Program Associate II – Medical Billing FT/PT

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Edina, MN 55439, USA

Volunteers of America Minnesota and Wisconsin

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Full-Time

Overview: <p><strong>Full-Time and Part-Time positions available!</strong></p> <p><strong>Primary Duty:</strong></p> <p>The responsibilities of this position are working within the Electronic Health Record system to submit claims to payer sources, send statements to clients and to reconcile/resolve patient accounts.&nbsp; Staff will consistently exhibit behavior and communication skills that demonstrate commitment to excellent customer service, including quality, integrity, passion, and commitment with every internal and external customer.&nbsp; Experience with Credible software preferred.</p>
Responsibilities: <p>Self pay collections:</p> <ul> <li>Sorting and mailing client balance statements</li> <li>Processing patient payments and refunds.</li> <li>Answering patients&rsquo; questions regarding unsettled bills, reimbursements, and billing discrepancies.</li> <li>Contacting patients through email, written correspondence, or telephone to inform them of overdue balances.</li> <li>Creating suitable payment plans for patients based on their monthly income and financial obligations.</li> <li>Forwarding of delinquent accounts to supervisor for possible referral to collection agency.</li> </ul> <p>Billing:</p> <ul> <li>Verifying patients&rsquo; insurance coverage/eligibility</li> <li>Interpreting patients&rsquo; insurance benefits to check for coverage/noncoverage of services, deductibles, copays, coinsurance and individual and family out of pocket maximums</li> <li>Generating, reviewing, updating and submitting batches of claims in billing software to claims clearinghouse</li> <li>Reviewing billing information including CPT coding, ICD10 diagnosis coding, modifier appendage, authorizations required</li> <li>Handling billing rejection notices from clearinghouse and making appropriate corrections</li> <li>Reviewing and appealing denied, unpaid or short paid claims</li> <li>Maintain accounts receivable aging reports with comments on follow up steps taken/necessary</li> <li>Completing write off forms for uncollectable charges</li> <li>Requesting information/clarification from clinical staff when necessary</li> <li>Maintenance of logins for numerous insurance websites for accounts receivable follow up activities</li> <li>Posting payments in billing system to client accounts including handling payment retractions</li> <li>Saving attachments to clients&rsquo; accounts</li> <li>Adding prior authorization data to client accounts</li> <li>Downloading explanations of benefits/remittance advice from payer websites</li> <li>Actively participate in and positively contribute to aging meetings with other staff.</li> </ul>
Requirements: <strong>Education</strong><br /><strong>Required</strong><br /> <ul> <li>High School or better.</li> </ul> <br /><strong>Experience</strong><br /><strong>Required</strong><br /> <ul> <li>2 years: Mental Health billing</li> </ul>