Accounts Receivable Clerk

Accounts Receivable Clerk

Accounts Receivable Clerk maintains systematic sets of organization accounts receivable records of the SBL organization's patients. They are responsible for working the credits on patient's accounts looking into why there is a credit and who the credit belongs to. They will be working with accounting to issue a refund. There will be possible posting payments when needed.

Department: Patient Financial Services

Hours: Full time, 40 hours/week

Shift: 1st

Required: High School Diploma

Pay: Based on experience, starting at $17.79

Location: Charleston

Responsibilities

• Assists employees in problem resolutions related to check identification, locating GL receipts, and hospital account balances.
• Assists in other areas as requested.
• Balances daily work to what has been posted in the system.
• Contact insurance companies if necessary for assistance in posting payment to the proper location.
• Downloads all electronic remittance advices for participating insurance companies.
• Handles GL transfers between the two separate GL Accounts for Patient Financial Services.
• Identifies non-posted GL receipts and reconciles with Accounting.
• Performs managed care adjustments and denials on insurance vouchers and insures the appropriateness.
• Post all non-sufficient funds checks and enters NSF charges. Identify reason for returned insurance checks and follow ups for proper reimbursement.
• Post all payments received to the correct Accounts Receivable, Bad Debt, or General Ledger accounts.
• Posts denials received from insurance companies and transfers to the next responsible party.
• Prepares GL receipts by identifying the proper payment location for disbursement.
• Remains current on Medicare, Medicaid and commercial insurance methods of payment and refund policies.
• Researches overpaid credits on patient accounts so that refunds can be made to the appropriate party in a timely manner.

Requirements

High School (Required)

Estimated Compensation Range $17.79 - $27.57

Pay based on experience