Revenue Cycle Specialist I - Commercial Collections

Cedars-Sinai•Los Angeles, CA

15h

About The Position

Under general supervision and following established practices, policies, and guidelines, the Revenue Cycle Specialist I provides billing support to Patient Financial Services. This includes reviewing and submitting claims to third party payors, performing account follow-up activities, and updating information on accounts. Positions at this level require a basic knowledge of the assigned area and a general understanding of department functions and the revenue cycle. Incumbents are expected to organize, prioritize, and perform work in a timely manner within established guidelines, practices, and procedures. This position may also involve cross-training in other office functions and providing back-up coverage.

Requirements

Basic knowledge of assigned area.
General understanding of department functions and the revenue cycle.
Ability to organize, prioritize and perform work in a timely manner within established guidelines, practices and procedures.
Detailed knowledge of Cedars-Sinai core patient accounting systems and/or department specific systems and uses them effectively and efficiently.

Responsibilities

Participates in department meetings and provides feedback to management on how to improve department processes, adhering to instructions, verbal and written, to achieve desired results.
Adheres to documentation standards of the department and properly uses activity codes, correctly entering data in fields and maintaining acceptable levels of speed and accuracy.
Effectively monitors assigned work queues and workload, ensuring resolution of accounts in a timely and accurate manner, and takes initiative on issues and/or problems by advancing them to supervisor.
Processes incoming correspondence, based on reason code, timely and accurately.
Ensures information on the account is complete and accurate and adheres to payment timeline protocol, assisting other team members with resolution of accounts when needed.
Demonstrates detailed knowledge of Cedars-Sinai core patient accounting systems and/or department specific systems and uses them effectively and efficiently.