Patient Account Representative - Cash Posting

Position Summary

Bills insurance companies, governmental agencies and individual patients; follows up on open accounts; resolves payment problems; finalizes accounts.

Job Requirement

• Educational/Experience: Equivalent to high school graduation and two (2) years of hospital and/or physician clinic billing and/or follow-up experience.
• Additional Position Requirements:
  • Knowledge and experience with Cash Posting functions
  • Experience balancing payment and adjustment batches
  • Experience with posting 835/Electronic Payment Posting Files OR manual/hand keyed insurance payment batches
  • Knowledge of CPT, HCPCS, and Revenue codes
  • Experience interpreting and reconciling EOB/remits
  • Knowledge of remittance CAS/Remit codes
• Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Physical Requirements:
  • Office theories and principles
  • Medical terminology and procedures
  • Insurance plans, governmental agencies and other social services
  • Legal terminology and requirements
  • Alternative pay sources
  • Collection principles and techniques
  • Department and hospital safety practices and procedures
  • Patient rights
  • Infection control policies and practices
  • Handling, storage, use and disposal of hazardous materials
  • Department and hospital emergency response policies and procedures
• Skill:
  • Applying customer service techniques
  • Applying billing practices
  • Monitoring and tracking payments
  • Reviewing accounts and making corrections and adjustments
  • Resolving problems with accounts
  • Establishing effective payment arrangements
  • Performing basic mathematical computations
  • Preparing legal documentation such as notices, liens and subpoenas
  • Developing interpersonal relations with vendors, agencies and patients
  • Using computers and related software applications
  • Using office equipment such as phones, copiers, facsimiles and adding machines
  • Communicating effectively with a wide variety of people from diverse socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds
  • Establishing effective working relationships with all personnel contacted in the course of duties
  • Efficient, effective and safe use of equipment
• Physical Requirements And Working Conditions:
  • Mobility to work in a typical office setting and use standard office equipment
  • Stamina to remain seated for long periods of time
  • Vision to read printed materials and a VDT screen
  • Hearing and speech to communicate effectively in person and over the telephone
  • Strength and agility to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this classification.