Medical Billing Clerk
Medical Billing Clerk
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Company: Anesthesia Associates of Topeka
Job Title: Medical Billing Clerk
FLSA Status: NonExempt Fulltime OnSite
Work hours: MondayFriday 8:00am5:00pm
Reports to: Office Manager
Location: Topeka KS
Pay Range: Starting at $18.50/hr based on experience
Description of work: (Job Purpose)
- Revenue generating position
- Input patient demographic insurance and medical data to generate charges
- Send claims to insurances and/or billing statements to patients
- Post payments from patients and insurance companies and ensure reimbursement is correct.
- Collect on delinquent accounts
- Miscellaneous administrative tasks as needed
Primary Responsibilities: (Description of essential duties)
Responsible for:
- Verifying and entering: patient demographic information correct CPT/ICD10 codes to be billed and current insurance information for each charge.
- Processing and submitting claims to various insurance companies
- Verifying accuracy of payments; posting payments and following up on any discrepancies denials and/or appeals.
- Being familiar with and staying up to date with insurancespecific policies and procedures (i.e. claim filing timely filing etc).
- Other accounts receivable duties as may be assigned.
Jointly Responsible for:
- Morning Work (boot up computers run error reports reconcile active balance sheet) and confirm successful submittals of prior day electronic claims.
- Retrieve daily mail post personal payments and resolve any discrepancies.
- Calculate and prepare daily deposits
- Reconcile daily payment worksheet.
- Balance payment worksheets.
- Answer phones; Resolve patient issues requested via phone (customer service requirement).
- Daily entry of all patient demographic insurance and medical information (CPT codes ICD10 diagnosis codes anesthesia time and provider) after verifying and confirming information is accurate (per hospital records).
- Verify and post Insurance payments; complete any required follow up: i.e. appeal process following up with insurance company and/or submitting corrected claims.
- Resolve delinquent accounts in collection queue.
- Reconcile credit account balances.
Minimum Qualifications: (Qualification requirements)
Education
- High school graduate.
Experience
- Medical billing experience strongly preferred; customer service background
Knowledge/Ability/Skill requirements: (Physical demands) (Work environment)
- Medical terminology
- Attention to detail
- Able to work with other physician offices and insurance companies
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word Excel Outlook extensive website utilization
- Ability to operate basic office machinery
- SelfMotivated
- Able to work unsupervised
- Problem solving skills
- Decision making abilities
- Organized
- Ability to understand and abide by confidentiality requirements (HIPAA)
- Professional demeanor
- Time management skills
- Flexibility
- Adaptability
- Ability to followup/follow through
- Able to sit for long periods of time
Additional Duties:
Additional duties and responsibilities may be added to this job description at any time. The job description does not state or imply that these are the only activities to be performed by the employee holding this position. Employees are required to follow any other jobrelated instructions and to perform any other jobrelated responsibilities as requested by their supervisor.
Employment Type
Hourly
