Job Description

• Post check payments, denials, and adjustments  from all payers, ensuring accuracy.
• Review remittance advices to identify errors or inaccurate contractual adjustments.
• Research and resolve unapplied or unidentified cash receipts to ensure proper allocation.
• Reconcile daily cash and check transactions.
• Keeps abreast of managed care and contractual arrangements in order to better comprehend the processing of accounts by third party payers.
• Reports any problem areas to supervisor for instruction.
• Contacts third party payer organizations or patients as necessary to facilitate timely payments or other required transactions that could result in a completed account cycle.
• Assists others when needed in order to maintain integrity of accounts receivable as a whole.
• Ensures all federal guidelines are followed as set forth by government payers and that patient confidentiality is maintained.  Actively participates in compliance with the Joint Commission standards both departmentally and organization wide.