Billing Specialist

Description

This position will be required to work in-office.

Position Summary:

Billing Specialists' responsibilities include but are not limited to tasks that require the ability to collect data from our facility’s EMR (i.e., KIPU/Alleva), such as patient name, DOB, and member ID #. In addition, the best candidate for this position will be experienced in behavioral health claims billing and behavioral health remittance and payments. A Billing Specialist oversees the company's process for gathering charge information provided by the facility on the census and submit to the payers in the form of a UB-04 (institutional claim) or a CMS-1500 (professional claim) via the clearinghouse & web vendor CollaborateMD (CollabMD). 

Essential Duties:

• Efficient with Outlook / Microsoft Office Suite
• Ability to utilize the billing software CollaborateMD to post & notate all request received on remittance
• Ability to navigate payment portals to pull necessary remittance notices

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School diploma or equivalent – some work history may be able to be substituted if necessary
• Proven interpersonal skills with the ability to interface effectively both internally and externally with a wide range of people including insurance companies, office staff, facility operators and other staff as needed

Key Competencies:

• Proven reliability when adapting to new experiences
• Required ability to follow standard operating procedures for role
• Solid understanding of insurance policies, claims or payment remittance from payers, if no current understanding is available at the time of hire the ability to catch on in a timely fashion is expected 
• Must have the ability to multitask and manage time effectively without consistent oversight
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 
• Ability to remain organizationally effective and delegate / complete tasks in a first in first out manner

Benefits Include:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401k Match
• Paid-Time Off
• Sick Time
• Holiday Pay