What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Biller position at Interim HealthCare Home Health and Hospice?
Job Summary
This role encompasses all aspects of patient/client billing and collections for the company, including performing the billing function, ensuring timely payment, collections, and follow-up. Ensuring services rendered are paid within 90 days is a priority.
Responsibilities
- Billing: Responsible for all aspects of billing and follow up for all service lines within the company in-office.
- Prior Authorizations: Obtains prior authorizations for services and appeals any necessary authorization denials.
- Interdepartmental Communication: Interacts with other departments to ensure timeliness of claim submissions, authorizations, and payments, following up as necessary.
- Billing Systems: Utilizes billing systems to bill patients and clients and monitors the status of billed and unbilled accounts.
- Process Adherence: Ensures proper processes are adhered to for accuracy and timeliness of billing.
- A/R Review: Reviews Accounts Receivable report, re-bills claims with corrections as needed, and monitors cash posting for accuracy, noting denials to be followed up on.
- Process Improvements: Provides input on process improvements.
- Progress Reporting: Utilizes direct communication with Manager to report on progress of billing and collections report and overdue balances, discussing plans of action.
Requirements
- Educational Background: Educational background in Medical coding or billing (billing certificate or degree).
- Experience: Prior experience in Managed Care and Home Health Care/Hospice (preferred), 2 years medical billing experience (preferred).
- Work Schedule: Ability to come into the office, 5 days per week.
About Us
We offer competitive compensation, weekly pay, health, dental, and vision insurance, life & short-term disability insurance, paid vacation time, 401(k)/Roth, paid training, and employee referral bonuses.
This is a fully in-office position. Our goal is to evaluate and improve the billing and accounts receivable collection effectiveness and efficiency for the branch.
