Senior Insurance Specialist

Catalyst Health Group•Plano, TX

About The Position

The Insurance Specialist Sr. will help our communities thrive by providing medical billing and accounting services to our patients. We are a culture that is unabashedly driven by purpose. We are making a difference to our patients and providers while growing at an accelerated rate. Every day, we support the health journey of patients by authentically living our core values: Purpose Driven, Relationships Matter, Serve Others First, and Inspire Creativity. If you love serving others and would like to make a material difference in an industry-transforming organization, then we invite you to apply to this role. We are recognized as one of the Top 100 Places to Work by The Dallas Morning News, and we have been awarded as one of the fastest-growing privately held companies by SMU Cox.

Requirements

High School diploma or equivalent required.
6 years revenue cycle experience preferred.
Minimum two (2) years insurance resolution experience resolving issues with patients and payers as well as four (4) years combined medical billing and payment experience required.
Demonstrate knowledge of state, federal, and third-party claims processing required.
Demonstrate knowledge of state & federal collections guidelines.
Demonstrate knowledge of medical coding
Proficiency with computer systems and Microsoft Office (Word and Excel) required.

Nice To Haves

Transcript for Medical and Billing Training course or certification.
Associate degree in Finance, Business

Responsibilities

Monitors accounts and performs appeals, coding corrections, payment application, refund management and collection duties in the practice management system.
Monitors delinquent accounts and performs collection duties.
Reviews reports, researches, and resolves issues.
Reviews payment postings for accuracy and to ensure account balances are current.
Works with co-workers to resolve insurance payment and billing errors.
Monitors and updates delinquent accounts status.
Recommends accounts for collection or write-off.
Contacts patients to secure past due balances, verifies patient demographics and insurance providers, updates information in systems, and documents conversations.
Answers patient payment, billing, and insurance questions and resolves complaints.
Contacts patients to secure past due balances, verifies patient demographics and insurance providers, updates information in systems, and documents conversations.
Answers patient payment, billing, and insurance questions and resolves complaints.
May refer patients to Patient Benefits Representative to set up payment plans.
Maintains credit balances of patients and payors ensuring timely refunds within government guidelines/regulations.
Adheres to confidentiality, state, federal, and HIPPA laws and guidelines with regard to patient records.
Performs other duties as requested or assigned.
Capable of performing root cause analysis and working independently to resolve billing and coding issues strategically.
Develops training material.
Contributes to interdepartmental projects to meet business needs.
Interfaces with patients and providers to resolve outstanding issues.
Leads and participates in the business unit readouts.