Receivables Clerk, Sr.

About the role

This position requires you to work onsite 1-2 days per week. You will need to be based in the greater Chicagoland area.

Responsibilities

• Maintains accuracy and completeness of charge posting corrections based on automated charge posting error reports.
• Reviews and corrects charge posting errors for hospital and professional fee charges.
• Obtains missing information using various information systems or phone inquiries and confirms CPT and ICD9 coding changes according to Medicare and third-party reimbursement guidelines.
• Coordinates activities of Biller(s) and other clerical staff to ensure prompt and accurate charge posting and claim preparation.
• Trains new and existing employees as well as assists in developing and implementing new billing and audit procedures.
• Performs periodic audits of automated and manual charge posting for hospitals laboratories charges (anatomic pathology and clinical pathology).
• Assists UCPG staff in reviewing professional fee claim rejections and resolving errors.
• Verifies appropriate charge posting of accounts at risk and updates accounts requiring modifier and occurrence code documentation for Advanced Beneficiary Notice (ABN) receipt.
• Identifies and solves charge posting and patient billing problems.

Requirements

• A completed high school diploma or GED equivalent.
• Three or more years of related experience in billing and/or charge posting.
• Considerable experience and demonstrated ability to work with multiple hospital and laboratory information systems such as IDX-Lastword, OACIS, EPIC, Misys-Lab, Misys-Copath, IDX-Bar and IDX-TES.
• Proficiency with computer data entry, spreadsheets, and word processing.
• Must be able to interact effectively with patients, colleagues, and other health care workers as well as have excellent interpersonal skills.
• Exceptional telephone communication skills.
• Ability to perform work efficiently and effectively.
• Ability to complete tasks within deadlines, following guidelines and established procedures and with appropriate documentation.

Qualifications

• A completed associate degree.
• Knowledge of regulations and procedures relating to ICD-9, CPT, and HCPCS codes in relation to hospital billing procedures is highly desirable.
• Coding training or certification.

Skills

• Familiarity with Laboratory National Coverage Decisions and other medical necessity rules relating to laboratory and pathology services.
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, colleagues, and other health care workers.
• Ability to resolve charge posting and patient billing problems.

Benefits

UChicago Medicine is committed to transparency in compensation and benefits. The pay range provided reflects the anticipated wage or salary reasonably expected to be offered for the position. The pay range is based on a full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) and is reflective of current market data, reviewed on an annual basis. Compensation offered at the time of hire will vary based on candidate qualifications and experience and organizational considerations, such as internal equity. Pay ranges for employees subject to Collective Bargaining Agreements are negotiated by the medical center and their respective union.

Pay

Compensation offered at the time of hire will vary based on candidate qualifications and experience and organizational considerations, such as internal equity. Pay ranges for employees subject to Collective Bargaining Agreements are negotiated by the medical center and their respective union.

Schedule

Shift: Days/ 8hr Shifts - Flexible start time between 7am - 9am