Billing Coordinator (Medicare and Medicaid)
Ascend Health · Clark, NJ · 3 wk ago
On-siteAccountingFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content.
We need to parse the posting.
Job title: Billing Coordinator (Medicare & Medicaid Billing). Location: Clark, NJ.
We should not repeat job title as heading.
We need sections: About the role (maybe description of role), Responsibilities (list), Requirements (maybe education/experience), Qualifications (maybe similar), Skills (maybe specific), Benefits (list), Pay (if mentioned), Schedule (if mentioned).
Let's extract.
From posting:
"The Billing Coordinator (Medicare & Medicaid Billing) is responsible for, but not limited to:" then a long list of duties.
Thus Responsibilities section: list of duties.
We need to put each duty as . The list includes many items separated by periods. We'll need to split into list items.
Let's extract duties:
- Routinely monitors all high balance accounts to ensure follow up activity.
- Ensures all primary and secondary billing is followed up in a timely manner.
- Develops monthly action plans to lower receivable and increase cash flow.
- Ensures all applicable regulations and laws are met.
- Demonstrates confidence and knowledge of Medicaid and Medicare billing processes and systems.
- Works closely with Medicaid and Medicare representative to ensure that all payments and allowances are accurate.
- Submits NOE for assigned payors.
- Follow up on certification and re-certification pending list.
- Follow up with office staff on all Medicaid pending.
- Serves as nursing facility liaison on Medicaid related issues.
- Analyzes and posts Medicaid remittance advices.
- Informs Manager of any Medicaid related issues of importance.
- Has proficiency in utilizing patient accounting system.
- Ensures that patient income is accurately reflected in patient accounting system.
- Ensures that Medicaid room and board payments to nursing facilities are processed in a timely manner.
- Ensures that appropriate documentation is completed by hospice staff to meet billing requirements.
- Interact with office staff.
- Answers inquiries regarding financial data, accounting and billing.
- Maintains and submits monthly records of In-Patient Unit and Respite admissions.
- Maintains and submits monthly records of all private insurance patients.
- Verifies all incoming accounts.
- Performs insurance billing and payment audits periodically.
- Sends letters to facilities to confirm discharges and revocations.
Also there is "Interact withn office staff." likely typo: "Interact with office staff."
Now about the role: maybe a brief description: "The Billing Coordinator (Medicare & Medicaid Billing) is responsible for, but not limited to:" but that's basically intro. Could be About the role: maybe a short paragraph summarizing role: "The Billing Coordinator (Medicare & Medicaid Billing) ensures accurate billing, follows up on accounts, develops action plans, ensures compliance, liaises with Medicaid/Medicare, etc." We need to preserve all substantive information; we cannot invent or summarize away detail. But we can rephrase? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." Means we should not omit details, but we can rephrase? Probably we should keep the details as is, maybe using the same sentences. For About the role we could include the sentence: "The Billing Coordinator (Medicare & Medicaid Billing) is responsible for, but not limited to:" but that's basically heading to responsibilities. Might be redundant. Perhaps we can put a brief overview: "The Billing Coordinator (Medicare & Medicaid Billing) ensures accurate billing, follows up on accounts, develops action plans, ensures compliance, liaises with Medicaid/Medicare, etc." But that would be summarizing, which might be considered summarizing away detail. Safer to not include About the role if we don't have distinct content besides the responsibilities list. However the instruction says: "include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text". If we don't have a distinct About the role paragraph separate from responsibilities, we could omit About the role.
But we might have a description: "Ascend Hospice - is part of the Ascend family of Healthcare Companies. Our mission is to define excellence within the health care community. ..." That's about the company, not role. Could be About the role? Not really.
Thus we may have sections: Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits.
Let's extract Requirements: "Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent Professional Experience: 4 years of related Billing experience Experience with health care or hospice Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Applications, specifically Excel Knowledge of state and federal billing and audit requirements"
Also maybe "Great new Career Opportunity in Hospice!" not a requirement.
Thus Requirements section could list those.
Qualifications: maybe same as Requirements? Could be overlapping. But we could treat Requirements as education/experience, Qualifications as skills/knowledge? However we have Skills: "Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Applications, specifically Excel" etc. Might be better to have Skills section for technical skills, and Requirements for education/experience.
Let's parse:
Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent
Professional Experience: 4 years of related Billing experience
Experience with health care or hospice
Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Applications, specifically Excel
Knowledge of state and federal billing and audit requirements
Thus we could have Requirements: Education and Experience. Qualifications: maybe not separate; but we could put Qualifications as same as Requirements? Might be redundant. Better to have Requirements (Education & Experience) and Skills (Technical/knowledge). The posting also mentions "Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Applications, specifically Excel" and "Knowledge of state and federal billing and audit requirements". Those are skills.
Thus:
Requirements:
- High School Diploma or Equivalent
- 4 years of related Billing experience
- Experience with health care or hospice
Skills:
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Applications, specifically Excel
- Knowledge of state and federal billing and audit requirements
Benefits: list: Competitive Salaries, Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits, 401(k) Retirement Plan, Paid Time Off, Mileage Reimbursement, Opportunities to advance and grow your career, And More!
Pay: not specified (no salary). So we should not include Pay section.
Schedule: not specified. So omit.
Now About the role: maybe we can include a short paragraph from the posting: "The Billing Coordinator (Medicare & Medicaid Billing) is responsible for, but not limited to:" but that's basically heading to responsibilities. Could be considered filler. I'd omit About the role.
Thus output HTML with sections: Responsibilities, Requirements, Skills, Benefits.
We need headings for each section.
Inside each section, use
for each section.
Inside each section, use - for lists,
for prose.
Responsibilities: list of duties.
Requirements: list.
Skills: list.
Benefits: list.
We need to ensure we preserve all substantive information. Did we miss any? Let's double-check the posting for any other info: location (Clark, NJ) - we should include location somewhere. Where to put? Could be in a
maybe under a short intro? Since we omitted About the role, we could add a
before sections with location and maybe company description? But instructions: remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, etc. Location is substantive. Should we include it? Probably yes, as a short paragraph: "Location: Clark, NJ". Not a heading. So we can put a
Location: Clark, NJ
before sections.
Also company description: "Ascend Hospice - is part of the Ascend family of Healthcare Companies. Our mission is to define excellence within the health care community. We are dedicated to inspiring people to live better lives through innovative health and wellness programs, products and services. We treat residents, their families and each other with respect, dignity and compassion. Through a collaborative and consultative approach, we strive to provide a framework of strength and stability for our patients, families and associates. We work to maintain the highest standards of care and service for our patients, families and valued employees. We are proud to Offer: ..." That's mostly boilerplate/mission statement. Might be considered boilerplate? It's not navigation/legal/EEO, but it's generic company description. The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." This is not exactly those categories, but could be considered boilerplate? It's a mission statement; maybe we keep it as it's substantive about the company. However the instruction says "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Including a long paragraph might be okay. But we need to decide.
Given the focus is on the job posting, we could include a short about the company: maybe just the first sentence: "Ascend Hospice is part of the Ascend family of Healthcare Companies." But that would be summarizing. Better to keep the whole paragraph as is? It's not duplicated lines. It's not EEO. It's not navigation. It's not legal. It's not scam warning. So we could keep it.
But we must not invent or summarize away detail. Keeping it as is preserves detail.
Thus we could have a
with that company description.
But we also have "We are proud to Offer: Competitive Salaries..." which is benefits list; we already captured benefits.
Thus we could place company description before benefits.
Let's extract the company description exactly:
"Ascend Hospice - is part of the Ascend family of Healthcare Companies. Our mission is to define excellence within the health care community. We are dedicated to inspiring people to live better lives through innovative health and wellness programs, products and services. We treat residents, their families and each other with respect, dignity and compassion. Through a collaborative and consultative approach, we strive to provide a framework of strength and stability for our patients, families and associates. We work to maintain the highest standards of care and service for our patients, families and valued employees."
Then after that: "We are proud to Offer: Competitive SalariesComprehensive Healthcare Benefits401(k) Retirement PlanPaid Time OffMileage ReimbursementOpportunities to advance and grow your careerAnd More!"
Note there are no spaces after colons; but we can format as list.
Thus we can have a
for the company description (the mission paragraph). Then Benefits
.
Now location: we can add a Location: Clark, NJ
maybe before sections.
Now we need to ensure we don't repeat job title as heading. We'll not.
Now produce HTML fragment.
Let's craft:
Location: Clark, NJ
Responsibilities
- Routinely monitors all high balance accounts to ensure follow up activity.
- Ensures all primary and secondary billing is followed up in a timely manner.
- Develops monthly action plans to lower receivable and increase cash flow.
- Ensures all applicable regulations and laws are met.
- Demonstrates confidence and knowledge of Medicaid and Medicare billing processes and systems.
- Works closely with Medicaid and Medicare representative to ensure that all payments and allowances are accurate.
- Submits NOE for assigned payors.
- Follow up on certification and re-certification pending list.
- Follow up with office staff on all Medicaid pending.
- Serves as nursing facility liaison on Medicaid related issues.
- Analyzes and posts Medicaid remittance advices.
- Informs Manager of any Medicaid related issues of importance.
- Has proficiency in utilizing patient accounting system.
- Ensures that patient income is accurately reflected in patient accounting system.
- Ensures that Medicaid room and board payments to nursing facilities are processed in a timely manner.
- Ensures that appropriate documentation is completed by hospice staff to meet billing requirements.
- Interact with office staff.
- Answers inquiries regarding financial data, accounting and billing.
- Maintains
for prose. Responsibilities: list of duties. Requirements: list. Skills: list. Benefits: list. We need to ensure we preserve all substantive information. Did we miss any? Let's double-check the posting for any other info: location (Clark, NJ) - we should include location somewhere. Where to put? Could be in a
maybe under a short intro? Since we omitted About the role, we could add a
before sections with location and maybe company description? But instructions: remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, etc. Location is substantive. Should we include it? Probably yes, as a short paragraph: "Location: Clark, NJ". Not a heading. So we can put a
Location: Clark, NJ
before sections. Also company description: "Ascend Hospice - is part of the Ascend family of Healthcare Companies. Our mission is to define excellence within the health care community. We are dedicated to inspiring people to live better lives through innovative health and wellness programs, products and services. We treat residents, their families and each other with respect, dignity and compassion. Through a collaborative and consultative approach, we strive to provide a framework of strength and stability for our patients, families and associates. We work to maintain the highest standards of care and service for our patients, families and valued employees. We are proud to Offer: ..." That's mostly boilerplate/mission statement. Might be considered boilerplate? It's not navigation/legal/EEO, but it's generic company description. The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." This is not exactly those categories, but could be considered boilerplate? It's a mission statement; maybe we keep it as it's substantive about the company. However the instruction says "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Including a long paragraph might be okay. But we need to decide. Given the focus is on the job posting, we could include a shortabout the company: maybe just the first sentence: "Ascend Hospice is part of the Ascend family of Healthcare Companies." But that would be summarizing. Better to keep the whole paragraph as is? It's not duplicated lines. It's not EEO. It's not navigation. It's not legal. It's not scam warning. So we could keep it. But we must not invent or summarize away detail. Keeping it as is preserves detail. Thus we could have a
with that company description. But we also have "We are proud to Offer: Competitive Salaries..." which is benefits list; we already captured benefits. Thus we could place company description before benefits. Let's extract the company description exactly: "Ascend Hospice - is part of the Ascend family of Healthcare Companies. Our mission is to define excellence within the health care community. We are dedicated to inspiring people to live better lives through innovative health and wellness programs, products and services. We treat residents, their families and each other with respect, dignity and compassion. Through a collaborative and consultative approach, we strive to provide a framework of strength and stability for our patients, families and associates. We work to maintain the highest standards of care and service for our patients, families and valued employees." Then after that: "We are proud to Offer: Competitive SalariesComprehensive Healthcare Benefits401(k) Retirement PlanPaid Time OffMileage ReimbursementOpportunities to advance and grow your careerAnd More!" Note there are no spaces after colons; but we can format as list. Thus we can have a
for the company description (the mission paragraph). Then Benefits
- .
Now location: we can add a
- Routinely monitors all high balance accounts to ensure follow up activity.
- Ensures all primary and secondary billing is followed up in a timely manner.
- Develops monthly action plans to lower receivable and increase cash flow.
- Ensures all applicable regulations and laws are met.
- Demonstrates confidence and knowledge of Medicaid and Medicare billing processes and systems.
- Works closely with Medicaid and Medicare representative to ensure that all payments and allowances are accurate.
- Submits NOE for assigned payors.
- Follow up on certification and re-certification pending list.
- Follow up with office staff on all Medicaid pending.
- Serves as nursing facility liaison on Medicaid related issues.
- Analyzes and posts Medicaid remittance advices.
- Informs Manager of any Medicaid related issues of importance.
- Has proficiency in utilizing patient accounting system.
- Ensures that patient income is accurately reflected in patient accounting system.
- Ensures that Medicaid room and board payments to nursing facilities are processed in a timely manner.
- Ensures that appropriate documentation is completed by hospice staff to meet billing requirements.
- Interact with office staff.
- Answers inquiries regarding financial data, accounting and billing.
- Maintains
Location: Clark, NJ
maybe before sections. Now we need to ensure we don't repeat job title as heading. We'll not. Now produce HTML fragment. Let's craft:Location: Clark, NJ