Associate, Patient Accounts III

City/State:

Cornwall, New York Department:

Patient Financial Services Leadership Bargaining Unit:

1199 Work Days:

MON-FRI Scheduled Hours:

8 AM-4 PM Scheduled Daily Hours:

7.5 HOURS Hourly Rate/Range:

$22.93 Sign-On Bonus:

N/A

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Job Summary

Responsible for accurate and timely follow up on all primary and secondary insurance balances to ensure payments are received in accordance to the Payer policy and/or Hospital contracts.

Qualifications

• •High School Required AA or AS Preferred
• •Minimum two years recent hospital or physician billing with experience in all major payers Required
• •Experience with electronic claims submission and be well organized Required
• •Knowledge of UB04, CPT and ICD-10 required as well as specific knowledge in one of these areas of billing CMS, Medicaid, BC and/or Commercial.
• •Must have HISS system knowledge, Meditech and nThrive preferred.
• •Must be proficient with Microsoft Office, with a required skill of writing appeal letters in Microsoft Word.
• •Able to read, write, and communicate in English.
• •Medical Billing or Patient Financial Services Certification Required
• •Certification of Billing, PFS or coding through credited bodies such as HFMA, AHIMA, HBI, etc within 90 Days Required

Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall is an equal employment opportunity employer. Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.