Position Title
Medical Billing Specialist (Cedar Park)
Position Summary
Follows patient accounts through the entire billing process after charge entry to completion of payment process. Performs functions as related to medical billing and collection processes by following up on outstanding claims, submitting appeals, researching eligibility and benefits, discussing and collecting patient balances and assisting clinic sites with billing questions. If interested, please submit your resume to humanresources@lscctx.org with Billing in the subject line. We will keep your resume on file for 90 days. During those 90 days we will review your resume against any positions that become available therefore please do not resubmit your resume.
Experience and Education
Required
- High school diploma or GED.
- 1 years of medical billing experience
Preferred
- Proficiency in Spanish preferred.
Responsibilities
- Contacts patients and insurance companies for payments requests, overdue payments, denied claims and arranges payment plans.
- Corrects medical codes from patient charts for visits or procedures and ensures compliance and correct coding practices.
- Contacts insurance companies for explanation of benefits, pre-authorization denials and to resolve claim issues
- Produces reports to reduce age trial balances by contacting patient for collection or sending secondary claims
- Provides customer service to patients by educating them on insurance policies, billing procedures and coding issues.
- Calls patients and insurance companies to follow-up with account information.
- May provide training to others on billing procedures and practices.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Thorough knowledge of entire billing process to include CPT and ICD 9 coding.
- Ideal candidate must be detail oriented, able to work in a fast paced environment, able to handle a wide variety of duties/situations, and flexible with their schedules (days, evenings, and Saturdays possible).
- Able to understand and follow directions.
- Capable of communicating effectively with patients and the health care team, including the ability to explain billing procedures to patients.
- Must respect the confidential nature of medical information.
- Capable of following established departmental procedures.
- Capable of using experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
- Good computer skills and a working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
- Able to read and interpret documents such as charts, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
- Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
- Proficiency in the use of basic math skills.
- Professional manner and appearance.
Posted
January 29, 2010
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required of personnel so classified.
To Apply
Please contact Human Resources at humanresources@lscctx.org if you are interested in a position and list the title of the position in the subject line.