What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accounts Receivable Clerk position at Birmingham Green Health Center for Comm Cnts?
BIRMINGHAM GREEN
Nursing Home and Assisted Living Facilities
Accounts Receivable Clerk
Full-time
Day shift
Birmingham Green, a person-centered care focus community located in Manassas, Virginia. We have been providing high quality and affordable care for 90 years.
For a view into our world, please visit our website at www.birminghamgreen.org
Responsibilities/Accountabilities
We have an amazing opportunity for an Accounts Receivable Clerk .
You'll report to the nursing center's Business Office Manager and will partner with him/her to maximize the nursing center's financial performance through various business activities.
Essential duties and responsibilities
- Collaborative role that interacts with the nursing center Nursing Home Administrator, Payroll/Accounts Payable Coordinator, Admissions Director, Receptionist, nursing center Department Heads and support staff.
- Process nursing center billing and collect delinquent accounts.
- Meet with patients and/or responsible parties to review financial obligations, collect private funds, and assist with other financial related paperwork, primarily at time of patient admission or upon payer change.
- Process and monitor all Patient Fund procedures.
- Assist with Medical Assistance Application process.
- Prepare, verify, and process invoices for sales or services rendered
- Enter data on invoices; ensure proper coding on documents
- Collect on accounts by sending invoice reminders and communication with customers via phone, email, fax or mail
- Post payments by recording cash, checks, and credit card transactions and entering them into the general ledger or accounting software
- Prepare cash and check payments for bank; totaling and recording the deposit amounts, filling out deposit slips and bundling the funds and slips; making deposits at the bank
- Update receivables by totaling unpaid invoices
- Reconcile the accounts receivable ledger to ensure that all payments are accounted for and properly posted
- Verify the validity of account discrepancies
- Resolve valid or authorized deductions by entering adjusting entries
- Resolve invalid or unauthorized deductions by following pending deductions procedures
- Resolve collections by examining payment plans, payment history, coordinating contact with collections department
- Summarizes receivables by maintaining invoice accounts, coordinating monthly transfer to accounts receivable account, verifying totals; preparing reports
- Generate monthly, quarterly or annual financial statements and reports detailing paid and unpaid invoices and other accounts receivable activity
- Protect organization’s value by keeping information confidential.
- Must have at least two years of experience in a healthcare setting, preferably Long Term Care.
- Familiar with Medicare and Virginia Medicaid; billing and collections
- Process knowledge of the Virginia Medicaid eligibility process.
- Application process and renewals.
- Capable of a high degree of initiative, judgment, discretion, and self-directed decision making.
- Highly skilled in identifying and resolving problems and be able to appropriately delegate.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities
Benefits
We offer a competitive package of benefits and perks, which includes:
Medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, life insurance, legal guard plan and pet insurance
23 days paid time off (employees can accrue up to 240 hours of paid time off)
10 Paid Holidays
Retirement plans through the Virginia Retirement System (VRS) – www.varetire.org
Tuition Reimbursement
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Employee Discounts - LifeMart
Employee Discounts – Cafeteria
How to Apply
If you have been thinking about making a change and you want to make the right change in 2025, then this opportunity is for you.
Come be a part of an extraordinary community and an exceptional team.
Birmingham Green
8605 Centreville Road.
Manassas, VA 20110
Attn: Alice Decker/HR Director
703-257-6210
703-257-0811 - fax
We sincerely thank all applicants for their interest in Birmingham Green.
Birmingham Green is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. EOE/AA/M/F/D/V