Full Time AR Home Health Billing Clerk

Do you have experience in medical billing, Medicaid/Medicare in Washington state? Bethany of the Northwest has been a non-profit icon of the healthcare industry in the Everett area for nearly 100 years and is seeking a passionate and motivated Full Time AR Billing Clerk to work in our Home Health office. Come join our family and find out what the Heart of Bethany is.

Schedule: Full time day shift Monday - Friday

Pay Rate: $30-35 per hour DOE

Benefits available:

• Medical, Dental, Vision insurance
• Life Insurance and short-term disability coverage
• 403b and 403b matching.
• EAP Employee assistance program
• Employee discounts
• Flexible spending account
• Paid Sick leave
• Paid time off
• 7 Paid holidays plus one personal of your choice
• Referral program

The Billing Clerk is responsible for functions associated with the agencys accounts receivable, including billing, management of AR, collections, and educating staff regarding requirements to successfully collect AR. Works closely with both the Executive Director of Home Health and Hospice and Director of Revenue.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Works as a team member and backup with other billing staff to assure timely and accurate billing.
• Coordinate with Medical Records and Clinical Departments to ensure proper information has been input to allow for completion of the monthly billing.
• Acts as effective liaison with payors and the Intake department related to referrals, authorizations, and payments. Works collaboratively to ensure clear communication and efficient processes.
• Researches, collects, and coordinates any follow up documentation required by insurers.
• Produces monthly report of AR showing activity toward reducing aged balances. Contributes to required reporting activity to Medicare or for audit purposes.
• Maintain audit trails on all transactions. Maintains clear and complete account documentation in the EHR system whenever possible. Paper documentation is well-organized, complete, and easy-to-follow.
• Cross-trains with other billing staff and shares workload during volume peaks.
• Performs collection effort on all assigned payors.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Supports the Bethanys mission and value performance standards.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Good interpersonal communication skills.
• Good analytical and problem solving skills.
• Good knowledge of the accounting processes and specifically Accounts Receivable.
• Flexibility, adaptability, and initiative

Qualifications/Competencies

• At least 2 years of home health billing experience.
• Excellent working knowledge of primary home health diagnoses, related interventions and care protocols.
• Demonstrable working knowledge of Medicare and non-Medicare reimbursement requirements including eligibility for service, managed care and Veterans Administration pre-authorization processes, and Medicare/managed care outpatient therapy services requirements.
• Demonstrable experience with scheduling of patient services within specified discipline/frequency parameters.
• Demonstrable experience with optimizing full time and part time clinical staff supported by resources from outside staffing companies.
• Ability to quickly learn new software applications

We are an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination/harassment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We are an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination/harassment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.