Billing Specialist III

WHY UT SOUTHWESTERN?
With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the No. 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth according to U.S. News & World Report, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you'll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a rewarding career!


JOB SUMMARY

The Billing Specialist III works under moderate supervision to perform intermediate level billing responsibilities. This position supports the division of Hematology/Oncology. The duties for this position will include but are not limited to the following:

• Maintain a monthly average of 150 encounters per day.
• Excellent time management skills
• Ability to partner with a team or work alone.
• Charge review
• Reconciliation
• Manual charge entry
• Ensure the department adheres to the six-day work queue metric.
• Work From Home (WFH): This position will work from home. Applicants must live within the State of Texas. Additional details regarding this shall be discussed as part of the interview process.
• Shift: Flex shift, 8-hour days Monday-Friday

BENEFITS
UT Southwestern is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our benefits are designed to support your overall wellbeing, and include:

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer
• Learn more about these and other UTSW employee benefits!

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION

Required

• Education
  High School Diploma or equivalent.

• Experience
  3 years medical billing or collections experience
  Must demonstrate the ability to work complex E&M services, complex diagnostic studies, endoscopic, interventional and/or surgical procedures
  Must demonstrate the ability to make calls to obtain authorizations

Preferred

• Education
  Coding certifications (CPC, CPMA, CMC, ART, RRA, RHIA, RHIT, CCS, CCA) and/or degrees (associate level, bachelor level, master level) preferred and may be considered in lieu of experience.

• Licenses and Certifications
  (CPC) CERT PROFESSIONAL CODER Upon Hire or
  (CPMA) Cert Prof Medical Auditor Upon Hire or
  (CMC) CERT MEDICAL CODER Upon Hire or
  (ART) ASSOC RECORDS ADMIN Upon Hire or
  (RRA) REGISTERED RECORDS ADMIN Upon Hire or
  (RHIA) REGD HEALTH INFO ADMINIST Upon Hire or
  (RHIT) REGD HEALTH INFO TECHNOLO Upon Hire or
  (CCS) CERT CODING SPECIALIST Upon Hire or
  (CCA) Cert Coding Associate Upon Hire

JOB DUTIES

• Analyzes, investigates and resolves coding edits for complex drug billing, complex diagnostic studies, endoscopic, interventional and/or surgical procedures. This includes CPT, diagnosis, modifier, bundling, duplicate charge, and custom edit resolution. Requires strong knowledge of the carrier's (Federal/State/Private) regulations and guidelines, internal revenue cycle
  coding processes and specialty specific service line billing practices. This position requires a high degree of organization and accuracy, and clear communication with providers on a regular basis to insure services are well documented and meet all billing requirements. This position could possibly require resolving clinical and/or technical denials as well.
• Performs abstracting on E&M services, complex diagnostic studies, and/or endoscopic, interventional or surgical procedures. Requires the ability to read the progress note and or procedure/surgical results and confirm or change the CPT code(s), diagnosis code(s) and modifiers (if applicable). Requires strong knowledge of the carrier coverage policies and documentation requirements for specialty specific service lines. Must know the Medicare and Medicaid teaching physician documentation billing rules.
• Perform monthly charge reconciliation.
• Serves as a resource to the FERC Team Leads, Compliance Auditors, Medical Collectors and Billing Specialists I & II. Requires a billing and coding knowledge level that provides guidance on and resolution to resolve claim denials, rejections and backend coding edits.
• Performs manual charge entry for all non-EpicCare and non-automated sites of services. This includes E&M visits and procedures across several centralized service lines. Depending on the clinical department they may be required to review and release charges from a computer assisted coding environment.
• Investigates and resolves coding and registration Epic Resolute Claim edits. Requires strong knowledge of Epic's carrier registration filing order rules and billing rules.
• May assist in obtaining insurance authorizations and accurately maintaining the authorization records, communicate patient balance and patient-responsibility amounts to clinics and/or patient/families, responding to requests for information. Attend coding and billing in-services to stay current on changes; attend other meetings and training as assigned.
• May lead train, and/or mentor the work of lower-level designated coding employees to ensure quality of work and growth in knowledge and expertise.
• May support multiple specialties in a hybrid role as needed.
• Duties performed may include one or more of the following core functions: (a) Directly interacting with or caring for patients; (b) Directly interacting with or caring for human-subjects research participants; (c) Regularly maintaining, modifying, releasing or similarly affecting patient records (including patient financial records); or (d) Regularly maintaining, modifying, releasing or similarly affecting human-subjects research records.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Work requires ability to analyze problems, develop solutions, and implement new procedures.
• Work requires ability to prioritize large volumes of work.
• Work requires good communication skills.
• Work requires working knowledge of Epic Resolute, EpicCare, and Epic CPOE.
• Work requires working knowledge of MS Excel.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORKING CONDITIONS

Working Conditions

• Clinical Setting
• Office Setting

Salary Information
Salary is commensurate with education, skills, and relevant experience.

SECURITY AND EEO STATEMENT

Security
This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information.

EEO
UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.