Account Representative

At Texas Children’s Hospital, our mission starts with our people. Guided by our HEART values—Humility, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Trust—we strive to create a workplace where teammates feel valued, supported, and empowered to do their best work every day. As an Account Representative , you will follow-up on aged accounts receivable to help ensure continuity of cash flow and to help secure resolution of account balances. We need someone who has knowledge of government, commercial and managed care reimbursement guidelines.

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Responsibilities

Job Duties & Responsibilities
• Initiates contact with guarantors/third party payors to collect on outstanding receivables
• Reviews, monitors and maintains accounts receivable at an acceptable level
• Ensures that all Third-Party Payor claim filing deadline appeals are submitted timely and efforts to resolve claim denials for timely filing are exhausted prior to submitting as a write off or patient responsibility
• Maintains Accounts Receivable by following established Departmental Policy & Procedures, Workflow, and Departmental Goals

Qualifications

Requirements
• High School Diploma or GED
• A minimum of two (2) years revenue cycle experience
• Knowledge of government, commercial and managed care reimbursement guidelines
• Familiarity with all federal, state and local legal aspects of collection activities
• Ability to communicate effectively both oral and written and good interpersonal skills

Since 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children’s hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city’s Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years.

Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children’s care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families. We have also created Texas Children’s Health Plan, the nation’s first HMO focused on children; Texas Children’s Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children’s Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children’s Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation.

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Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.