Medical Biller

About the Role

At Select Surgical Center at Kennedy, we provide first-class surgical services for local communities and recognize our employees as our number one assets. We focus on offering a high quality, ambulatory care alternative to a hospital for surgical procedures. Our facility is accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.

The Medical Biller is responsible for overseeing the entire billing process for patient accounts, from submitting all billings to insurance in a timely manner, to working with our coding specialist to ensure that all cases are coded correctly, leading monthly coding audits, and taking the lead role in driving insurance collections.

Responsibilities

• Electronically submit patient procedure bills to third party payers
• Perform timely and accurate postings of payments received from third party payers and/or patients
• Perform timely and accurate processing of all rejected and denied claims submitted to third party payers
• Contact insurance companies to collect outstanding payments
• Monitor and collection of AR aging
• Interpret managed care contracts, Medicare and Medicaid, and Workers Compensation claims
• Identify accounts that have been either under or over paid
• Issue credit balance information either to the insurance carrier or the patient
• Exercise excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Work independently and interdependently with other business office staff
• Maintain a professional demeanor and appearance
• Work well in stressful environments and in situations that demand patience

Requirements & Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalency
• At least 3 years of experience in medical billing, with extensive knowledge of claims reimbursement and collection efforts for Managed Care, Medicare, Medicaid, Workers Comp, Commercial plans, etc.
• Extensive knowledge of billing, collections and reimbursement of claims processing
• Fluent in medical terminology and CPT codes
• Ability to work independently
• Strong organization, time management and task prioritization abilities
• Ability to be discreet and maintain the security of patient information
• Excellent verbal & written communication skills, and interpersonal skills
• Excellent customer service skills, always demonstrating professionalism
• Comfortable utilizing critical thinking skills
• Proficient with Microsoft Office products
• Understanding of healthcare specific policies, such as HIPAA regulations

Pay

$28.96/hr – $35.48/hr (Wages are determined based upon a number of factors including, but not limited to, an individual’s qualifications and experience.)

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
• Paid time off (vacation & sick leave) – Starting PTO accrual is 15 days per year
• 401k retirement plan
• Paid holidays
• Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program
• Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, AD&D, auto & home insurance

Work Location

Onsite position; remote work is not available.