What are the responsibilities and job description for the Billing Clerk position at Seiling Municipal Hospital?
Job Details
Job Location: Seiling Municipal Hospital - Seiling, OK
Salary Range: Undisclosed
Job Category: Health Care
Description
Responsible for all patient billing, processing payments, minimizing bad debt and improving cash flow in a timely manner. Reports directly to the COO and manages the overall health of the companys receivables.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each key function satisfactorily.
- Each category will be assessed on performance measurements of appropriateness, efficiency, effectiveness, and timeliness.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the key functions.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Seek out external resources through conferences, workshops, etc. as necessary.
- Share professional knowledge with hospital staff, board members, and administrator.
- Comply with HIPAA regulatory requirements.
- Adhere to the hospitals philosophy, mission, and policies and procedures.
- Support the hospitals goals and objectives, especially those relating to Quality Assurance / Performance/Improvement (QAPI)
Interpersonal Skills:
- Demonstrates active listening techniques.
- Gains support through effective relationships.
- Treats others with dignity and respect; seeks feedback.
- Demonstrates honesty and integrity at all times in care and use of patient and hospital property.
- Demonstrates and understands the importance of and respect for the rights, dignity and individuality of each patient in all interactions.
- Demonstrates respect for co-workers and responds to the needs of patients by complying with hospital policies. v
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- Must have a thorough general knowledge and understanding of billing clerk functions.
- Must also possess general knowledge of federal and state laws pertaining to billing.
- Must have ability to work effectively with all levels of management and employees.
- Must be a self-starter with good people and communication skills. Attention to detail is essential.
- Must maintain confidentiality of all personnel matters.
- Previous experience with billing.
Education and/or Experience:
- High school graduate or equivalent required.
- Preferred 1-year exposure in a healthcare environment.
Licensure/Certification:
- BLS Certification
- Language Skills
- English is the primary language of the Hospital.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures or governmental regulations.
- Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and policy/procedure manuals.
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of board members, managers, physicians, clients, customers, employees, and the public.
Mathematical Skills:
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.
- Ability to compute ratio, percent, rate, as well as the ability to create and interpret graphs.
Reasoning Ability:
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instruction furnished in written, oral, and/or diagram form.
- Ability to define and solve problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in statistical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
