What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cash Receipts Analyst I position at Bayfront Health?
Position Summary
At Orlando Health, we are ordinary people with extraordinary individuality, working together to bring help, healing and hope to those we serve. By daily embodying our over 100-year legacy, we have grown into a 3,900-bed healthcare organization that delivers care for more than 142,000 inpatient and 3.9 million outpatient visits each year. Our 24 award-winning hospitals and ERs, 9 specialty institutes, 14 urgent care centers, 100 primary care practices and more than 60 outpatient facilities serve communities that span Florida’s east to west coasts and beyond.
Orlando Health is committed to providing you with benefits that go beyond the expected, with career-growing FREE education programs and well-being services to support you and your family through every stage of life. We begin your benefits on day one and offer flexibility wherever possible so that you can be present for your passions. “Orlando Health Is Your Best Place to Work” is not just something we say, it’s our promise to you
Responsible for the timely and accurate posting of all cash receipts into various patient accounting systems.
Responsibilities
Essential Functions:• Process daily lockbox deposit receipts and prepare for delivery to lockbox.• Assure proper placement of exception and unidentified items.• Monitor and process electronic data.• Maintain complete and accurate records for auditors.• Contact payees of unidentifiable payments to obtain proper placement prior to refunding payment and balance accounts daily. • Monitor, research, and record all checks received on premise, contact payee when unidentifiable or improperly completed (no signature, improper payee, restrictive endorsement, etc). • Contact payees of unidentifiable payments on “Suspense” accounts and report and out of balance amounts to Cash Receipts Supervisor.• Transfer payments between hospital patient accounts, practice receivables, and general ledger accounts.• Process and post any adjustments to hospital patient accounts when notification is received from the bank regarding foreign currency differences.• Process and post batches necessary to correct any payment code errors.• Process and post “$0 remittances” in order to record explanation of benefits notes on patient accounts.• Process insufficient and stop payment checks received from Finance or the bank.• Communicate effectively with all levels of Orlando Health employees, and with individuals outside Orlando Health (i.e. insurance companies, clinic, bank, and auditors).• Enter batch totals on daily control log in an accurate and timely manner.• Follow up with appropriate staff to locate missing information.• Maintain necessary logs.• Responsible for answering telephone calls in area when needed.• Efficiently and accurately utilizes the computer system to enter appropriate information.• Assist Cash Receipts Analyst II with planning and organizational activities as needed.• At all times maintains confidentiality regarding patient, personnel and corporate issues.• Participate in departmental meetings as necessary.• Seek to gain needed knowledge and experience to promote to Cash Receipts Analyst II position and perform Cash Receipts Analyst II functions as necessary.• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards.• Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.
Other Related FunctionsPerforms other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Education/Training:High school graduate or GED required.
Required to perform 10-key operations by touch.
Must complete PFS orientation program and all other mandatory training assigned within 6 months of hire.
Licensure/Certification:One (1) year office and computer experience, to include accounting related duties.
Experience:One (1) year office and computer experience, to include accounting related duties.
