Senior Government Payer Biller/Collector - Patient Acct

Mission Regional Medical center•Sherman Oaks, CA

44d•$21 - $38

About The Position

The Senior Government Payer Biller/Collector is responsible for both billing and collections, gathering and securing all information needed for billing, follow up, and payment of accounts in accordance with the specific payer guidelines, policies, procedures, and compliance regulations for Government payers. This includes maintaining the deficiency lists used to obtain missing documents from internal or external entities, resolving claim rejections, packaging claims, including global billing with attachments of professional fee claims, performing proactive follow up with payers and other entities and securing payment of accounts. The senior biller/collector is accountable and responsible for billing through account closure.

Requirements

Minimum of 5 years hospital government payer/commercial collector experience
Associates degree or equivalent work experience required
Knowledge of contract interpretation
Familiar with hospital billing requirements
Understanding of managed care payor contract and contract language
Working experience with all payer types including: commercial, governmental, Medicare, Medicaid, HMO, etc. and the ability to cross-over into different payers.

Responsibilities

billing
collections
gathering and securing all information needed for billing
follow up
payment of accounts in accordance with the specific payer guidelines, policies, procedures, and compliance regulations for Government payers
maintaining the deficiency lists used to obtain missing documents from internal or external entities
resolving claim rejections
packaging claims, including global billing with attachments of professional fee claims
performing proactive follow up with payers and other entities and securing payment of accounts
accountable and responsible for billing through account closure