What are the responsibilities and job description for the Payment Poster FT position at USPI?
Endoscopy Center of Bergen County has an immediate need for a full time Payment Poster to join the team! At Endoscopy Center of Bergen County (also known as Paramus Endoscopy, LLC) we believe health and care are inseparable. We focus on offering a high quality, service oriented environment for your surgical procedure. Our facility is accredited by Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.
Job Summary: Post all incoming payments into the system and reconcile each day and month to ensure correctness.
Job Responsibilities -
- Process payments for the surgery center in Patient Accounting System (PAS).
- Knows and adheres to policies of the Center and demonstrates fiscal responsibility.
- Follows standards, policies, procedures, goals, and objectives for business office according to accepted standards.
- Demonstrates ability to understand the unique needs of each age group of the patient population.
- Seeks involvement in activities that promote professional growth and behavior.
- Remains calm and functions as a team member during times of stress and crisis situations.
- Informs Manager of applicable day-to-day situations.
- Follows employee health and other personnel and staffing policies.
- Pulls payment information from Surgery Center bank account for Electronic Funds Transfers (EFTs) to post to PAS.
- Prepares batches daily.
- Posts all daily payments including, over the counter money, mail, credit card payments, and EFTs to PAS and verifies the system batch totals equal combined documents.
- Balance and Close all batches daily.
- Works rejections in Zirmed daily.
- Follow-up on current aging denials and payer issues to assist collector.
- Notifies supervisor of trends with insurance coverage, incorrect contract information, or any insurance and/or coding updates.
- Maintains working relationship with billing coordinator, collection specialist, and scheduler to ensure charges are correct at time of billing and to limit scheduling errors.
- Provide relief to Admitting, Office Assistant, Insurance Verifier and Scheduling, and month end processing as required.
Who We Are
At USPI, we create relationships that create better care. We partner with physicians and health care systems to provide first class ambulatory solutions throughout the United States. We are committed to providing surgical services in the most efficient and clinically excellent manner.
USPI is committed to, and proud of our inclusive culture. An inclusive culture, in our view, is respectful of differences and nurtures and supports the contributions of each individual, while also embracing and leveraging diversity. A diverse workforce, combined with an inclusive culture, makes USPI stronger and better able to meet the needs of our diverse patient and physician population.
For more information about USPI, check out our website
Required Skills:
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- 1-3 years of collections experience, with emphasis on healthcare insurance collections of all types. Ambulatory surgical setting is preferred.
- Medical terminology.
- Prefer previous experience working with Advantx (Patient Accounting System).
- Ability to work independently.
- Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills.
- Skilled in time management and prioritization of emergent situations.
- Good customer service skills, always demonstrates professionalism.
- Comfortable utilizing critical thinking skills.
- Typing 45-60 WPM.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office products.
- Experience with electronic patient information systems.
- Prefer previous experience with Electronic Health Record system
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