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Reid Health

Insurance Billing Follow-up Specialist

North ComplexPosted Today
Full-timeonsite

Job Description

Insurance Billing Follow-up Specialist

 

7650 Revenue Cycle Management

Schedule: Day Shift.  40 hours weekly.  8:00am – 5:00pm. Onsite

About the Position

This position performs day-to-day billing and follow-up activities within the revenue cycle operations. Responsible for ensuring assigned insurance balance does not age past filing deadlines based on payor’s specific requirements.

Overview of Responsibilities

  • Verifies insurance coverage by investigation or interview.

  • Follows up on accounts with insurance payers in a timely manner to avoid timely filing losses.

  • Adds account notes in Epic as appropriate and per department expectations.

  • Works an acceptable number of accounts based on department productivity standards.

  • Utilizes telephone contacts, faxes, Internet, or other methods to follow up with payers.

  • Reviews insurance credit balances and refunds payer when appropriate.

  • Engages management when a claim is approaching the timely filing limit and is unsure how to get it paid or if the insurance/other responsible party is unresponsive.

  • Requests and completes re-bills as necessary.

  • Notifies management when payers are unresponsive.

  • Responds to requests for information from patients or payers about claims or coverage.

  • Actively participates in payer representative meetings to resolve issues.

  • Follows compliance with laws, regulations, and guidelines of federal and state programs, emphasizing fraud, waste, and abuse prevention.

  • Completes other duties and projects as assigned to support department goals.

  • Actively participates in area and department meetings.

  • Attends other meetings as requested.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and can be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities that management deems necessary.

Education & Experience

  • Education Required: High School Diploma

  • 2-3 years of experience in medical billing or insurance.

  • Knowledge of government medical programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, Champus, etc., and the associated payment methodologies is preferred.