What are the responsibilities and job description for the Billing Charge Entry / Cashier position at Eye Medical Center of Fresno, Inc.?
Position: Billing Charge Entry / Cashier
Primary Duties:
1. Verifies all electronic charges for services rendered, ensuring they are complete and accurate.
2. Manually enters charges for cash pay patients.
3. Collect, track, document, and manage patient cash flows, credit, and insurance payments.
4. Assess any outstanding patient liability and request payment.
5. Record all payment in the system, balance, and close payment batch daily with accuracy.
6. Ensures all charges are accepted into third party clearing house
7. Corrects claim rejections.
8. Enroll patient into copay assistance programs.
9. Create budget plans for patients with outstanding balances
10. Resolves discrepancies in patient accounts, investigates unidentified payments ,and prepares refunds.
11. Operate office equipment, fax, copier, scanner, computer, etc.
12. Enter data and type at 40 wpm.
13. Other job duties as assigned.
Other Job Criteria:
1. Able to communicate verbally and in writing or on the phone with outside public, other staff and physicians.
2. Able to understand medical terminology.
3. Able to perform job duties with minimal supervision.
4. Other employee traits:
a. Knowledge base, does blend education, skills and experience on an ongoing basis.
b. Job efficiency, does complete job duties in minimal timeframe.
c. Accuracy, does complete job duties with minimal errors.
d. Judgement, does make job decisions with minimal errors.
e. Innovation, does offer and suggest improvements.
f. Appearance and habits, does come to work with presentable personal hygiene and attire.
g. Orderliness, does organize work and work area.
h. Courtesy, is courteous to all publics.
i. Cooperation, is cooperative to all publics.
j. Initiative, does show initiative and willingness to do new tasks and existing job duties in evolving ways.
k. Reliable, is dependable and trustworthy.
l. Perseverance, does perform job duties in spite of unforeseen obstacles.
m. Stability, is able to perform job duties with team spirit and personal temperament under stress and pressure.
n. Attendance, is able to maintain job attendance with minimal absence.
o. Alertness, is able to assess job environment for unforeseen circumstances and adjust accordingly.
Physical characteristics:
1. Able to lift 35 pounds.
2. Ability to listen and understand on the phone, what others say and schedule patients to the correct physician.
3. Presentable personal hygiene
4. Dexterity, able to manipulate multiple work devices.
5. Sit for long terms of time.
6. Bending and stooping.
Other Job criteria:
1. Required to maintain patient and job confidentiality.
2. Required to have legal work status in the United States.
3. Required compliance with employee handbook.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $39,520.00 - $52,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person
Salary : $39,520 - $52,000
