Accounts Receivable Specialist I, Physician Billing.

Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Responsible for follow-up of complex claims for payment.

I. Major Responsibilities:

• Calls insurance companies and utilizes payor web-sites while working detailed reports to secure outstanding payments.
• Reviews rejections in assigned payors and plans to determine validity of rejection and takes appropriate action to resolve the invoice.
• Calculates and posts adjustments based on third party reimbursement guidelines and contracts.
• Makes appropriate payor and plan changes to secondary insurers or responsible parties.
• Inputs missing data as required and corrects registration and other errors as indicated.

II. Position Qualifications:

• License/Certification/Education: Required: High School Diploma
• Experience/Skills: Required: Previous Revenue Cycle knowledge in one of the following areas including PFS, Customer Service, Cash Posting, Financial Assistance, Patient Access, HIM/Coding and/or 3rd party Reimbursement. Ability to perform assigned tasks efficiently and in timely manner. Ability to work collaboratively and effectively with people. Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
• Preferred: One or more years of experience in health care billing functions.
• Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We're striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

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