Provisional Licensed Professional Counselor, PLPC
HCO Behavioral Health Services
Billing Associate
DocGo
part-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $23 - $25 per hour
Job Level
JuniorMid-Level
About the role
- Submitting medical billing claims, appealing denied claims, and posting reimbursement payment from payers.
- Submitting medical claims to insurance companies such as Medicare, Medicaid, and Commercial insurance carriers.
- Experience with insurance credentialing and timely submission of professional medical claims.
- Obtaining referrals and pre-authorizations as required by insurance carriers.
- Checking eligibility and benefits verification for healthcare services.
- Calling insurance companies regarding any discrepancy in payments if necessary.
- Identifying and billing secondary or tertiary insurances.
- Ensuring the patient’s medical information is accurate and up to date.
- Following and adhering to all regulations and guidelines set by state programs, and HMO/PPO.
- Following up on missed payments and resolving financial discrepancies.
- Helping patients develop payment plans related to outstanding balances.
- Working with personal information and maintaining patient confidentiality.
- Handling and answering all patient or insurance telephone inquiries.
- Utilization of multiple EMR systems for demographic needs.
- Posting and reconciling payments to patient ledgers.
- Reviewing accounts for possible assignment to collections and making recommendations to the billing team leader.
- Preparing information for the collection agency.
- Performing miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
Requirements
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience as a medical biller or similar role.
- Strong customer service experience and skills.
- Must have strong A/R collections experience.
- Solid understanding of billing software and electronic medical records.
- Must have the ability to multitask and manage time effectively.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Outstanding problem-solving and organizational abilities.
- Must be familiar with CPT and the latest coding guidelines.
- Experience with insurance credentialing and responsible for the timely submission of professional medical claims.
- Obtaining referrals and pre-authorizations as required by insurance carriers.
- Checking eligibility and benefits verification for healthcare services.
- Call insurance companies regarding any discrepancy in payments if necessary.
- Identifying and billing secondary or tertiary insurances.
- Ensure the patient’s medical information is accurate and up to date.
- Follow and adhere to all regulations and guidelines set by state programs, and HMO/PPO.
- Work with personal information and maintain patient confidentiality.
- Handle and answer all patient or insurance telephone inquiries.
- Utilization of multiple EMR systems for demographic needs.
- Comfortable working in a remote position.
Benefits
- DocGo Academy gives you the clinical skill training you need to move beyond EMS and transportation.
- With our Employee Equity Incentive Plan, qualified employees receive an ownership stake in DocGo.
- Remote work (position listed as Remote - United States).
ATS Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
medical billingclaims submissionA/R collectionsinsurance credentialingCPT codingbenefits verificationpayment reconciliationpre-authorizationsdiscrepancy resolutionEMR systems
Soft skills
customer servicemultitaskingtime managementwritten communicationverbal communicationproblem-solvingorganizational abilitiesattention to detailconfidentialitytelephone inquiry handling
