PAT REP IV CASHIER

Methodist Hospitals • Merrillville, IN

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About The Position

Accurately review and process all third party payor, collection agency, patient, and other payments for both Hospital and Physicians.

Requirements

• 95% Accuracy rate must be maintained.
• 58 Transactions must be input per hour for manual posting.
• Unposted transactions must be recorded in Excel daily.
• Non Account Receivable money must be reported to Finance daily.
• Unidentified cash must be followed up weekly until resolved.
• Cash Trending Spreadsheets must be updated daily.
• Cash must be balanced daily
• Must have working knowledge of insurance claim filing, collections, and established refund processing procedures.
• Ability to prioritize job functions, work independently and exercise good judgment.
• Must possess good written and verbal communication skills.
• Must possess good organizational/analytical skills and mathematical aptitude.
• Proficient use of calculator and minimum typing (55 wpm).
• Basic personal computer skills.
• High School Diploma/GED Equivalent Required
• Six or more years in medical business or healthcare insurance office or equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience.
• 6 Healthcare/Medical - Business Office Required
• Meets the Standards of Behavior as outlined in Personnel Policy and Procedure #1, Employee Relations Code.
• Demonstrates knowledge of procedures for protecting and maintaining security, confidentiality and integrity of employee, patient, family, organizational and other medical information.
• Understands and supports the commitment of Methodist Hospitals in adhering to federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations governing ethical business practices for healthcare providers.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of UB-92 and 1500 billing preferred.
• Associate degree or equivalent hours preferred
• Associates Business Administration Preferred

Responsibilities

• Receives and processes third party payor, agency and patient checks and identifies appropriate hospital accounts/physician accounts/GL to ensure accurate application of payments received on a daily basis.
• Receives and verifies the system-to-system electronic payment file for 835 payers, and lockbox to ensure accurate application of payments for hospital and physician.
• Investigate and resubmit rejections from payment/lockbox file through on-line cash posting or correction of electronic file.
• Ensure undistributed accounts are cleared and only used as a temporary holding place.
• Codes accounts for unit billing payments, deductibles, coinsurance, co-pay, etc., for contract management system.
• Copies live checks/cash received via incoming mail daily, running tape and preparing deposit for bank.
• Balance out checks/cash received against receipts and submit for reconciliation and deposit to the bank.
• Copies live checks/cash received from physician offices daily, running tape and balance out against reports.
• Submit for deposit to bank.
• Receives, verifies, and processes credit card payments.
• Maintains workques for both hospital and physician.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED