Billing Specialist (00022)

Description

Billing Specialist – Full Time – In-person role Montrose or Durango, CO

Axis aspires to be a great place to work with our commitment to diversity, commitment to pay equity and by providing a culture of change and intrapreneurship.

At our clinics, we provide a wide range of resources for our patients. We have recovery groups, Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), specialized mental health outpatient programs, primary care, diabetes education, crisis services, resource navigators, insurance enrollment specialists, tele-video systems to access our locations across the region and more. We work to make sure you have what you need at your fingertips to be successful in your position and support your patient in their road to recovery.

Commitment to Diversity: We are committed to ending bias and discrimination in our community and ensuring equity within all aspects of our organization. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, transfer, or promotion opportunities without regard to race, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Commitment to Pay Equity: We are committed to fair and equitable hiring with salaries based on relevant factors, such as work experience, education, and certification/licensure (rather than wage history). Toward the principle of equal pay for equal work, we post and hire within defined hiring salary ranges. We ask all applicants to carefully review the hiring salary range for each posted job opportunity, as we will not hire outside the predetermined range.

Position Summary: The role of the Billing Specialist is to work diligently monitoring all patient account receivables for assigned payors. Responds to and processes claim inquiries, denials, and payment codes in a timely manner. Billing work includes claim scrubbing, claim maintenance, cash posting, patient collections, and placement in bad debt. Claims can be Behavioral Health, Medical or Dental

Our ideal candidate for our Billing Specialist position will have a high school diploma, or equivalent, an AA/AS in Healthcare/Accounting/Business, is preferred.

The candidate will also have 1–3 years’ experience working in a healthcare setting, preferred is 3 – 5 years of previous experience.

Certification for AAPC, MGMA, AAHAM, HFMA and AHIMNA are preferred.

Salary: Starting at $21.25 - $27.30 per hour (non-exempt - hourly) and considers preferred experience, preferred education, and regional locale pay as described above.

Benefits:

Physical demands: Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds. Employee is frequently required to walk, sit, stand, or kneel and occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop. Must have ability to sit for longer periods at a computer. Employee must be able to travel between Axis locations. Possible potential exposure to communicable disease. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Axis may make reasonable accommodations to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Required Skills:

• Responsible for monitoring and collecting the aging account receivable of the assigned insurance and maintaining the aging at or below acceptable industry standards.
• Effectively resolve issues related to the revenue cycle to maximize collections on the assigned insurance.
• Researching, checking eligibility, verifying benefits, and appealing denied claims in a timely manner established via policy.
• Work with other offices to obtain necessary information to get claims processed including supporting documentation.
• Review coding for diagnoses, treatments, and procedures according to the appropriate classification system.
• Identify and report patterns and trends of denials for root cause analysis by supervisors.
• Answer incoming patient phone calls, emails, and voicemails with excellent customer service skills.
• Perform various patient collection duties, generating patient statements, making self-pay phone calls, setting up payment plans, and auditing accounts for bad debt.
• Update the patient account, note the patient record, to identify any and all actions taken on the account in a timely manner.
• Maintain strict confidentiality, adhere to HIPAA guidelines and regulations.
• Ability to work independently on assigned tasks and prioritize tasks.
• Maintain current knowledge of medical billing and collection practices and timely filing guidelines. Coordination of Benefit, Colorado Behavioral Health Association, and HRSA rules and regulations.
• Possess understanding and keep updated on EOB , CARC, and RARC codes.
• Must be well organized and detailed.

Additional eligibility requirements: Annual Flu immunization, Annual TB screening

About our Axis Health System: We are the leading provider of behavioral health and integrated (primary, dental, and behavioral health) care on the Western Slope of Colorado. We have recovery groups, Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), specialized mental health outpatient programs, primary care, diabetes education, crisis services, resource navigators, insurance enrollment specialists, tele-video systems to access our locations across the region and more. We work to make sure you have what you need at your fingertips to be successful in your position and support your patient in their road to recovery.

Our concept of integrated, whole person, healthcare is population-based, patient-centered, outcome-driven and technology-enabled. Health and wellness are not program components; they are a central tenet of our approach. Our mission to make a meaningful difference through healthcare innovation and caring for the whole person.

If you are a dedicated professional who aspires to be part of an innovative culture and is interested in mission-driven healthcare, Axis Health System is a great fit for you.

Please visit our website at Axis Health System, to apply for this position and for more information about our organization.

Qualifications

Salary : $21 - $27