University Health KC

Associate Director of Patient Accounting

University Health KC  •  United States (Onsite)  •  2 months ago
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Associate Director of Patient Accounting101 Truman Medical Center

Job Location

Truman Support CenterKansas City, Missouri

Department

Patient Accounts

Position Type

Full time

Work Schedule

8:00AM - 4:30PM

Hours Per Week

40

The Associate Director of Patient Accounting is responsible for managing the daily operations which includes oversight of patient billing, follow up, payment processing/posting, pre-authorization, denials management, underpayment recoveries, call center and collections/bad debt management. This role will develop best practices and ensure departments standards are being met and develops policies and procedures to improve services and operations. Coordinates patient accounting hospital procedures with activities of all revenue departments. Works with Information Technology to enhance and implement new automated processes within the patient accounting system. Monitors, trains and evaluates the performance of staff members.

Minimum Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in business management or hospital administration or the equivalent through a combination of education and work experience.
  • Five years of experience in a hospital, including at least three years supervision above the first supervisory level.
  • Awareness of trends in utilization review and governmental third party payer reimbursement policies, standards and procedures.
  • Knowledge of standard problem solving, management information systems and governmental and third party payer billing information requirements. Written and verbal communication skills to maintain effective working relationships with patients and the hospital staff.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with individuals of all age groups.
  • Knowledge and ability to create Excel and Word documents, as well as skills in using such documents to analyze patient accounting data and to manage projects.

Preferred Qualifications

  • History working with Cerner clinical and financial systems.
  • History working in a safety-net organization.
University Health KC

About University Health KC

University Health (UH) has all the things you expect from a great health system. With two acute care academic hospital locations, the largest, most comprehensive behavioral health program in the area, a long-term care facility and multiple primary care practices, UH provides the highest quality care – from routine screenings to the most complicated cases. We are the primary teaching hospital for the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, so our doctors are academic specialists who teach tomorrow’s doctors the very latest updates.

University Health Truman Medical Center, our downtown campus, is one of the busiest Level One Trauma Center in the city. Providers offer the full range of services with specialties in chronic disease management, high risk pregnancy and sleep disorders along with the state-of-the art Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Center.

University Health 1, located at 2101 Charlotte Street is an outpatient care and day-surgery center, with sixteen clinics including Sabates Eye Center, Plastic Surgery, Hernia repair and Medical Imaging with Siemens 3D Mammography.

At University Health 2, 2211 Charlotte St, providers offer Primary and Women's Care.

In eastern Jackson County, University Health Lakewood Medical Center sits on 300 acres of beautiful wooded grounds. We are a community hospital providing the continuum of care— from emergency medicine to a nationally-certified orthopaedic joint replacement program — as well as The Family Birthplace, We have several family medical care centers and a radiology center, Medical Imaging Eastland, that provides the latest in technology and specialized breast cancer care.

Mission

University Health is an academic health center providing accessible, state-of-the-art quality healthcare to our community regardless of the ability to pay.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Kansas City, MO
Year Founded
1962
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