Women’s Health CT is currently seeking a full time Billings Clerk at Women’s Healthcare of New England!
Position: Billing Clerk
Location: Women’s Healthcare of New England
Address:50 Danbury Road Wilton, CT 06897
Employment: Full-time (40hrs)
Schedule: Monday- Thursday, 8:00am- 5:00pm, Friday, 8:00am- 4:00pm
Essential duties and responsibilities:
- Responsible for entering and reconciling charges and payments from medical offices in a timely and accurate manner.
- Contact patients and insurance companies to collect payments, discuss payment plans and resolve billing issues.
- Perform benefit verifications, eligibility checks, maintain billing reports and account reconciliations.
- Prepare and handle bank deposits as well as month-end closing.
- Position works in a close team environment to meet daily and monthly billing metrics.
- Other responsibilities include verifying correct insurance filing information on behalf of the payor and patient.
- Keeps management informed of matters regarding charge entry.
- Trend and escalate billing issues to appropriate supervisory level.
- Keep current on informational changes in billing procedures.
- Maintain and respect the confidentiality of PHI (Protected Health Information) in accordance with insurance collection guidelines, corporate policy and all HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) mandates.
- Adhere to all corporate compliance mandates and guidelines.
- Follow internal protocols regarding departmental communications.
- Participate in proactive team efforts to achieve departmental and company goals.
- Other duties as assigned by Management.
Skills/qualifications:
- High School diploma or GED is required; however, prior healthcare experience with 1 to 2 years in a medical setting and revenue cycle is preferred.
- Ability to work effectively on a team to coordinate assignments and meet goals.
- Attention to detail.
- Proficiency with Windows PC applications, which includes the ability to navigate multiple programs and learn new and complex computer system applications.
- Displays exemplary organizational skills.
- Familiarity with major group health payers.
- Basic knowledge of CPT and ICD-10 codes.
- Basic knowledge of medical terminology.
- Strong interpersonal skills including written and verbal communication.
- Customer service focus.
The Job responsibilities provided are intended to be a summary of the job duties. In no instance should the duties, responsibilities, and requirements included in a job description constitute as being all-inclusive. The Company and authorized management personnel reserve the right to review, change, add and/or delete duties, responsibilities, and requirements on a job description as necessary.