Medical Biller/Coder

Louisiana Pain Care, LLC is Urgently Hiring for a Medical Biller/Coder/Collections team member to our Monroe, LA location. Our board-certified, fellowship trained pain management physicians have been serving patients in Northeast Louisiana since 1994. We provide our patients with comprehensive pain management treatments and are dedicated to improving their lives to help relieve pain, control medication intake, and get them back to doing the things they love to do!

Duties and Responsibilities:

• The Billing Coordinator/Coder/Collections position is responsible for entering medical service charges using ICD-10 codes, office/outpatient surgery charges, and collections on all accounts in an expeditious manner
• Accurately assign and sequence ICD-10 and CPT codes for multiple providers in a clinical setting
• Assure coding is compliant and up-to-date
• Handles patient inquiries, answers questions from staff and insurance companies
• Insurance verification
• Identifies and resolves patient billing issues
• Appeal claims and insurance follow-up management
• Issues adjusted, corrected, and/or re-billed claims to third party payers
• Post adjustments, payments, transfer of responsibility and refunds as necessary
• Reviews accounts and makes recommendations regarding non collectible accounts
• Maintains strictest confidentiality; adheres to all HIPAA guidelines/regulations
• Works with all insurance companies including Blue Cross/Blue Shield, United Healthcare, Vantage, VA, Medicare, Liability and Tricare
• Should have knowledge of ICD-10, CPT codes, Accounts Receivable, Account Reconciliation, Workers Compensation, Financial Reporting, Insurance and Liability Claims
• Work with reception staff, ensure appropriate collection regarding co-pays, deductibles, co-insurance and self pay fees

Qualifications and Skills:

• 3 - 5 Years Billing/Coder Experience in a Physician's Office Environment (Required)
• 3 - 5 Years Collections Experience (Required)
• Understand insurance allowable and how to calculate deductibles and co-insurance amounts is a MUST
• Be responsible, highly organized, and have a good eye for details
• Ability to quickly learn NextGen software
• Maintain effective working relationships with patients, employees, and the public
• Reliability and being punctual is a Must

Expertise:

• Collections (Expert)
• Scheduling (Expert)
• Data Entry (Highly Proficient)
• Entering data quickly and accurately (Highly Proficient)

Education:

• High School or GED (Required)
• Certified Professional Coder (CPC)-Accredited by the American Academy of Professional Coders (Preferred)

**Must be willing to submit to a Background Check and Drug Testing.

DISCLAIMER:

This job description is a summary of the primary duties and responsibilities of the job and position. It is not intended to be a comprehensive or all-inclusive listing of duties and responsibilities. Contents are subject to change at management’s discretion.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: One location