Cash Posting Physician Billing Manager

Cash Posting Physician Billing Manager needed to work at a Medical Management Firm in the Farmingdale/Melville area. This position is onsite Monday – Friday. Ideal candidates will have three (3) years of managerial experience, Bachelor's Degree and a vast understanding of Medical Billing and Coding requirements, cash postings, credit analysis and underpayments.

 Responsibilities:

• Ensures insurance follow up is performed accurately and timely, maximizing utilization of insurance websites.
• Ensures accuracy of adjustments and balances.
• Oversees, reviews and analyzes productivity statistics and reviews with director, reporting any issues and recommends new approaches for enhancing employees’ productivity
• Assist Supervisors to reach department performance levels.
• Analyze and evaluate policies and procedures followed by department and proposed new policies/procedures and/or revisions to existing policies and procedures to ensure maximum operational efficiency.
• Conduct on the job training as needed.
• Ensure appropriate disciplinary action is taken in the event an employee does not follow policy and/or procedures.
• Determine staffing needs to adequately cover department activity and assigned responsibilities.
• Responsible for timekeeping and payroll duties such as, attendance, approving payroll and scheduling employees time off requests.
• Recruit, interview and select new employees.
• Assists internal and external customers regarding questions on third party billing.
• Handles patient complaints to conclusion.
• Implementation of quality control measures. (HIPPA and new laws of medical field).
• Monitors information related to operations.

Education and Experience:

• A bachelor's degree
• Minimum 3 year experience, in a healthcare setting.
• Three (3) years supervisory experience.
• Any appropriate combination of education and experience.

Cash Posting

• Knowledge of Cash Applications
• Knowledge of implementing rules in the system
• Proficient knowledge of Excel: including multiple spreadsheets, pivot tables, V lookup, etc.
• Experience with EPIC
• Experience with Multiple Lockboxes

Credit Analyst

• Medical insurance background
• Experience in processing Medical refunds
• Knowledge of corrected claims, cancel claims

Underpayments

• Understanding contracts
• Competent in math calculations
• Competent is use of Excel

Skills:

• Knowledge of HIPPA regulations and maintains current industry knowledge.
• Full knowledge of medical terminology, ICD and CPT coding.
• Knowledge of New York State Third Party Regulations.
• Credit and Collection Practices.
• Good organizational and communication skills.
• Computer literacy.
• Displays courtesy, tact and diplomacy when dealing with employees, patients, physicians and outside institutions. 
• Dependability – the individual is consistently at work and on time, follows instructions, responds to management directions.

Licenses/Certifications Preferred

• Certified Professional Coder (CPC) or
• Certified Coding Specialists (CCS) or
• Certified Coding Specialists Physicians (CCSP)