Medical Billing Specialist
About The Position
We have a dynamic opportunity for an experienced Medical Billing Specialist to join our team in a role that will support our current operations. Our ideal candidate will be responsible for maintaining industry standards for billing and filing claims with insurance as well as clinic billing. Additionally, payment posting and assistance with special projects will be part of the job duties. To be successful in this role, the candidate must be highly motivated, detailed, and self-driven individual with excellent communication and organization skills. This opening is a full-time, on-site position located in Houston Texas for National company providing remote cardiac monitoring.
Requirements
- 2+ years' experience in healthcare collections setting
- Strong cognitive skills including analysis, problem solving, high attention to detail, and decision making
- High level of accuracy with data entry
- Ability to work collaboratively with other team members
- Great organizational skills
- Ability to multi-task, establish and meet deadlines
- Ability to work in fast-paced environment and maintain accuracy
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Above average organizational and time management skills
- Strong Microsoft Office experience with emphasis on Excel (intermediate to advanced)
- Knowledge of Federal, state and HIPAA privacy regulation
- High School graduate or equivalent
Responsibilities
- Verify benefits, determine if authorization is needed and process a request
- Create patient accounts in Athena Health software and enter charges
- Review Telemetry enrollments to see if insurance guidelines are met or conversion of service needed and notify clinic.
- Utilize separate system to track patients on monitors & determine when billing is done
- Communicate with clinic staff and/or sales staff to obtain missing insurance information
- Respond to patient inquiries regarding billing and payment.
- Assist with patient collections
- Assist with payment posting
- Maintain accurate and complete billing records and reports.
- Collaborate with other departments to ensure accurate and timely reporting and analysis.
- Assist with other accounting and finance functions as needed, including special projects
- Provide excellent customer service to clients, patients and other stakeholders.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
