Currance

Billing Team Lead

Currance

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Arizona • California • United States

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Salary

💰 $23 - $24 per hour

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Mentor assigned billers, providing continuous feedback to promote improved productivity and effectiveness of their work efforts.
  • Serve as the first point of escalation for difficult or unresolved accounts.
  • Assist in assigning daily work to team members based on priority, complexity, and individual skill sets.
  • Ensure timely follow-up on rejected claims and adherence to payer guidelines while meeting established performance expectations.
  • Handle claims requiring advanced payer knowledge, contract review, and multi-step resolution processes.
  • Submit claims in accordance with Federal, State, and payer guidelines.
  • Research, analyze, and resolve claim errors and rejections, ensuring accurate corrections are made.
  • Minimize claim denials and returns due to controllable errors by ensuring correct submissions.
  • Stay current with payer updates and process changes for precise claim management.
  • Work with client departments on trends for rejections reduction and faster payments.
  • Communicate payer-specific issues to the team and management.
  • Lead and contribute to daily shift briefings.
  • Support onboarding new hires.
  • Perform additional assigned tasks as required.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent required; Associate degree preferred
  • HFMA CRCR certification or completion of certification required within 90 days of hire.
  • Minimum 2 years of experience in billing initial claims for either hospital or physician (HCFA1500/UB04) and fixing rejections, holds within the clearinghouse and/or host systems
  • Prior mentoring experience.
  • Certified Professional Biller (CPD) billing certification preferred.
  • Experience using clearing houses systems such as Waystar, Quadex, SSi or similar platforms for billing.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, Teams, and various desktop applications.
  • Knowledge of coding guidelines for claim errors.
  • Understanding of Healthcare Revenue Cycle administration rules and regulations.
  • Knowledge of ICD-10 diagnosis and procedure codes as well as CPT/HCPCS codes.
  • Strong investigative skills to identify and resolve reasons for non-payment on medical accounts.
  • Proficiency in computers and Microsoft Office Suite/Teams, with experience using GoToMeeting/Zoom.
  • Ability to make informed decisions and take appropriate action.
  • Demonstrates a positive attitude and pleasant demeanor at work.
  • Willingness to learn, grow, and respond constructively to feedback for continuous improvement.
  • Professional interaction with colleagues and punctual, dependable work habits.
  • Ability to adapt easily to change and perform duties with ethical decision-making.
  • Demonstrates accountability, responsibility, and accomplishments in the revenue cycle process.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
billingclaims managementclaim error resolutionICD-10 codingCPT codingHCFA1500UB04revenue cycle administrationpayer guidelinescontract review
Soft Skills
mentoringinvestigative skillsdecision makingadaptabilitypositive attitudecommunicationaccountabilityresponsibilityteam collaborationconstructive feedback
Certifications
HFMA CRCR certificationCertified Professional Biller (CPB)