Patient Accounts Rep, Fulltime, Remote, New Jersey
Job Summary:
The Patient Accounts Representative position supports the reduction of Accounts Receivables for the Patient Financial Services department. The Representative may also perform a variety of duties including assisting patients directly with their bill or other financial aspects of their care, correspondence response, billing and re-billing, certain denial issues, prompt handling of A/R... credits and trend monitoring.
Essential Functions:
? Take actions that will support maximization of collection of balances due or account resolution from all sources. Meets Quality and Productivity expectations.
? Facilitate account resolution. Accurately identify, follow-up on, or correct billing errors, lower than expected reimbursement, or denials for correction for submission or resubmission to patients and/or insurance carriers. Accurately perform actions on accounts that will result in the least amount of time and effort to bring an account to resolution based on job specific priority matrix.
? Timely identify, research, and resolution any issues that may cause delays in payment or account resolution. Identify and recommend opportunities to improve collections and follow-up activities
? Work collaboratively across teams, with peers, and revenue cycle departments.
Job Requirements: ? HS diploma ? 1-2 years? experience in healthcare insurance billing or account follow-up ? Prior experience with Medicaid and Charity Care ? Strong knowledge of Patient Accounting systems ? Must be able to work in a team environment that requires quick turnaround and quality output
Scheduling Requirements: ? Shift working ? Tuesday-Saturday 10:30am - 6:30pm ET ? Full-time
Other Duties:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice