Medical Billing Specialist (Certified Billing and Coding Specialist)

About the role

The Medical Billing Specialist will collect payments, manage accounts, provide solutions for billing issues, etc. at Charlotte Community Health Clinic.

Responsibilities

• Arranges payments, manages accounts, and monitors/tracks delinquent accounts.
• Creates and establishes payment methods with patients for delinquent accounts, tracks payments, and follows up with patients when gaps in payment occur.
• Collections outstanding balances from patients.
• Sends monthly statements to patients.
• Maintains the highest level of confidentiality in work.
• Fulfills all policies and procedures of clinic.
• Reports any compliance issues to supervisor.
• Consistently maintains quality results by following clinic’s policies and procedures.
• Participates in job enhancing opportunities such as trainings and seminars.
• Serves CCHC’s clinical population by adhering to all local, state, and federal laws.
• Contributes to team by sharing creative input and challenging ideas.
• Timely filing of insurance claims to clearinghouse or individual insurance companies electronically or via paper.
• Reviews and corrects claim edits within 24 hours of being received from clearinghouse and internal claims scrubber.
• Reviews information necessary for insurance claims such as patient, insurance ID, diagnosis and treatment codes and modifiers, and provider information to ensure clean claim submission.
• Regularly meets with supervisor to report issues or obstacles with regards to clean claim billing and to report trends or issues with insurance reimbursement.
• Understanding of COB including resubmissions or secondary billing of claims, corrected claims, void and replacement claims, and refiling to insurance.

  Requirements

  • High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
  • Must be a Certified Billing and Coding Specialist (CBCS).
  • 1+ years of billing experience in a medical setting.
  • Prior experience with Epic.
  • Strong understanding of billing systems.

  Qualifications

  • Confidentiality.
  • Legal compliance.
  • Strong communication skills.
  • Attention to detail.
  • Highly organized.
  • Analysis and documentation skills.
  • Strong time management.

  Skills

  • 2+ years of experience in a medical environment preferred.
  • FQHC CBCS is highly preferred.
  • Prior FQHC experience is highly preferred.

  Physical Requirements

  • Repetitive movement of hands and fingers – typing and/or writing.
  • Lifting of greater than 50 pounds.
  • Occasional standing, walking, stooping, kneeling, or crouching.
  • Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting and/or standing.

  Benefits

  • Medical Insurance.
  • Dental Insurance.
  • Vision Insurance.
  • Short Term & Long Term Disability.
  • Life Insurance.
  • 401K Retirement Plan w/ discretionary match.
  • Paid Time Off (PTO).
  • Holiday Pay.
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

  Pay

  Hourly

  Schedule

  Full-time