Billing Associate Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Billing Associate to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Search various web portals for active insurance;
- Healthcare billing practices including HCPCS and ICD-10;
- Adhere to HIPAAA privacy and confidentiality regulations and guidelines;
- Obtain authorizations;
- Contact insurance companies and patients when necessary;
- Assists with periodic project purge process;
- Assists with preparation, copying, and distribution of monthly billing related reports;
- Assists with annual ESOP mailouts;
- Other data entry tasks as assigned;
- Timesheets, including the clearing of kickouts;
- Manual preparation of invoices as assigned;
- Helps maintain original contract files;
- Assists Cost Accountant & Billing Associate with billing functions, including obtaining copies and highlighting backup to accompany invoices;
- Files client invoices & other project related items, makes new billing folders as needed, helps with periodic boxing and cleanup;
- Journal entries.
Requirements:
- Make necessary adjustments to patient demographic and insurance information;
- Clear and concise verbal and oral communication;
- At least 2 years of previous billing experience;
- Enroll clients;
- Search various web portals for active insurance;
- Audit notes and make claim edits to ensure accuracy of billing;
- Previous experience with EHRs and automated billing systems;
- Medical Billing and Coding Certificate would be a plus;
- Healthcare billing practices including HCPCS and ICD-10;
- Adhere to HIPAAA privacy and confidentiality regulations and guidelines;
- Resolve and bill accounts that require more in-depth research to obtain insurance information;
- Contact insurance companies and patients when necessary;
- Highschool Diploma/GED;
- Obtain authorizations;
- Prioritization of accounts submitting claims.