Revenue Cycle Liaison

Under the direct supervision of the Sr. Manager Billing/Revenue Cycle with fiscal oversight from the Finance and Accounting department the Revenue Cycle Liaison is responsible for the full cycle of processing and maintenance of all third party and selfpay billing generated by Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center (TVHC). The position is integral to the centralized billing team responsible for Medicare MediCal Private Insurance Managed Care and other thirdparty billing and collections for all TVHC providers and facilities. The Revenue Cycle Liaison also provides analytical support to establish and achieve revenue cycle goals and objectives. Using industry guidelines and best practice standards the Revenue Cycle Liaison supports optimization of department performance in a variety of areas including but not limited to and claims submission and adjudication and followup on outstanding receivables and denials. Using standard and ad hoc reporting the Revenue Cycle Liaison identifies opportunities for improvement and procedural enhancement. As a collaborative position the Revenue Cycle Liaison must work together with physicians medical assistance front desk staff and Finance and IT staff (and staff from other departments) to ensure the timeliness and accuracy of billing.

This is a fulltime benefited position working 40 hours per week typically Monday through Friday with periodic Saturday hours. We offer excellent benefits including: medical dental vision (including dependent and domestic partner coverage) generous paid leave benefits including holidays Flexible Spending Accounts retirement plan with an Employer match tuition reimbursement monthly treats pet insurance and more.

Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center is a nonprofit community health center that is dedicated to promoting the health and wellbeing of our community by providing accessible high quality care by integrating primary care dental care WIC support mental health counseling community health education and more.

Compensation: $23.00 $27.88 per hour depending on experience.

TVHC offers compensation ranges that are determined by a thorough marketbased analysis and are fully disclosed in accordance with California law. The pay for a selected candidate is determined by a variety of factors to ensure fair and equitable compensation. These factors include the candidates experience education skills training licensure certificationsand the specific scope of the role. We are committed to providing a competitive compensation package that extends beyond base salary designed to support the health wealth and career development of our employees.

Responsibilities:

• Establishes maintains and updates patient accounts in accordance with TVHC policies and procedures.
• Works interdependently with the Finance and Accounting department to maximize patient billing under all forms of acceptable insurance reimbursement and selfpay.
• Responsible for the timely follow up on denied Remittance Advice/Explanation of Benefits (RA/EOB) for all insurance claims.
• Develop wellsupported patient specific appeal arguments to submit to payers where an appeal is warranted (e.g. medical necessity prior authorization).
• Communicates regularly with the management staff as appropriate to ensure the smooth and efficient workflow and processes throughout the Health Centers.
• Maintains current knowledge of billing practices procedure codes and patient insurances. Enlists the assistance of the Chief Financial Officer and/or her/his designee in questions of compliance red flag activity proper handling of cash receivables and other matters involving fiscal responsibility in patient accounts.
• Monitors workflow for multiple sites to accomplish timely billing cycles submitting all records on a monthly schedule without fail and without compromise to accuracy.
• Observes highest degree of confidentiality protocols to prevent compromise of patient records.
• Provides superior customer service to all patients and takes a solutionsoriented approach to all complaints related to patient billing issues.
• Ensures patient records integrity including daily computer data backup.
• Demonstrates ability to meet or exceed Service Excellence Standards of TVHC Inc.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and expectations required of the position.

• Bilingual in English and Spanish required.
• Two years medical practice billing experience; medical practice frontend experience and understanding preferred.
• Must have excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Must have advanced analytical skills including data analysis and procedure review.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications particularly Excel Word and PowerPoint.
• Report production and presentation skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Highly developed customer service skills.
• Ability to relate well to physicians other front office administrators staff and billing management.
• Experience with EPIC Electronic Billing and EHR in an FQHC environment preferred

Education and Experience

• High school graduate or equivalent required
• Associates degree in accounting or related field highly preferred.
• Coding and billing courses completed required
• Experience with EPM/EMR software systems preferably EPIC
• 1 Years Accounts Receivable experience including Billing Reconciliations and Collections.
• Intermediate level MS Excel TenKey by touch must be detail oriented decipher contract language and compute billing adjustments manually.

This is a fulltime benefited position working 40 hours per week typically Monday through Friday with periodic Saturday hours. We offer excellent benefits including: medical dental vision (including dependent and domestic partner coverage) generous paid leave benefits including holidays Flexible Spending Accounts retirement plan with an Employer match tuition reimbursement monthly treats pet insurance and more.