Patient Account Associate II Credit Balance & Account Review

Job Description

:Provides extraordinary care to our customers through friendly, courteous, and professional service through a broad understanding of account handling processes, extraordinary interpersonal skills, and the ability to resolve complex issues in a timely and accurate manner.

Essential Functions

• Identifies appropriate payment details and saves back-up as appropriate.
• Researches, validates and makes adjustments to payment postings. Follows up in accordance with procedures and policies with an overall goal of account resolution.
• Utilize resources to find payment documentation- Interpret payer contracts to ensure all codes on patient's account match contracts.
• Initiates payer recoupments, payer refunds, and patients refunds where applicable. Follows up in accordance with procedures and policies with an overall goal of account resolution.
• Abel to navigate various payer claim portals and understand payer functionality.
• Interacting with others by effectively communicating both orally and in writing.
• Operate computers and other office equipment, as well as various computer software’s.
• See and read computer monitors and documents in English.
• Train new and existing associates.

Skills

• Recognizing true overpayments from false credits
• Advanced knowledge of revenue cycle and health insurance payers
• Reading and Understanding Payer Contracts
• Advanced knowledge of Coordination of Benefits
• Advanced knowledge of reading EOB
• Accurately identifying trends not limited to payer behavior, system or workflow issues, and escalating in a timely manner
• Advanced knowledge of Medical Terminology
• Payment Handling
• Effective written and verbal communication
• Assist Leadership with mentoring peers as well as new hires.
• Computer Literacy
• Time Management
• HIPAA Regulations

Physical Requirements:

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent (GED) required
• One (1) years of experience in hospital or physician back-end revenue cycle (Payment Posting, Billing, Follow-Up) required
• Knowledge of Medicaid and Medicare billing regulations required
• Two (2) years of experience in hospital or physician insurance related activities (Authorization, Billing, Follow-Up, Call-Center, or Collections) preferred

Physical Requirements

• Operate computers and other office equipment requiring the ability to move fingers and hands.
• Remain sitting or standing for long periods of time to perform work on a computer, telephone, or other equipment.
• May require lifting and transporting objects and office supplies, bending, kneeling and reaching.

Location:

Peaks Regional Office

Work City:

Broomfield

Work State:

Colorado

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$ - $

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.

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