PATIENT ACCOUNTS REPRESENTATIVE (Insurance Claims and Policy experience require) - FULL TIME

UHS•Chicago, IL

8h•Onsite

About The Position

Garfield Park Behavioral Hospital is dedicated to providing behavioral health and psychiatric support to children and teens ages 3 to 17. We are seeking a Patient Accounts Representative with experience in medical insurance claims, medical billing, policy issues and data analysis. This role performs the billing, follow-up and collection efforts necessary to relieve patient accounts for a collectible status. It also assists admitting personnel in insurance verification, and patients and families with financial arrangements. The representative takes an active role in attaining and maintaining AR days of 72 – 75, generates computer reports as needed, prepares the daily cash deposit and assures the daily posting of cash to patient accounts’ files. Additionally, this role assists Utilization Review in monitoring patient benefits and assists the Business Office Manager in reviewing and selecting accounts for outside collection agencies.

Requirements

Experience in medical insurance claims, medical billing, policy issues and data analysis required.
Three to five years experience in hospital admitting, billing and collections required.
Computer literacy skills required.
Organizational, filing and typing skills required.

Nice To Haves

Bachelors degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Performs the billing, follow-up and collection efforts necessary to relieve patient accounts for a collectible status.
Assists admitting personnel in the areas of insurance verification.
Assists patient and families with financial arrangements.
Takes an active role in attaining and maintaining AR days of 72 – 75.
Generates computer reports as needed.
Prepares the daily cash deposit and assures the daily posting of cash to patient accounts’ files.
Assists Utilization Review in monitoring patient benefits.
Assists the Business Office Manager in reviewing and selecting of accounts to be placed with outside collection agencies.