Job Summary:

Under the supervision of the Cashier Supervisor, Leadership Team and Team Lead, receives and preps batches for daily posting and ensures transactions are accurate and posted correctly. Ensures account balances are accurate in regard to posted transactions and readies batches for scanning to document imaging system. Responsible for accurate deposits, daily balancing of cash, payment transfers and adjustments. Ensures compliance with hospital policies and procedures and pertinent laws and regulations.

Essential Job Functions:

• Maintains communication with all patient financial service units to ensure each refund is processed accurately. ie revisions, payment schedules, etc.
• Provides support to each posting functions to meet facility demands.
• Receives batches to be posted within the patient financial system
• Reviews each account after cash posting in complete to work the accounts appropriately
• Demonstrates knowledge of all systems required for daily/weekly downloads for electronic posting of providers that are electronically posted.
• Work with vendors when needed to correct errors due to download problems.
• Posts daily adjustment sheets received in cashier’s office from other departments.
• Researches and works daily account review requests from other departments consistent with departmental guidelines/standards.
• Demonstrates knowledge on reading and understanding explanation of benefits (EOB) from all carriers.
• Assures that all batches are posted and approved for payment daily. Reviews to ensure all adjustment transactions are appropriate and correct and that batches tie to the expected amount. Files all batches away in appropriate folders daily.
• Works unapplied cash timely for all cash placed in the unapplied account.
• Reviews related materials and attends in-services as directed to maintain current knowledge of applicable regulations, policies and procedures.
• Calculates, checks and posts contractual adjustments shown on EOBs.
• Coordinates posting and daily deposit activities with General Accounting division as appropriate.
• Coordinates download and upload of files to patient accounting systems.
• Receives daily all batches posted for all facilities. Preps each batch, removing all staples and paper clips for scanning. Scans each batch into DCS workstation following steps in scanning manual. Checks scanned pages to make certain each page is readable.
• Maintains batch log to ensure each batch is scanned for each facility. Files all batches in a daily folder by facility and in date order.
• Supports refunds and collections departments with basis support functions as needed.

Education:

• Minimum of high school diploma or its equivalent (GED)
• Coursework or training in bookkeping procedures preferred.

Experience:

• Minimum of one year related office, cashiering or customer service experience.
• Prior bookkeeping or patient account experience a plus
• 10 key/calculator experience is required