Job Description
FLSA Non-Exempt
Pay Type Hourly
Salary Grade 1
Reports To: Billing and Accounts Receivable Supervisor
The Billing Assistant will assist the team in billing claims, posting payments, and follow up of denials/aged claims for a diverse collection of services and programs within the agency.
Pay Range: $16.00 - $19.50/hour depending on experience
Essential Job Duties:
• Review, scrub, and submit claims in a timely fashion
• Address claim rejections, denials, and non-payments of claims with various payor representatives.
• Posting payments
• Run monthly aging and credit reports and follow-up on outstanding items to ensure proper resolution
• Generate and send patient/customer statements
• Identify and communicate trends and patterns in billing, adjustments, and payments
• Any other duty as assigned by your supervisor
Skills:
• Proficiency in billing claims and using billing software
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 (Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams)
• Strong, oral, written, and communication skills. Ability to work effectively with payors and their representatives
• Problem solving
• Confidentiality
Minimum Education Required:
High School Diploma, Associates Degree preferred
Minimum Experience Required:
No experience required
License/Registration/ Certifications Required:
Certified Professional Coder (CPC) preferred
Training Requirements:
• New Hire Orientation
Physical Requirements:
The overall nature of the position is sedentary requiring little physical effort with occasional light physical exertion required. There is little, if any, exposure to environmental conditions.
• The constant physical demand of the position is sitting.
• The frequent physical demands of the position are standing, walking, climbing, talking, hearing, repetitive motions, and eye/hand/foot coordination.
• The occasional physical demands of the position are lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, balancing, stooping, crouching, reaching, handling, grasping, and feeling.
