Revenue Cycle Specialist

Scion Staffing has been engaged to conduct a search for a Revenue Cycle Specialist on behalf of our client, a growing behavioral healthcare organization. This is an excellent opportunity for experienced behavioral health revenue cycle professionals to step into a high-impact project focused on accounts receivable cleanup, insurance billing, collections, and cash posting . This is a fully remote, 6+ week contract opportunity with an ASAP start. Pay: $24/hour Schedule: Monday–Friday, approximately 9:00 AM–5:00 PM CST, with some flexibility Location: Fully Remote What You’ll Be Doing Work through a significant backlog of unpaid insurance claims and outstanding accounts receivable. Review and clean up approximately 45,000 billing line items across inpatient hospital, SMUF, and SNF services. Research unpaid claims and determine appropriate next steps, including rebilling, follow-up, adjustment, or write-off. Perform cash posting and ensure payments are accurately applied to the appropriate accounts and insurance buckets. Review aging accounts, including a substantial volume of AR aged 120+ days. Work primarily with Illinois Medicaid and Medicaid MCO plans , along with Medicare, DSNP, and commercial insurance. Analyze claim statuses, payment history, balances, and discrepancies to identify billing issues. Assist with denial analysis and resolution based on experience and project needs. Clean up account records to distinguish payer balances and ensure information is accurately categorized. Work from Excel-based worklists while completing billing and account activity within the organization’s revenue cycle system. Partner with the Director of Revenue Cycle Management while independently working through assigned accounts. What You’ll Bring 2+ years of revenue cycle experience specifically within psychiatry/behavioral health. 2+ years of experience working with Illinois government insurance , particularly Illinois Medicaid and Medicaid MCO plans. Strong experience with medical billing, insurance collections, accounts receivable, and cash posting. Familiarity with Medicare, DSNP, and commercial insurance plans. Experience researching unpaid claims, rebilling, resolving discrepancies, and determining appropriate account disposition. Strong denial analysis and insurance follow-up skills. Experience with Mahler is a significant plus. Scion Staffing, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and service provider and does not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, political affiliation or belief, or any other protected class. We are committed to the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and are dedicated to making employment decisions based on merit and value, for ourselves, our client companies, and the candidates we represent. For opportunities located in a region that have enacted fair chance, arrest or conviction-based employment ordinances, Scion Staffing proactively follows the enacted guidance and considers for employment all qualified applications with arrest and conviction records. We engage in socially conscious business practices and believe that diverse, equitable, inclusive, and non-biased talent and recruitment processes are foundational to the success of Scion as well as every client organization with whom we partner. #J-18808-Ljbffr Scion Staffing, Inc.