Fiscal Assistant
State of Florida
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Spring Hill • Florida • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $16 per hour
Job Level
Junior
Tech Stack
Spring
About the role
- This position involves independent fiscal and billing duties.
- Responsibilities include medical and dental billings to appropriate parties: Medicaid, Medicare, Third Party and Dental.
- Posting payment to medical and dental accounts.
- Has computer access to the Health Management System (Hl,4S).
- Adheres to DOH-Hernando Confidentiality and Security policies and procedures.
- Serves as a member of the billers for Hernando County, responsible for reviewing medical records to ensure billing forms have Current Procedure Terminology (CPT) and International Classification of Disease (ICD) diagnosis codes for billing of same.
- Independently communicates with clerks, clerical supervisors and providers upon the review of CPT, Diagnostics and HMS Codes.
- Processes all Medicaid, Medicare, HMO’s and other insurance claims for services rendered.
- Has shared responsibility of reviewing denials with reference to correct ID number, date of birth, other information, and resubmits claims for payments.
- Coordinates billing function to be sure all are done correctly and in a timely manner.
- Prepares Health Insurance Claims (HICA) forms for billings that cannot be transmitted electronically.
- Re-bills and forces claims for any charges not received.
- Keeps files on claims secure and files office copies of claims already paid for record and auditing purposes.
- Maintains a tracking system of all claims submitted to ensure payments are received within acceptable or contracted timeframes.
- Attends all meetings and trainings pertinent to insurance which may include Medicaid, Medicare, and third-party insurers.
- Works in coordination with all departments to assist in creation of deposits for the bank as well as balance all deposits created by other departments in both Spring Hill and Brooksville CHDs.
- Ensure all deposits are entered within 5 calendar days and take all deposits back to the departments that are out of balance.
- Scan in all checks and money orders in the proper deposit date.
- Once all paperwork received from the bank, scan the entire day’s paperwork into the online system, ensuring we keep paper records in accordance with records retention policies.
- Attends and participates in staff meetings, in-service, training seminars, and other professional and staff development activities.
Requirements
- Minimum one year experience of Accounts Payable
- Preferred at least one year of experience in Data Entry
- Preferred at least one year of experience in contract writing
Benefits
- State of Florida 401(a) FICA Alternative Plan (mandatory)
- Participation in state group insurance (upon meeting eligibility requirements. Consult with People First and/or the serving HR office)
- Workers’ Compensation (mandatory, if needed)
- Reemployment Assistance (Unemployment Compensation) (mandatory, if needed)
- Deferred Compensation (voluntary)
- Employee Assistance Program (voluntary)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
medical billingdental billingpayment postingCurrent Procedure Terminology (CPT)International Classification of Disease (ICD)Health Insurance Claims (HICA)claims processingdata entryaccounts payablecontract writing
Soft skills
independent workcommunicationorganizationattention to detailtimelinessteam collaborationproblem-solvingconfidentialitytraining participationauditing