Revenue Cycle Financial Specialist

About the role

Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system, UChicago Medicine, as a Revenue Cycle Financial Specialist with the Revenue Cycle - Patient Access Services Department. This is a remote, work from home opportunity, and you may be based outside of the greater Chicagoland area.

Responsibilities

• Collect and verify demographic, guarantor and insurance information, educate patients, physicians, staff, etc. on the financial process.
• Ensure that preauthorization’s/referrals and precertification’s are in completed in accordance with payor requirements and prior to the scheduled encounter.
• Work closely with the staff in the clinical areas to acquire necessary clinical information needed to complete authorization process.
• Aid patients and their representatives with securing reimbursement for Hospital and Physician services provided.
• Manage the process of aiding patients and their representatives with securing reimbursement for Hospital and Physician services provided.
• Manage all patient account types; outpatient, inpatient, ED and UCPG, and maintain a thorough knowledge of the hospital's revenue cycle process.
• Understand the Hospitals Inpatient/Outpatient treatment policies and how they relate to each patient's situation.
• Coordinate and monitor the flow of revenue generated not only by UCMC but UCPG.
• Extensively utilize the hospital's revenue systems and interact with patients, physicians, insurance companies, donors and other members of the hospital's staff.

Requirements

• Two (2) years’ experience in medical insurance verification and other hospital finance areas (including Hospital Billing).
• Windows based PC experience.
• High degree of initiative and problem-solving ability.
• Strong analytic and financial assessment abilities as well as the ability to pay close attention to a variety of details.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.

Skills

Required Qualifications:

• Two (2) years’ experience in medical insurance verification and other hospital finance areas (including Hospital Billing).
• Windows based PC experience.
• High degree of initiative and problem-solving ability.
• Strong analytic and financial assessment abilities as well as the ability to pay close attention to a variety of details.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree.

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
Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm