Billing Assistant

• Manage all billing accounts including Medicare/Medicaid, HMO and individual accounts.
• Post insurance payments, explain patient what the EOB is about, collect payments from patients.
• Communicate annual contracting, CPT, and ICD-9 yearly changes to doctor’s offices by creation of formal notification.
• Experience with billing systems and practices with CPT coding, ICD-9, and usages of coding for productive billing.
• Bill insurance companies using ICD-9 coding.
• Used denial reason codes on paper & electronic EOB in EMR/EHR software to examine denials.
• Maintain patient confidentiality for both HIPAA and financial regulations.
• Maintain confidentiality of clinic materials in accordance to HIPAA guidelines.
• Assist the billing department in prior-authorizations and billing for primarily Medicaid patient encounters.
• Review and entry of Medicaid documentation into state-wide database system for billing purposes.
• Maintain confidential information on a daily basis with patients in a manner which shows sensitivity and professionalism.
• Work directly with patients answering billing questions, accommodating scheduling requests and providing medical documentation to insurance companies.
• Perform complex general accounting functions, including preparation of journal entries, account analysis and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Discuss services as well as upselling to meet monthly quota.
• Contribute to sales of the insurance and upselling for better offers and deals

Qualifications:

• Graduate of any four-year related course
• With experience
• Excellent communication skills ( verbal and written)