Billing Coordinator at Indiana University in Indianapolis, Indiana

Billing Coordinator

The Indiana University (IU) School of Dentistry has been advancing oral health in the state and beyond since 1879, when it was founded as the Indiana Dental College. Over the past 140 years, we've become a national leader in preparing oral health professionals, conducting innovative research that has an impact on patients and the profession, and providing patient-centered care.

The Billing Coordinator helps coordinate the insurance claim filings such as submissions, tracking, payment posting and allocation, and appeal of denials as well as submits and tracks pre-authorizations and pre-determinations for treatments. General responsibilities include generating patient statements and other invoices, data entry, posting payments, reconciling billings and invoices, checking balances and maintaining patient files, working with insurance companies to perform insurance billing, review, and verification of accounts in accordance with program provisions, verifying eligibility and benefits, obtaining pre-authorizations, entering medical codes, requesting payments, and resolving account issues, assisting with other functions of revenue cycle operations, performing accounts receivable audits and adjustments, and running reports related to medical billing.

Qualifications

Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.

Required

• High school diploma or equivalent (such as HSED or GED)

Preferred

• Courses in insurance billing, data processing, and medical terminology

Required

• 2 years of experience in accounting, bookkeeping, medical billing, or a related field

Required

• Proficient written and verbal communication skills
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism
• Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Highly thorough and dependable

This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation. This is a fully remote position. However, this is subject to change in the future based on university policy and business needs. Occasional on-campus attendance required for meetings as needed.

Advertised Salary $18.00 to 19.00 per hour based on experience and internal equity. Benefits Overview For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:

• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
• Health savings account with generous IU contributions
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Basic group life insurance paid by IU
• Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
• Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
• 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
• Generous paid time off plans
• Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
• Employee assistance program (EAP)

Job Classification Career Level: Intermediate FLSA: Nonexempt Job Function: Health Services Job Family: Clinic Operations