Medical Biller (H)

Medical Biller

The University of Miami/UHealth Department of Central Business Office has an exciting opportunity for a full-time Medical Biller to work in Miami, FL. The Medical Biller compiles amounts owed to medical facility and maintains order, invoice, and payments records.

Responsibilities include:

• Assisting patients, insurance companies, and laboratories with inquiries regarding billing issues.
• Reviewing records for patient information, insurance information, service descriptors, diagnosis codes and managed care authorization requirements, and coordinating corrections.
• Printing daily appointment voucher report and reconciling all vouchers to report.
• Entering, reviewing, and retrieving patient account information from system and ensuring accuracy.
• Submitting completed batches to appropriate billing offices daily.
• Following up on claims submitted routinely to monitor payment status.
• Transmitting coded patient treatment information to payers and other recipients.
• Coordinating insurance reimbursements with care providers.
• Adhering to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguarding University assets.

Department Specific Functions include:

• Reviewing and releasing all physician charges from the assigned WQ's in a timely fashion.
• Reviewing encounters received for all pertinent information: patient demographic information, guarantor and insurance information, place of service, referrals, claim info record, and managed care authorization requirements.
• Running insurance eligibility and fixing registration issues.
• Manually entering paper vouchers received for missing charges.
• Reviewing and fixing erroneous and/or rejected charges.
• Distributing credits from patient payments as needed.
• Assigning charges to cases and phases.
• Performing other duties as assigned.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

Core qualifications include:

• High School diploma or equivalent required.
• Minimum 1 year of relevant experience required.
• General knowledge of office procedures and operations.
• Skill in data entry with minimal errors.
• Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form.
• Ability to understand and follow instructions.
• Skill in completing assignments accurately and with attention to detail.

Any relevant education, certifications and/or work experience may be considered.

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.