
Billing Specialist I
US Anesthesia Partners
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Texas • United States
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Salary
💰 $15 - $24 per hour
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Utilizes knowledge of insurance regulations, health insurance contracts, medical coding, and bookkeeping to perform revenue cycle support activities.
- Maintains the practice management system by entering accurate data, verifying and updating insurance and claim information, handling carrier correspondence, managing EOBs, and keying payments received into the system.
- Prepares, reviews, submits, and follows up with clean claims to various companies/individuals.
- Collects, posts, and manages patient account payments.
- Investigates rejected claims to understand issuance of denials and corrects the claim.
- Facilitates swift payment of invoices due to the organization by sending patient invoices, billing reminders, and making collection calls on outstanding balances as instructed.
- Reviews and provides RCM weekly and monthly reports, including productivity and financial reports as directed, and completes action steps as necessary.
- Follows HIPAA guidelines when accessing and sharing patient information, ensuring patient and business confidentiality.
- Provides timely and professional customer service, verifies discrepancies, resolves patient billing issues, and answers questions from patients, facility staff, and third-party vendors.
- Supports additional coding, billing, and practice management projects as needed.
- All other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Highschool graduate or equivalent.
- Minimum 1 year of billing experience preferred.
- Healthcare experience preferred.
- Knowledge of revenue cycle processes, medical insurance, and general accounting principles.
- High degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks/projects and deadlines simultaneously, identify and resolve exceptions, and interpret data.
- Must be proficient in data entry.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Proficient computer skills, including Microsoft Office applications.
Benefits
- This position is eligible for a quarterly bonus.
- Bonuses are not guaranteed and are awarded based on company and individual performance.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
medical codingbookkeepingdata entryrevenue cycle processesbillingclaims managementfinancial reportingaccounting principlesinsurance regulationsEOB management
Soft Skills
attention to detailcommunication skillscustomer serviceproblem-solvingtime managementorganizational skillsmultitaskingdata interpretationprofessionalismconfidentiality