Medical Billing Clerk

Medical Billing Clerk

Employer: City of El Paso

Salary: $35,093.34 - $50,534.42 Annually

Location: Various Locations within the City of El Paso, TX

Job Type: Unclassified

Job Number: U9880-0626

Department: PUBLIC HEALTH

Opening Date: 06/04/2026

Closing Date: Continuous

FLSA: Non-Exempt

Max Number of Applicants: 150

Requirements

MOS Code: 68J (Army), 021 (Coast Guard), 866A (Navy) Education and Experience: A High School Diploma or GED, or higher and two (2) years of medical billing and office support experience. Licenses and Certificates: None.

General Purpose

Under general supervision, provide specialized clerical and accounting activities in support of the clinical billing process at the Public Health Department.

Typical Duties

Post charges, payments and adjustments to patient accounts. Involves: Ensure the daily billing of services to appropriate third party payers. Audit, correct and resubmit rejected claims. Apply fund account codes to bills and payments. Post charges, payments and adjustments to patient accounts. Review and interpret medical records to accurately assign and sequence codes. Reconcile records and billing transactions. Manage patient medical records for the clinics. Involves: Prepare, store and retrieve patient health records. Review medical records for compliance with approved policies. Prepare new patient charts, gather administrative documents and information from paper sources and/or electronic health records. Ensure medical records are assembled in standard order and are accurate and complete. Scan paperwork into the electronic medical records. Ensure files are stored in designated areas according to storage procedures. Safeguard patient records and ensure compliance with HIPAA standards. Respond to requests for patient records according to facility guidelines. Retrieve medical records from offsite chart storage facility as needed.

General Information

For complete job specification, click here. Note: This is an unclassified contract position. Employment is predicated on continuation of state/federal funding. Note: This is a new posting for Medical Billing Clerk. You must apply if you are still interested in this position. Note: Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. This position will close when a preset number of applications have been received. Note: Applicants with foreign diplomas, transcripts, and degrees must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Please visit for more information. A rsum and/or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Comments such as "See rsum" are not acceptable and will result in the application being considered incomplete. To qualify for this position, required education, experience, knowledge and skills must be clearly stated on your application's employment history. We do not use any information on your resume to review if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position. Failure to fully detail all experience and job duties in the application, or copying/pasting directly from the job specification, or responses referring to your rsum will eliminate you from consideration for the position.