Job Description
Position Summary:
Full time (in person) billing position. Monday through Friday from 8am to 4pm.
Responsible for billing claims to the appropriate payor and following up on unpaid claims
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Verifies insurance eligibility
- Enters pertinent data elements into the billing system , and submits claims to the proper payor
- Follows up with payors on unpaid claims, and takes action to correct issues delaying payment
- Requests authorizations required for claims processing
- Demonstrates excellent communication skills when communicating with patients, payors and facilities
- Completes special assignments and projects with minimal supervision and consistently meets the department’s performance, production and quality standards
- Demonstrates knowledge and compliance with insurance local state and federal regulations related to ambulance billing
- Processes correspondence with adherence to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) guidelines
- Maintain knowledge of functional area and company policies and procedures
Qualifications:
- Minimum High School Diploma or equivalency
- Experience in medical billing preferred, but not required
- Healthcare, medical terminology and third party payer knowledge preferred
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communications skills
- Ability to multitask in a fast paced dynamic environment
- Maintain a positive and professional attitude at all times
- Strong skills with MS office and windows applications
- Proficient personal computer skills
- Typing of at least 40 WPM.
- Ability to maintain the highest level of confidentiality
- Ability to work in a team fostered environment
Job Tags
Full time, Local area, Monday to Friday,