Medical Payment Poster

Kindbody

16d • Hybrid

About The Position

As an experienced Medical Payment Poster reporting to our Medical Payment Posting Manager, you will be working in a fast-paced, rapidly growing environment where you will be relied on for your expertise, professionalism, and collaboration. This is a Hybrid role (minimum of 3 days in office, dependent on business needs) based out of our West Loop, Chicago Clinic.

Requirements

• Associate's degree in Accounting/Finance or relevant experience.
• Prior experience in healthcare payment posting, payment reconciliation required
• Ability to read and interpret CMS 1500, and ERA’s,
• Familiarity with MCO clearinghouses, along with prior experience in tracking down ERA’s from payer websites.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills & a team player
• Willingness to be flexible, roll with the punches, multi-task, and troubleshoot problems
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills
• Exemplifies amazing customer service skills and professionalism
• Experience in CPT and ICD-10 coding; familiarity with medical terminology
• Ability to manage relationships with various insurance payers
• Experience in filing claim appeals with insurance companies to ensure maximum entitled reimbursement.

Nice To Haves

• A passion for women’s health and fertility is a plus

Responsibilities

• Post payments to the practice management system
• Update Daily Cash Rec sheet, Pull payments from Clearing House, and review EDI’s on a daily basis.
• Balance all batches and run transaction reports
• Verify all EFT deposits and scanned checks have been accurately posted by month-end
• Identify line-item denials for medical necessity, non-covered services, and prior authorizations to be delegated appropriately
• Accurately move balances to patient responsibility
• Processing write-offs and adjustments from insurance payments
• Recognizing trends from CPT codes and insurance companies
• Open and sort through any mail for the Revenue Cycle Management team
• Scan copies of RCM mail to the appropriate folders
• Mail paper checks to the bank
• Update paper check log for RCM Systems department to research EFT opportunities
• Review payments and call for checks to be reissued if needed
• Upload and post checks from various insurance websites weekly
• Post online patient payments from various sites daily
• Run and post credit cards from email, fax, and uploaded files
• Accurately post insurance takebacks and miscellaneous deductions
• Review patient encounters and make corrections as needed
• Add missing CPT codes to encounters and update when needed
• Call insurance companies/utilize websites to find missing EOB’s from bank statement payments.
• Work with Manager and team to ensure all payment posting Gdrive files are completed in a timely manner.
• Any other duties as assigned by the Senior Leadership

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree