20 Apr Revenue Cycle Coordinator
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The Revenue Cycle Coordinator will be the liaison in interactions with patients, providers, clinic coordinator and clinic staff, leadership, and miscellaneous revenue cycle inquiries.
Reports to: Director of Revenue Cycle
Physical and Mental Requirements
- Intermittent periods of sitting and standing
- Lifting/carrying >= 40lbs
- Periods of stooping/kneeling
- Occasional periods of high stress levels
Education & Experience
- High School Diploma
- Minimum of 1-year prior health insurance billing experience.
- Post-secondary degree in Accounting or related field preferred.
Primary Responsibilities & Essential Functions
- Assists with billing office functions including patients’ relations, statement and billing resolution, reporting, payment posting, charge entry, processes refunds and answering phones.
- Assists with maintaining daily and monthly revenue and cash activities to ensure that all charges, payments, adjustments, and refunds are posted in a timely manner, ensuring revenues are accurately and promptly recorded.
- Serves as support for the third-party billing company as well as Revenue Cycle Staff members.
- Assists with creating training material and supports team, individually and in group sessions.
- Promptly handles all billing phone calls and walk-ins in a courteous, respectful, and polite manner.
- Maintains appropriate relationships with payer agencies to facilitate timely billing, collections, and payer requirements.
- Revenue Cycles duties but not limited to back up receptionist, sort mail, daily cash reconciliation, payments posting, charge entry, lockbox adjustments, refund requests and financial assistance.
- Account follow up with Insurance and patients’ collections
- Analyze, interpret, and communicate accounts receivable issues requiring management’s attention.
- Ensure adherence to all corporate policies and procedures
- Assists director in special projects and process improvement initiatives for the revenue cycle and billing departments.
- Captures and reports daily huddle data to maximize revenue cycle efficiencies.
- Identifies areas of improvement, researches and provides regulatory billing documentation and promptly notifies director of deficiencies and concerning trends.
- Works closely with director to complete Revenue Cycle goals.
- Maintains and promotes a positive work environment and strives to be a leader to encourage team engagement.
- Performs other administrative duties
- Responsible for orientating and training all new existing and new employees in conjunction with the Revenue Cycle Director.
Skill Requirements
- Must be computer literate and demonstrate good typing skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Must demonstrate strong organizational skills and can multi-task.
- Must demonstrate excellent customer service skills and a high degree of professionalism.
- Familiar with medical terminology.
- Familiar with ICD-10/CPT coding and working knowledge of medical billing practices.
- Proficient use of computers including Microsoft Office 2010 applications
- Skilled in 10-key by touch and keyboarding
- Ability to operate general office equipment
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to multi-task
- Ability to work with minimal supervision, independently, as well as in a collaborative team setting
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and meet deadlines
- Requires knowledge of Commercial and/or Government Payors
- Ability to identify, research, and resolve credit balances, missing payments and un-posted cash as it pertains to billing account follow-up.