Accountant III
State of Florida
Accountant IV
State of Florida
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Tallahassee • Florida • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $1,472 - $2,194 per biweekly
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Highly responsible for accounting activities in the Medicaid Accounts Receivable (MAR) Unit, Recoupment Team of the Bureau of Financial Services.
- Perform semi-independent accounting tasks related to the receiving and depositing of funds recouped for the Agency due to fraud, abuse, and/or overpayments to Medicaid Providers.
- Ensure payments are applied into the accounts receivable system and other accounting subsystems based upon daily batches received from the Bureau's Cash Room and case details related to the Medicaid recoupment.
- Ensure the reconciliations, including confirming and entering deposit bank dates and amounts, verifying any reconciling differences between the deposits and FLAIR records.
- Assist Unit Manager monitor, manage and work with collections staff to ensure timeliness, efficiency and effectiveness of processes used in the recoupment of fraud, abuse, overpayment collections, and past due Revenue accounts.
- Lead monitoring, while ensuring timeliness, efficiency and effectiveness of processes used in the collection of past due or unpaid fees, assessments and fines.
- Assist with the generation of Agency Action Letters, Final Orders, Settlement Agreements and update applicable management systems pertaining to recoupments and collections.
- Receive, process and reconcile all applications for refunds, from Providers that have overpaid for past due balances, fines and other payments associated with the collection of revenue owed to AHCA.
- Compile and provide collections documentation for formal and informal hearings, as needed.
- Assist Unit Manager in the development, evaluations and generation of recoupment payment plans, as needed.
- Assist when needed in the compilation and generation of the recoupment 45-day Report, Federal Share calculations for quarterly CMS 64 reporting, update recoupment case notes in the MAR system, and accomplish restitution recoupment reporting and records keeping in a timely and accurate manner.
- Pursue past due collections on PMATF (Public Medical Assistance Trust Fund) invoices, quality assessment fees, and ICFDD's invoices.
- Assist with calculating, reviewing, and processing true up invoices.
- Accountant will calculate and assess fines on all invoices past due.
- Provide forecast reports and projection reports upon request.
- Audits records and other financial documents to prepare reports for management and agency program areas.
- Provide assistance to Quality Assessment Fee entities, agency staff and auditors, as requested.
- Serve as backup to the Accountant IV, Position No. 68064856.
- Perform other job related duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Four years professional or nonprofessional accounting experience with a focus on revenue processing, accounts receivable, financial research processing negotiable instruments and/or securing debt payments.
- A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a related field can substitute on year for year basis for the required experience as described above.
Benefits
- Health insurance (i.e., individual and family coverage) to eligible employees
- Life insurance; $25,000 policy is free plus option to purchase additional life insurance
- Dental, vision and supplemental insurance
- State of Florida retirement options, including employer contributions
- Ability to earn up to 104 hours of paid annual leave as a new employee with the State of Florida
- Ability to earn up to 104 hours of sick leave annually
- Nine paid holidays and 1 personal holiday each year
- Opportunities for career advancement
- Tuition waivers (accepted by major Florida Colleges/universities)
- Student loan forgiveness opportunities (eligibility required)
- Training opportunities
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Shared Savings Program for select medical services
- Lower copays for prescription drugs
- Health and Wellness discounts
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
accountingaccounts receivablefinancial researchrevenue processingreconciliationcollectionsinvoice processingreport generationdata entryaudit
Soft skills
responsibilitytimelinessefficiencyeffectivenesscommunicationteamworkmanagementleadershiporganizational skillsproblem-solving