BizForce is seeking a highly experienced, results-driven Denials Team Lead – Professional Billing to oversee a team of three Denials Specialists while actively managing complex, aged accounts receivable (AR) and driving revenue recovery for a U.S.-based healthcare organization.
This is a hands-on leadership role that combines direct claims resolution, team coaching, denial management, and strategic AR analysis. The ideal candidate has advanced expertise in Epic Resolute Professional Billing, a strong understanding of U.S. healthcare revenue cycle management (RCM), and a proven track record of recovering high-dollar balances from denied, underpaid, and outstanding claims.
Key Responsibilities
Claims Resolution & Revenue Recovery
- Manage and resolve assigned 90+ day professional billing AR accounts, including denied, underpaid, and outstanding claims.
- Handle complex, high-dollar, and escalated claims through investigation, correction, resubmission, appeals, and payer follow-up.
- Utilize Epic Resolute Professional Billing to manage work queues, claim edits, denial workflows, account documentation, and AR reporting.
- Analyze ERA/EOB information and CARC/RARC codes to identify and resolve denial causes related to eligibility, authorization, coding, medical necessity, modifiers, bundling, and credentialing.
- Ensure timely submission of corrected claims, reconsiderations, and appeals while protecting filing deadlines.
- Coordinate with internal departments to resolve claim discrepancies and maximize reimbursement.
Team Leadership & Quality Assurance
- Lead, mentor, and support a team of three Denials Specialists while maintaining individual claims production responsibilities.
- Assign and prioritize accounts based on outstanding balances, recovery potential, payer requirements, and aging.
- Conduct regular team huddles, provide technical guidance, and assist with complex payer escalations.
- Train team members on Epic workflows, denial resolution, appeals processing, and effective payer communication.
- Review team performance and audit claims for accuracy, documentation quality, and resolution effectiveness.
- Identify workflow inefficiencies and implement process improvements to strengthen collections performance.
- Collaborate with coding, credentialing, authorization, and other revenue cycle teams to address recurring denial trends.
AR Analysis, Reporting & Performance Management
- Analyze AR aging reports, denial trends, payer performance, and outstanding balances to identify high-value recovery opportunities.
- Monitor individual and team collections, claims worked, payment success rates, and unresolved AR balances.
- Track actual cash collections attributable to team efforts and distinguish collected revenue from pending claims and anticipated payments.
- Prepare weekly performance reports highlighting recovered revenue, major claim resolutions, outstanding opportunities, and operational challenges.
- Participate in Client Success meetings to discuss financial results, recovery strategies, and improvement opportunities.
- Recommend workload adjustments, training initiatives, and escalation strategies based on collection performance and AR trends.
Qualifications
- At least 4–5 years of experience in U.S. healthcare revenue cycle management, specializing in professional billing, aged AR follow-up, and complex denial resolution.
- At least 1–2 years of experience in a team lead, senior specialist, or supervisory role, with demonstrated hands-on claims management and coaching experience.
- Advanced hands-on experience with Epic Resolute Professional Billing is required, including work queues, claim edits, denial management, and AR reporting.
- Strong knowledge of professional billing claims, including CMS-1500 forms and 837P electronic transactions.
- Extensive experience resolving high-dollar, aged, denied, and underpaid claims.
- In-depth understanding of CPT, HCPCS, ICD-10-CM, CARC/RARC codes, NCCI edits, and billing modifiers.
- Proven experience handling Medicare, Medicaid, managed care, and commercial insurance payer denials and appeals.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret AR reports, identify denial patterns, and prioritize revenue recovery opportunities.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, performance reporting, and collections tracking.
- Excellent English communication, problem-solving, decision-making, and remote team leadership skills.
- Strong understanding of HIPAA regulations, payer requirements, and healthcare billing compliance.
- Amenable to work during US hours
- Must be willing to undergo a background check as part of the hiring process.
Perks
- Permanent Work From Home
- Leave Credits
- Monetary Allowance
- Annual Bonus
- Weekly Paychecks
- Fixed Weekends Off
- Thriving Company Culture with Complete Autonomy
- Exclusive Specialized Training Programs
- Unlock Your Potential with a Highly Competitive Salary
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