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Patient Account Collections and Billing Associate

Senior Scripts
Chesterfield, MO Full Time
POSTED ON 2/9/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/8/2025

Senior Scripts is a long term care pharmacy providing medications and clinical services to residents in assisted living and long term care facilities. We are currently hiring a full time collections and billing specialist.

Job Description

We are looking for a Full-Time Collection Specialist and Pharmacy Intake and Adjudicator in our Billing Department. The main focus of the postion is collections with a backup to our billing department for intake and adjudicating.

Work schedule is Monday thru Friday and a rotating Saturday every fifth week.

Duties and Responsibilities includes the following, other duties may be assigned.

  • This position will review all patient accounts for past due accounts and make phone calls to collect by working directly with residents, families and facilities to obtain payments.
  • Research past due accounts for proper billing and insurance coverage.
  • Work with our attorney for severely delinquent accounts to collect.
  • New patient intake - enter new patient information, including demographic and insurance information into pharmacy dispensing system.
  • Reviews billing statements of facility, private pay, and hospice accounts for accuracy of charges from all special dispensing situations and requirements as specified in current policies and procedures.
  • Work with designated contact at facility to ensure correctness of information.
  • Follows all applicable government regulations including HIPAA.
  • Work rejected, not covered, prior authorizations and refills too soon claims for all facilities supported by the pharmacy.
  • Makes phone calls to insurance plans.
  • Communicates via phone, e-mail, or fax to facility of reason for not sending medication.
  • Works with facility staff to gather pertinent information needed to secure overrides or prior authorizations.
  • Answers incoming customer phone calls in regard to invoices, insurance questions and payments.

Qualifications

  • Experience in collections
  • Must have excellent communication skills
  • Knowledge or experience in pharmacy billing or medical billing
  • Proficient in Microsoft Excel
  • Experience with medical billing software i.e. Frameworks, is helpful
  • Be dependable, reliable, a team player with a professional and positive attitude

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $16.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

  • 401(k)
  • Disability insurance
  • Flexible spending account
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off

Work Location: In person

Salary : $16

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