Jr Insurance Benefits Analyst (Per Diem)

Cape Cod Healthcare•Hyannis, MA

About The Position

The Jr Insurance Benefits Analyst role involves troubleshooting and evaluating the work of staff, making recommendations to management, and assisting with implementing changes. This position participates in strategizing for process improvement initiatives to enhance cash flow and attends management meetings. The analyst also assists management with special organizational projects, provides input for employee evaluations, and collaborates with various managers, vendors, and customers to ensure staff are proficient in using technology for patient registration. Key responsibilities include reviewing financial clearance and registration procedures, identifying and correcting issues through reporting, and assisting with quality control assessments related to eligibility and pre-registration errors. The role requires verifying insurance eligibility through various methods, contacting patients for information, and ensuring accurate recording of insurance details in the patient accounting system. Processing outgoing referrals, utilizing payer websites and systems for referrals and authorizations, and tracking the status of referrals are also crucial. Maintaining knowledge of regulatory payer authorization and eligibility requirements, obtaining authorizations, and resolving billing errors and claim denials are essential. The analyst will coordinate with practice managers and staff regarding insurance payer requirements, respond to inquiries, and meet productivity and quality standards. The position also involves cross-covering for absences, participating in special projects, and attending educational programs. The ability to work with minimal supervision and adapt to unexpected changes is expected. Other job-related duties may be assigned.

Requirements

High School diploma or GED required
Experience with large hospital information systems is required, preferably Epic and/or Siemens is preferred.
Excellent interpersonal, problem solving and critical thinking skills
Excellent PC skills with a strong emphasis on the Outlook suite of products
Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required.

Nice To Haves

Associate Degree strongly preferred
Minimum of one (1) year experience in a large hospital’s Revenue Cycle Department with an emphasis on Patient Access and or Scheduling is strongly desired.
Medical Terminology knowledge preferred
Experience utilizing insurance payer websites preferred.

Responsibilities

Troubleshoot and evaluate work product of staff, make recommendations to management and assists with implementing changes.
Participate with management in strategizing for Process Improvement initiatives to improve cash flow.
Attend and participate in management meetings.
Assists management on special organizational projects for CCHC.
Provide input and feedback for employee evaluations.
Work collaboratively with Patient Access Managers, Scheduling Managers, Business Office Managers, Vendors and Customers across the enterprise to ensure that Registrars and Schedulers are fully capable of using technology to properly register our patients.
Assists with review of financial clearance and registration procedures and ensure effective communication with physician practices, patients and internal departments.
Work with department managers to continuously identify and correct issues identified by reporting.
Assist Patient Access Managers with Quality Control assessments of their staff related to eligibility and pre-registration errors.
Verifying insurance eligibility using available technologies, payer websites, or by phone contact with third party payers. Working in accordance with required State and Federal regulations and CCHC policies.
Contact patients as needed to gather demographic and insurance information, and updates patient information within the EMR as necessary.
Ensure correct insurance company name, address, plan, and filing order are recorded in the patient accounting system.
Processes outgoing referrals to specialists outlined by the patient’s insurance plans in a timely manner.
Utilize payer websites and/or Epic/Experian to process, obtain and verify insurance referrals.
Utilizing the incoming referral work queue will request, obtain and link insurance referral authorizations to upcoming specialty appointments as outlined by the patient’s insurance plan in a timely manner.
Track, document and communicate the status of referrals as they move through the referral process, ensuring proper follow-up, documentation and communication when the referral has been completed.
Maintain core competency and current knowledge of regulatory payer authorization and eligibility requirements.
Obtain and verify authorizations to ensure payment for services provide through CCHC.
Work accounts in assigned work queues to resolve billing errors and edits to ensure all claims are filed in a timely manner.
Follow-up and work registration/authorization claim denial work queues to identify and take the appropriate action to fix errors for claim resubmission to payers.
Maintain close coordination with Practice Managers, Clinical/Front End staff, and Physicians to advise of any changes or updates to insurance payer requirements.
Responds to all practice inquiries and questions about insurances, referrals, and authorizations.
Meets and maintains daily productivity and quality standards established in departmental policies.
Assists the department, work unit and/or fellow staff members by cross-covering for absences, participating in special projects, and attending ongoing training sessions, etc.
Attends and participates in educational programs, in-service meetings, workshops, and other activities as related to job knowledge and state guidelines.
Ability to work with minimum supervision and in a team environment.
Performs other job-related duties and assignments as requested/directed.
Demonstrates the ability to adjust to unexpected changes to assure all responsibilities/duties are met during absences or increases in work volume.