Accounting Assistant

VIA Health Partners; Allen Acres (NC); On-site; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Vision, and Dental plans

403b Retirement plan with matching

28 days Paid Time Off

Excellent mileage reimbursement rate

Vendor and staff support programs

Job summary

VIA Health Partners is seeking a full-time Healthcare Billing Professional in Shelby, North Carolina. The role focuses on Medicaid-related billing for nursing facility services, coordinating with facility billing staff, and ensuring accurate monthly invoicing.

The ideal candidate has a bachelor’s degree or equivalent, at least 5 years of healthcare billing experience, and proficiency with automated accounting systems and Microsoft Office.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent; experience in accounting systems is preferred.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office is required.
• Minimum 5 years’ healthcare billing experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain positive relationships with facility billing staff and respond timely to information requests.
• Verify Medicaid-related billing for room and board and ensure monthly accuracy.
• Enter billing data into patient care system to ensure timely Medicaid billing.
• Prepare monthly reports for billing and reconcile spreadsheets.
• Post contractual adjustments and verify receipt of Medicaid payments.

Skills

Healthcare billing

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: Cleveland County - Shelby, NC 28150

Position Type: Full Time

Travel Percentage: Negligible

Job Shift: Day

VIA Health Partners is an industry leader and top-10 nationally ranked provider of end-of-life care. More importantly we are proud to be a community based, not for profit hospice & palliative care provider. We have deep community roots, with decades of experience serving ALL patients’ and families’ needs regardless of their ability to pay or their medical complexity. We are a people first organization whose funds go to serve our mission.

Due to our significant growth, we are looking for amazing new staff who share these same values.

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, and Dental plans through BCBS
• 28 days of Paid Time Off
• Excellent mileage reimbursement rate
• 403b Retirement plan with matching
• Focused programs honoring Veteran patients
• Assistance with achieving Certified Hospice & Palliative Nurse (CHPN)
• Best Orientation and Onboarding program you’ve experienced
• Seasoned Hospice leaders guiding your career growth

Essential Functions

• Maintain positive relationships with facility billing staff. Respond timely and accurately to requests for information.
• Responsible for room and board workflows that verify a nursing facility patient’s eligibility for Medicaid pass through room and board.
• Enter information into the patient care system to ensure timely and accurate billing to Medicaid each month.
• Maintain the HART spreadsheets and reconcile those spreadsheets with the patient care system billing details before billing.
• Verify the PML for each patient each month and update in HART and the patient care system.
• Create and use monthly reports in preparation for billing.
• Posts the 5% contractual adjustment into the patient care system associated with Medicaid pass through room and board billing.
• Verify receipt of payment from Medicaid after billing has been completed.
• Research Medicaid denials and reach out to proper contacts, (inside/outside the organization) to get corrections needed for claims to be paid.
• Prices and codes nursing facility invoices for payment based on Medicaid payments received and what has been booked into liability schedules through the HART entry.
• Enters nursing facility invoices into accounting system A/P module (Stampli) for payment via check or ACH.
• Check pending Medicaid patients for retroactive coverage.
• Sort mail received at the Shelby office and route to the proper personnel.
• Maintain The Hospice Store log of receipts and prepare deposits to go to the bank.
• Other duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications, training, or work experience. Working knowledge of automated accounting systems. Computer skills in Microsoft Office are required.
• Minimum of 5 years’ working experience with billing in a healthcare facility is preferred.