On An Average Day You Will:
(includes, but not limited to)
- Ensures reimbursement through efficient billing and collections operations and effective accounts receivable management.
- Ensures that billing and patient accounts record systems are billed in a timely and accurate manner in accordance with Medicare/Medicaid rules and procedures.
- Maintains comprehensive working knowledge of payer contracts and ensures that payers are billed according to contract provisions.
- Maintains comprehensive working knowledge of government billing regulations including Medicare and Medicaid regulations and serves as a resource for appropriate organization personnel.
- Monitors aged accounts receivable and resubmits bills to overdue accounts, submits seriously overdue accounts to collection agencies for collection, and prepares bad debt reports for the CFO.
- Gathers, collates, and reports key billing information to the CFO.
- Collaborates with the CFO in successfully reconciling the billing system reports with the general ledger.
- Reconciles Medicare quarterly reports produced by the fiscal intermediary with the billing information system
- Supervises the use of the billing information system and maintains a comprehensive working knowledge of the system including upgrades and enhancements.
- Establishes and maintains positive working relationships with patients, family members, payers and referral sources.
- Protects the confidentiality of patient and organization information through effective controls and direct supervision of billing operations.
- Recruits, selects, orients, and manages member s of the billing and collection teams.
What You'll Bring to The Team: [UPDATE REQUIREMENT BASED ON STATE REGS]
- Demonstrated ability to supervise and direct personnel.
- At least three (3) years of experience in health care billing and collections management in hospice and home care operations.
- Knowledge of corporate business management, governmental regulations and CHAP standards.
- Demonstrates good communication, negotiation, and public relations skills.
- Demonstrated capability to accurately manage detailed information.
- Able to deal tactfully with patients, family members, referral sources and payers.
- Demonstrates autonomy, organization, assertiveness, flexibility and cooperation in performing job responsibilities.
- Must be able to demonstrate expertise in home care and hospice billing (Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance) through previous experience and related responsibilities.
- Suncoast software billing experience strongly preferred.
Join a Team that embraces the reverence of life!
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