Hospital Billing (Temp)

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Manages the outpatient billing for multiple clinics and programs.
• Codifies and educates physicians/staff on coding and billing issues.
• Collects charge tickets and enters them into IDX.
• Ensures accuracy of procedure, modifier, and location codes based on patient insurance.
• Balances charge entry batches daily and makes copies of charge tickets for MSO.
• Maintains insurance verification accounts and resources, verifying insurance for upcoming appointments.
• Corrects and updates insurance discrepancies in IDX.
• Determines patient’s copay/outstanding balance and writes it on charge tickets for registration desk.
• Communicates with patients about changes to their coverage.
• Assists in answering phone calls, giving patient appointment information, and rescheduling appointments.
• Maintains and monitors daily reports, running missing charge reports, and reprinting missing charge tickets.
• Works with UAB Department Services liaison and AMB Access to resolve billing discrepancies or insurance-related problems.
• Maintains monthly provider activity reports and monitors daily cancellation reports to reschedule canceled patients.

Minimum Requirements

• A high school diploma or equivalent, with three (3) years of experience in a medical office setting.
• An associate degree in a related field is preferred.
• Experience with medical terminology and insurance policies is preferred.