Tenet Healthcare

Patient Account Representative – Contract

Tenet Healthcare

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $16 - $24 per hour

Job Level

Junior

About the role

  • The Patient Account Representative is responsible for working accounts to ensure they are resolved in a timely manner.
  • Effective follow-up on claim submission, remittance review for insurance collections, create and pursue disputed balances from both government and non-government entities.
  • Interacting with insurance plans, patients, physicians, attorneys and team members as needed.
  • Researches each account using company patient accounting applications and internet resources that are made available.
  • Conducts appropriate account activity on uncollected account balances with contacting third party payors and/or patients via phone, e-mail, or online.
  • Updates plan IDs, adjusts patient or payor demographic/insurance information, notates account in detail, identifies payor issues and trends and solves re-coup issues.

Requirements

  • High School diploma or equivalent. Some college coursework in business administration or accounting preferred
  • 1-4 years medical claims and/or hospital collections experience
  • Minimum typing requirement of 45 wpm
Benefits
  • Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
  • Paid time off (vacation & sick leave) – min of 12 days per year, accrue at a rate of approximately 1.84 hours per 40 hours worked.
  • 401k with up to 6% employer match
  • 10 paid holidays per year
  • Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
  • Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program
  • Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, AD&D, auto & home insurance.
  • For Colorado employees, Conifer offers paid leave in accordance with Colorado’s Healthy Families and Workplaces Act.
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Hard Skills & Tools
medical claimshospital collectionsremittance reviewdisputed balancesaccount activitythird party payorsdemographic informationinsurance informationtyping
Soft Skills
effective follow-upcommunicationinterpersonal skillsproblem-solving
Certifications
High School diplomabusiness administration courseworkaccounting coursework