Medical Billing & Coding Director

The Neurosurgical & Spine Institute of Savannah is seeking an experienced Medical Billing & Coding Director to join our healthcare team!

Benefits

Our practice prides itself on offering a competitive package for team members with a focus on wellness, retirement, and performance. Benefits available to our team members include:

• 100% employer paid medical, prescription, and life insurance coverage for team members
• Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) program paid holidays
• 401(k) Plan with a 50% match on up to 6% as well as profit sharing
• Quarterly performance bonus
• Education and certification assistance
• No cost for a variety of on-campus services for team members including consults, select labs, and imaging exams
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans, and more

Medical Billing & Coding Director Responsibilities:

• Represents NIOS in a manner that ensures a positive service image and tone for the organization
• Responsible for all hiring, onboarding, and managing billing & collections team including interviews; new hire and ongoing training; planning, assigning and directing work; assessing performance; and recognizing/rewarding excellence
• Assists in the design and implementation of policies, procedures and workflow improvements related to billing & collections processes
• Establishes productivity standards for each business office position and develops a tracking and reporting system for the purpose of evaluating both individual and overall business office performance
• Develops and monitors key performance indicators including payer mix, days in A/R, collection rates, adjustments, bad debt write off, estimated collections, appeal success rates, and other requested parameters
• Maintains extensive knowledge of revenue cycle and regulatory requirements associated with governmental, managed care, and commercial payers
• Serves as the subject-matter expert on regulatory, compliance, and legal requirements associated with medical billing and CMS
• Develops and maintains internal controls to target revenue recovery throughout the organization by identifying charge capture, coding, and reimbursement problems, then recommending/implanting solutions
• Monitors aged accounts and verifies appropriate collections procedures are being followed
• Provides leadership, communication, and motivation, while supervising the day-to-day functions
• Ensures appropriate communication is maintained with leadership, physician owners, clinic staff, third party payers and patients
• Supports other areas of the Institute as requested by immediate supervisor

Skills/Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Healthcare Administration, Business, Accounting, Finance or related field
• Ten (10) years of healthcare billing & collections
• Three (3) years of management-level experience
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements related to patient accounting, including a solid understanding of Medicare, Medicaid and managed care processes
• Able to work and communicate effectively with a diverse group of people including other department managers, staff, physicians, patients, and the executive leadership

About Us

Established in 1977, The Neurosurgical & Spine Institute of Savannah is one of the largest private neurosurgical practices on the east coast. With office locations in Savannah, Pooler, Bluffton (SC), Jesup and Statesboro, The Neurological & Spine Institute plays a major role in bringing the latest, technologically advanced, neurosurgical therapies to adults and children across eastern Georgia & South Carolina's Lowcountry.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $65,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Salary : $65,000