[Remote] Accounts Receivable Specialist
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. University of Colorado Medicine (CU Medicine) is the region’s largest and most comprehensive multi-specialty physician group practice. They are seeking a highly motivated Accounts Receivable Specialist to join their Accounts Receivable Resolution Team, responsible for managing inquiries from insurance carriers and pursuing reimbursement for outstanding accounts.
Responsibilities
- Respond to inquiries from insurance carriers, via telephone, email or fax and demonstrate a high level of customer service
- Pursue reimbursement from carriers by placing phone calls and recording all contact in an electronic tracking system to ensure progress is made on outstanding accounts
- Coordinate third party collections and work toward the successful reduction in outstanding balances for assigned divisions or projects
- Identify and respond to patterns of denials or billing practices and perform complex account investigation as needed to achieve resolution
- Review and resolve uncollected accounts and prepare charge corrections
- Appeal carrier denials through review of coding, contracts, and medical records
- Verify patient benefit eligibility/coverage and research ICD-10 diagnosis and CPT treatment codes as needed
- Advise management of any trends regarding insurance denials in an effort to identify problems with particular payers
- Complete required reports and assist with special projects as assigned
Skills
- High school diploma
- Minimum of 1-2 years hands-on experience in a fast-paced medical billing environment
- Previous experience in a healthcare setting
- Familiarity with CPT and ICD-10
- Strong communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Solid PC and application skills
- Ability to handle a very high volume of work with speed and accuracy
- Proven ability in collections and negotiation
- Ability to understand and apply contract language to billing
- CPC certification
Benefits
- CU Medicine provides generous leave, health plans and retirement contributions which take your total compensation beyond the number on your paycheck.
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