Sr. Medical Biller (H)

University of Miami•Medley, FL

12d•Onsite

About The Position

The University of Miami/UHealth Central Business Office is hiring a full-time Senior Medical Biller in Miami, Florida. The role processes billing information in the appropriate system and assists supervising staff in maintaining data quality by identifying potential problems and offering and implementing solutions. The Senior Medical Biller reviews and releases physician charges, checks encounters and claims for complete and accurate information, resolves registration and billing issues, and supports timely charge entry and payment reconciliation. The role also assists with staff training, reporting, voucher reconciliation, and adherence to University and unit-level procedures. Other duties may be assigned as necessary.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Minimum 3 years of relevant experience.
Knowledge of generally accepted accounting procedures and principles.
Skill in completing assignments accurately and with attention to detail.
Ability to process and handle confidential information with discretion.
Ability to work independently and/or in a collaborative environment.
Ability to communicate effectively in oral and written form.
An appropriate combination of relevant education, experience, and/or certifications may be considered.

Responsibilities

Assist management with training new staff.
Run weekly reports on accounts and monitor them to keep contents at a minimum.
Verify claims and ensure edits are collected and released in a timely manner.
Report edits by billing area to managing staff monthly.
Verify that controls are followed so charges are not missed.
Verify that payment reconciliation processes are followed at clinics.
Ensure charges are entered in a timely manner.
Review encounters for pertinent information.
Coordinate corrections to inaccurate vouchers and print the daily voucher report to reconcile vouchers.
Adhere to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguard University assets.
Review and release physician charges from assigned WQs in a timely manner.
Review encounters for patient demographic, guarantor and insurance, place-of-service, referral, claim-record, and managed-care authorization information.
Run insurance eligibility checks and fix registration issues.
Manually enter paper vouchers received for missing charges.
Review and fix erroneous or rejected charges.
Distribute credits from patient payments as needed.
Assign charges to cases and phases.
Perform other duties as assigned.