Team Lead, Accounts Receivable

Job Title

Senior Analyst, Accounts Receivable

Job Description

Schedule: Days: M-F

Job Location Type: Remote in MO

Your experience matters

At Lifepoint Health, we are committed to empowering and supporting a diverse and determined workforce who can drive quality, scalability, and significant impact across our hospitals and communities. As a member of the Health Support Center (HSC) team, you'll support those that are in our facilities who are interfacing and providing care to our patients and community members to positively impact our mission of making communities healthier.

More about our team

This position will be responsible for supervising the accurate, daily recording of incoming payments (checks, ACH, credit cards) against accounts receivable. Must be able to provide direction for members of the CBO cash team as well as the Lifepoint Healthcare partnership hospitals.

How you'll contribute

A Senior Analyst, Accounts Receivable who excels in this role will:

• Assist Managers in overseeing the CBO achieve established department goals.
• Train new employees and implementing relevant policies and procedures.
• Interact with staff and resolving issues escalated by Patient Account Representatives.
• Understand and interpret insurance and Medicare explanation of benefits, knowing when and how to resubmit claims for maximum reimbursement. Payment Posting: Accurately post payments, adjustments, denials, and refunds to patient or client accounts in the billing system.
• Reconciliation: Reconcile daily and monthly cash receipts ensuring accuracy.
• Discrepancy Resolution: Report discrepancies in payments, including unidentified receipts.
• Coordination: Collaborate with revenue cycle team to maintain accurate accounts receivable.
• Compliance: Adhere to established, legal, and company policies, such as HIPAA for health data.
• Understand and interpret insurance and Medicare explanation of benefits.
• Be able to effectively solve problems, exchange ideas, and actively listen in a team environment.
• Demonstrate willingness to accept additional duties as assigned and completed by deadlines negotiated with supervisor.
• Be able to multi-task effectively, think critically, and to take initiative.
• Prepare and report to upper management on status of efforts related to key departmental metrics.
• Ensure staff audits are completed, and results discussed with direct reports.
• Ensure Meditech system is working efficiently and identifying any issues related to claim data.

Why join us

We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:

• Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
• Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
• Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
• Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
• Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What we're looking for

• High School Diploma.
• 6 years' experience in healthcare or related field preferred.
• Four to five years of supervisory experience in a billing operation.
• A high level of knowledge in managing data from disparate operating systems.
• Strong MS Excel and data analysis skills.

EEOC Statement

Lifepoint Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Lifepoint Health is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.

You must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.

About Us

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.

About the Team

We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.