Billing Specialist

Job Summary

Job Specific Duties:

• Report daily account and center activities to center director.
• Analyze and report trends, both negative and positive with account s to director.
• Monitor progress of each department making sure aged receivables are being worked systematically for completion on a daily basis.
• Monitor data input for accuracy, demographics, charges, adjustments, and credits.
• Contact insurance carriers by phone for claim status and resolve deficiencies for release of payment when the efforts from all other billing personnel have been exhausted.
• Respond in a timely manner to all insurance /patient correspondence.
• Manage the processes related to collection letters on past due accounts.
• Review aging of A/R on a monthly basis and recommend, to director, accounts to be written off to bad debt per policy and procedure.
• Maintain productivity of billing employees.
• Establish productivity goals or targets along with director.
• Monitor and audit activities to ensure compliance with state and federal government regulations and billing and collection policies and procedures.
• Complete in a timely and organized manner all filing of documentation required by any of the above duties.
• Responsible for end of month closing activities for all centers billed and generated of all account receivable and operational reports including special randomly requested reports.
• Aggresively collect accounts receivables.
• Establish and/or achieve cash targets.
• Process daily billing computer system back up.

Qualifications

• Education Required and/or Preferred: High School Graduate or GED.
• Experience Required or Preferred: 2 years related experience.

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities

• Demonstrated communications and customer service skills, success in organizing work, computer skills, and ability to multi-task.
• General knowledge of automated medical billing procedures, ICD-9 coding and CPT codes.
• Ability to understand accounts receivable and related financial reports and information in order to ensure prompt and correct reporting or revenue and statistical data.

Benefits

North Florida Outpatient Imaging Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services.
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence.
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling.
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.