compassionate, safe, high-quality care in the right place, and at the right time. Hialeah Hospital has been honored to receive a number of awards and designations for our superior health care services, including: Cardiac American Heart Association Get with the Guidelines - Heart Failure Gold Plus Award, 2018 American Heart Association Get with the Guidelines - Target Stroke Gold Plus Award, 2018 Bariatric American College of Surgeons/American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery - MBSAQIP Accredited Center BCBS â€" Blue Distinction Specialty Care Bariatric Surgery, January 2018 Neurology Advanced Primary Stroke Center Re-accreditation, April 2018 Women's Services American College of Radiology granted Stereotactic Breast Biopsy Re-accreditation, March 2016 Hyperbaric Unit Healogics Center of Distinction Award, 2017 Laboratory Services/Blood Bank Certificate of Accreditation from College of American Pathologist

Requirements

High School graduate or equivalent

Nice To Haves

Previous clerical experience working in a healthcare environment, preferred.

Responsibilities

Print paper claims, medical records, and submit to the payors via US Mail, as needed.
Ensures all necessary documentation required by insurance company is attached to the claim.
Document all notes in the patient account system for tracking of billed accounts.
Provides outside physicians with patient insurance information, as requested.
Work special billing related projects, as needed.
Pull Remittance Advice (RA) and Explanation of Benefits (EOB) to prepare claims for secondary billing.
Pull supporting documents for special projects and annual regulatory audits, as needed.
Open and separate department related incoming mail.
Scan incoming correspondence to patient account, as needed.
Give original correspondence to appropriate parties.
Answer incoming calls and assist caller if within skill sets and abilities.
Assist all business office team members with clerical functions, as requested.
All other duties assigned, within skills sets and abilities.