Insurance Billing/Collection Assistant II – Radiology
WashU IT
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $17 - $25 per hour
About the role
- Performs insurance follow-up billing and collection duties on various financial classifications to ensure timely and accurate payment of physician charges
- Researches and resolves patient registration and coverage charge review edits and claim form edits
- Reviews patient accounts to verify the accuracy of information including insurance, eligibility, invoice resolution, correspondence, remittances, and requests for additional information
- Utilizes Epic, system tools, and payer websites for claim submission, claim status, attachments, eligibility, and authorization/referral inquiry
- Consistently meets the Quality Assurance (QA) and meaningful efficiency standards of working invoices/accounts each day and follows best practices for one-touch resolution
- Supports and acts as a resource to others in the department regarding patient registration and coverages
- Identifies and completes missing/incorrect patient registration and coverage information
- Contacts guarantor/patient for accurate coverage information as needed
- Corrects registration and/or coverage information
- Utilizes electronic eligibility or contacts the payer by phone or website to verify eligibility and plan nuances
- Accesses hospital registration systems to review registration and coverage information and review for accuracy and/or necessary corrections
- Resubmits charges/claims and verifies all errors have been resolved and clean claim has dropped
- Performs duties with adherence to timely filing deadlines and awareness of charge lag and lag time in work queue
- Interacts with management and staff members to discuss issues
- Acts as back-up support for the billing team
- Performs other duties as assigned by the supervisor and/or manager
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent high school certification or combination of education and/or experience
- 2 years of bookkeeping/accounting and/or medical collection setting experience
- Claims Resolution
- Collections Strategies
- Computer Literacy
- Confidential Data Handling
- Epic EHR
- Health Insurance Billing
- HIPAA compliance
- ICD-10 Procedure Coding System
- Medical Billing and Coding
- Medical Terminology
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Office Equipment
Benefits
- Up to 22 days of vacation
- 10 recognized holidays
- Sick time
- Competitive health insurance packages with priority appointments and lower copays/coinsurance
- Free Metro transit U-Pass for eligible employees
- Defined contribution (403(b)) Retirement Savings Plan with employee and university contributions starting at 7%
- Wellness challenges, annual health screenings, mental health resources, mindfulness programs and courses, employee assistance program (EAP), financial resources, access to dietitians, and more
- 4 weeks of caregiver leave to bond with your new child
- Tuition coverage for you and your family, including dependent undergraduate-level college tuition up to 100% at WashU and 40% elsewhere after seven years
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Claims ResolutionCollections StrategiesComputer LiteracyConfidential Data HandlingICD-10 Procedure Coding SystemMedical Billing and CodingMedical Terminology
Certifications
High school diploma or equivalent