Surgery Partners, Inc

Patient Account Rep - Remote

Surgery Partners, Inc  •  Nashville, TN (Remote)  •  1 month ago
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Job Description

Location: Remote

GENERAL SUMMARY OF DUTIES

  • Identify delinquent accounts, aging periods, and payment sources.
  • Perform collection actions, including contacting patients via telephone and resubmitting claims
    to appropriate payers.
  • Evaluate patient financial status and establish payment plans as needed.
  • Predictable and reliable attendance is an essential function of this position.
  • Maintain current knowledge of third-party payer regulations and requirements.
  • Communicate changes in regulations or processes to management and team members.
  • Ensure accurate and organized documentation of account activity.
  • Meet assigned cash collection and productivity goals.

EDUCATION
High school diploma or equivalent.


EXPERIENCE
Minimum of 2 years of experience in medical billing and collections or comparable education in a related field.


KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES
Bilingual skills are a plus.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Professional, courteous, and solution-oriented approach to patient interactions.

Competencies
Agility
Resourcefulness: Adapts quickly to changing circumstances; cleverly navigates obstacles and constraints.
Manages Uncertainty: Comfortable when things are in flux; readily shifts approach or behavior to fit changing
circumstances.

Bias to Action
Action Oriented: Propensity to act or decide and move forward with a logical approach; can decide and act
without having the total picture.
Delivering Results: Strives for high levels of achievement; maintains a clear and steady focus on meeting goals,
despite obstacles; is resilient when encountering setbacks.

Customer Focus
Identifying with Customers: Understanding who the external and internal customers are and what they value.
Managing Complexity
Essence: Extracts the core meaning out of complex situations; can separate the important from the noise when
problem solving; hunts for the root cause of successes and failures.

Manages Conflict
Can hammer out tough agreements and settle disputes equitably. Stays positive, constructive, and respectful,
even in disagreements or conflicts

Benefits:

  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Health Savings Account with an employer contribution
  • Life Insurance
  • PTO
  • 401(k) retirement plan with a company match
  • And more!

ENVIRONMENTAL/WORKING CONDITIONS Normal busy office environment with much telephone work. Possible long hours as needed. The description is intended to provide only basic guidelines for meeting job requirements. Responsibilities, knowledge, skills, abilities and working conditions may change as needs evolve.

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Surgery Partners, Inc

About Surgery Partners, Inc

Surgery Partners is a leading operator of surgical facilities and ancillary services with more than 180 locations nationwide. We provide exceptional integrated healthcare experiences between our providers and patients.

Our diverse company operates multiple types of healthcare services dedicated to improving the quality of care in a convenient and cost-effective manner.

Our integrated approach to advancing markets allows for flexibility to provide care on an individualized, local market basis. Whether entering into a new market with surgical facilities, ancillary services or joint ventures with health systems, or furthering an existing market’s growth potential by focusing on base business, in-market development and new service lines, our experience has shown us that no two markets are alike. We see value in individuality.

At Surgery Partners, our mission is to enhance patient quality of life through partnership. Surgery Partners is an organization deeply committed to providing quality, compassionate and personalized care, to meet the needs of our diverse patients, employees and physician partners in the communities in which we serve. Our colleagues are critical in achieving that mission. As it truly brings out the best in all of us, Surgery Partners is committed to diversity and inclusion.

Our Surgery Partners team is comprised of more than 15,000 employees and 4,600 affiliated physicians, serving more than 600,000 patients annually. Want to work with us? Check out our website for current employment opportunities.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Brentwood, Tennessee
Year Founded
2004
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