Director, Patient Accounting
Norfolk, MA - USA
Job Summary
City/State
Norfolk VAWork Shift
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Overview
The Director of Patient Accounting is responsible for planning policy and implementation of all functions relating to the financial goals of Patient Accounting and Collections including insurance billing insurance follow-up patient collection customer service managed care underpayment recoveries correspondence scanning of documents management of credit balances administration of the Sentara charity and indigent assistance program AR reporting and cash posting. This responsibility includes all corporate compliance relating to billing and collection services. The Director of Patient Accounting is responsible for third party relationships affecting Patient Accounting including free clinics managed care contracting and managed care payer relationships. This responsibility also includes screening selecting managing and reporting results of third-party vendors that are participating in any revenue cycle activities. The Director is responsible for the design development and implementation of process improvement systems operation enhancement tools and control reports for all revenue cycle departments as well as the control and management of department budgets..
Education
- Bachelors Degree (preferred)
Certification/Licensure
- n/a
Experience
- Accounts Receivable experience (10 years).
- Coding experience (10 years).
- Collection Management (10 years).
- Managed Care Contracting (10 years).
- Patient Account Manager (10 years).
Legal Resources Plan
Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus ifestablished system and employee eligibility criteria is met.
Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30000-member workforce. Diversity inclusion and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.
In support of our mission to improve health every day this is a tobacco-free environment.
For positions that are available as remote work Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:
Alabama Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Indiana Kansas Louisiana Maine Maryland Minnesota Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
About Company
Sentara Health, is an integrated, not-for-profit health care delivery system in Virginia and North Carolina. Sentara improves health everyday.