Physician's A/R Clk

Job Description

Performs duties related to departmental physician's billing and collection, including but not limited to verifying insurance coverage with third party carriers, follow-up on outstanding accounts, entering charges/ payments/ adjustments into the computer and maintaining records of fees collected periodically.

Job Responsibility

• * Performs all duties related to departmental physicians' billing, including but not limited to:
  
  
  
  • Completing, processing and reconciling insurance claim forms/payments.
  • Following up on outstanding accounts via telephone and /or written inquiry to patients and /or third party payors.
  • Inputs charges, payments and adjustments to computerized system or posts to manual records.
  • Maintains daily, weekly and monthly records of fees collected.
  • Verifies insurance coverage and other related data with third party carriers.
  • Processes credit balance reports, prepare pre-collection notices and other correspondence/bills.
  
  
• * Performs six-month and year-end account analysis.
• * Sets-up financial agreements with patients, upon consulting with supervisor.
• * Set-up patient charts and billing cards.
• * Prepares payment journals and/or make bank deposits.
• Performs related duties, as required.

*ADA Essential Functions

Job Qualification

• High School Diploma or equivalent, required.
• Knowledge of physician's billing inclusive of third party billing and CPT codes, required.
• Knowledge of medical terminology, ICD-9 coding and automated systems, preferred.Ability to input data to computerized system.
• Ability to do simple arithmetic calculations. Ability to communicate effectively.
  
  
  

*Additional Salary Detail

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).