Phone Specialist I

Inogen•Plano, TX

1d•$19 - $22

About The Position

The Billing – Phone Specialist will work with Inogen’s 3rd party Billing partners, Medicare, Medicaid, Commercial Insurance companies, and customers to ensure medical claims are being processed timely and paid correctly. The Billing – Phone Specialist is responsible for managing all patient billing inquiries while demonstrating excellent customer service. Ensures all billing practices and processes follow all applicable compliance and regulatory processes, payor guidelines, and Inogen policies and procedures.

Requirements

High School diploma or equivalent, required.
0-2 years of Medicare, Medicaid and/or Commercial Insurance experience, required.
A combination of training, education and experience that is equivalent to the qualifications listed above and that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Nice To Haves

Some College and/or medical billing certificate, preferred.
0-2 years' experience in oxygen or HME billing, preferred.
Intermediate knowledge/proficiency in Microsoft Office, Oracle, Brightree, Salesforce and New Voice Media, highly preferred.

Responsibilities

Handles all patient billing inquiries, providing excellent customer service.
Able to deescalate and resolve complex patient billing issues.
Responsible for assisting our patients, doctors, customers, and coworkers with billing inquiries at the highest-level support possible. This includes logging into phone queue and updating statuses appropriately.
Works with the patient to ensure Medicare, Medicaid, Commercial Insurance, and Private Pay to ensure claims are being processed timely and paid accurately.
Has a thorough knowledge of payor requirements for reimbursement; stays abreast of changes to reimbursement and coverage criteria for payor groups and markets.
Demonstrates excellent customer service skills while engaging the physician, patient, and payor to obtain documentation required to resume billing or resolve denials.
Displays a working knowledge of third-party payor procedures such as eligibility and verification, claims submission, reimbursement, as well as an understanding of collection policies.
Demonstrates this knowledge for third party payor groups including, but not limited to: Medicare, Medicaid, and all other third-party contractual agreements entered into by Inogen.
Perform reconciliations of data from two or more systems to ensure everything is in agreement and ready for invoicing.
Research patient billing issues to determine the possible cause of the error and assist with claims resubmission when needed to correct the issue.
Ensures all billing systems are updated timely with patient demographics, payer information, and notated appropriately.
Uses appropriate write off reason code(s) for writing off balances that are deemed uncollectable.
Works with IT to develop, enhance and monitor system integration and process flows.
Works with 3rd party Billing Partner to ensure alignment of billing processes and Partner SOP.
Ensures that appropriate medical records are maintained according to HIPPA guidelines.
Ensures Inogen's compliance with all state and federal regulations.
Assist with any other duties as assigned.