What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Biller position at Kaminska Dermatology?
Kaminska Dermatology in Chicago, IL is looking for one medical biller to join our 12 person strong team. Our ideal candidate is attentive, ambitious, and hard-working.
We are a busy and well-established dermatology practice looking for a billing specialist/administrator to join our amazing team.
Qualifications:
Expertise with billing in dermatology (preferred) and excellent customer service are required.
Preferred 3 years prior medical billing, coding and collections experience.
At least 1 year in dermatology billing/coding experience is preferred.
Proficiency with coding practices, dermatology-specific forms, medical terminology and ICD-10 codes.
Understand the universal code classifications such as ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases) and CPT (Current Procedural Terminology).
Excellent customer service and phone skills etiquettes are required.
Must reflect the professional manner and inviting environment of our office culture.
Ability to multi-task and work courteously and respectfully with fellow employees and patients.
Must be familiar with medicare and insurance copays and deductibles
Must be able to determine deductibles and allowable and produce physicians payment reports, check-out and collect payments.
Ability to substantiate diagnosis and procedures and to abstract medical information.
Must have a professional presentation and be a team player that thrives in an upscale service environment and can work autonomously.
Ability to investigate, and obtain a resolution of problems with accounts.
Verify insurance coverage, eligibility, benefits, obtain authorizations and pre-certs as determined by the individual insurance companies as needed.
Review and analyze payments received and collect outstanding A/R
All team members are crossed trained and required to help other team members (Including but not limited to confirming patients appointments, scheduling, check-out patients, collect payments, answering phones and rescheduling appointments).
EMR experience preferred.
Responsibilities:
Responsible for pre-determination letters, pre-certification, prior-authorization, referrals, coding, billing, submitting electronic bills to insurance companies, following up on billing status and collections, contacting insurance carriers and patients for payment and appealing any necessary claims.
Report missing or incomplete documentation and work with health care professionals to correct inaccuracies.
Submit credentialing for all physicians.
Serves as a resource regarding coding and collection questions for surgeries and visits.
Administrative tasks such as accounts receivable, daily deposits, managing refund requests, running credit balance reports and accuracy of daily/weekly/monthly reports.
Meet daily coding production goals and lag day goals.
Ensures all codes are current and active and helps disseminate to appropriate personnel.
Weekly (or as needed) meeting with physicians about any deficiencies in their billing/coding components of their notes.We are looking forward to hearing from you.
We look forward to your application.
