Business Office Clerk - Non Un

Responsibilities

• Interviews patients, relatives or others responsible to determine payment arrangements and refers unusual cases to immediate supervisor.
• Communicates with ancillary services to determine that appropriate charges have been made.
• Posts late charges, anesthesia/CRNA charges, payments and adjustments daily to proper patient accounts.
• Correctly submits claims to correct payors and addresses them within the set policy timeframe.
• Performs cashier duties such as receipt of payments, issuance of receipts, collection of monies from other areas, and prepares daily bank deposits.
• Maintains applicable files and reports of adjustments to accounts receivable.
• Maintains required registers of Medicare, Medicaid, Private Insurance, Workers Compensation, Central Collection Services, and others as necessary.
• Contacts patients, doctors, or others for information necessary to properly complete insurance or other type billings, and rebilling in the prescribed time frame.
• Answers inquiries on patient accounts and advises patients on insurance benefits within HIPAA guidelines.
• Clears with Health Information Administrator before preparing and submitting all required medical data with billings.
• May assist with preparation of advance deposit memoranda and recommended account write-offs.
• Prepares required reports as necessary.
• Typing memos, correspondence, billing forms, and operating postage meter, fax machine, computer terminals, and printers.
• May prepare outgoing mail.
• May assist Admissions as well as other MPAS departments.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED Equivalent.
• One year's experience in billing experience and experience in Microsoft word & excel.
• Health care billing experience preferred.
• Knowledge of medical terminology ICD-10 and CPT codes as pertains to billing.
• Familiarity with UB04 and HCFA competition.
• Computer literacy in Word and Excel.
• Ability to operate routine office machines, including but not limited to postage meter, typewriter, display terminal and terminal printing, adding machine, and fax machine.
• Three (3) to six (6) months on-the-job training as required to attain proficiency of performance of assigned duties and responsibilities.