Senior Accounting Assistant (Contingent) Office of Finance Health and Human Services Department

Senior Accounting Assistant (Contingent)

The Senior Accounting Assistant (Contingent) is assigned to the Centralized Billing Unit in the Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Finance. This position supports Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (BHRS) and is part of a collaborative team responsible for processing complex billing and financial transactions in support of behavioral health services provided to the community. The Senior Accounting Assistant works with the Billing Team to perform a high volume of medical claims processing for services billed to governmental and commercial insurance carriers, claims processing and follow-up, and client billing and dispute resolution. Additional duties include client account maintenance, payment posting and preparing bank deposits, preparing and sending client statements, processing client collection accounts and various billing reports and reconciliations. This position regularly works with sensitive financial and client information and requires professionalism, strong customer service skills, and the ability to work collaboratively with staff, providers, and clients. There is currently one (1) full-time temporary/contingent vacancy in the HHS Office of Finance, Centralized Billing Unit, serving Behavioral Health and Recovery Services.

Our highly qualified candidate has experience working in a medical administrative billing, accounting, or financial support environment with at least one year of experience in medical billing and reimbursement. They have experience in processing and following up on medical claims with governmental or commercial insurance carriers including payment posting, claims follow-up, and denial research and resolution. The candidate also has excellent communication skills, is detail-oriented, well organized and has experience assisting in financial and client account maintenance, data entry and reconciliation of various spreadsheets and fiscal reports. The highly qualified candidate is able to manage a high volume of work while maintaining accuracy and meeting deadlines. They demonstrate strong customer service skills and work effectively both independently and collaboratively with staff, providers, and clients. Experience using practice management software, electronic health record software and the Microsoft Office Suite particularly Excel and Word is preferred. Administrative support and Behavioral Health experience are also desirable. Experience using SmartCare is highly desirable, but not required.

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