What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Counselor position at UHS?
Financial Counselor Opportunity - Behavioral Health
Fuller Hospital is a 109-bed licensed, private psychiatric facility located in South Attleboro, Massachusetts providing inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services to residents of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Inpatient units are designed to treat adults with general psychiatric or intellectual disabilities, as well as adolescents with general psychiatric issues. Patients with co-occurring psychiatric and substance abuse disorders can be treated on most units. Fuller Hospital also provides a less intensive Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) to patients with psychiatric and co-occurring psychiatric and substance abuse disorders.
The Financial Counselor is responsible for interviewing and counseling patients about all aspects of the patient accounting process around their treatment at Fuller Hospital.
Responsibilities
- Verifies patient insurance coverage with third-party payers via website or telephone daily on all current patients, as well as new admissions
- Researches alternative insurance or payment options while navigating and updating various patient accounting systems
- Assembles admission and insurance records for new admissions and submits them in the system
- Calculates and collects patient’s co-insurance, co-pay and deductibles based on verified policy provisions
- Assists patients with completing Medicaid applications and follows up on submissions
- Assists patients with questions about their bills
- Assists medical staff with insurance questions
- Reviews self-pay accounts and calls on unpaid balances to collect
- Sets up payment plans
- Prepares non-collectible accounts for bad debt
- Trains new admissions staff on initial insurance verification
Benefit Highlights
- Student Loan Repayment - $200 per month
- Challenging and rewarding work environment
- Competitive Compensation
- Generous Paid Time Off - 26 Days per year roll over
- Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plan
- 401(K) with generous company match and discounted stock plan
- Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300 Subsidiaries
- Tuition Reimbursement - $5,000 per year
About Universal Health Services
One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues were over $11 billion in 2020. In 2021, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of U.S.’ Largest Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has over 89,000 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. www.uhsinc.com
Qualifications
Requirements
- Education: High School Diploma or GED required
- Experience: Two (2) years of behavioral health billing/collections experience preferred
EEO Statement
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We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.
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