Billing Specialist - Remote

Freddie Mac; United States; Remote; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in healthcare services is seeking a Billing Specialist to manage third-party billing and collections. This role requires knowledge of medical billing practices and strong communication and problem-solving skills. Ideal candidates will have a high school diploma and relevant experience in a team-oriented environment, with comprehensive benefits offered for full-time employees.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Flexible spending

Company-paid life insurance

Short-term disability

401(k)

Paid Time Off

Paid holidays

Qualifications

• One to three years of related work experience in a team-oriented environment.
• Knowledge of Medicare billing requirements.
• Knowledge of medical billing practices and reimbursement.

Responsibilities

• Manage third-party billing and collections for medical and NCPDP claims.
• Ensure timely and accurate billing of claims.
• Identify and resolve billing rejections and discrepancies.

Skills

Communication

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

Self-motivation

Customer service

Education

High school diploma or GED equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

HCN 360

CPR+

Job description

CarepathRx transforms hospital pharmacy from a cost center into an active revenue generator through a powerful combination of technology, market-leading pharmacy services and wrap-around services.

Job Details:

The Billing Specialist is responsible for managing third-party billing and collections, ensuring timely and accurate billing of claims. This role involves billing medical and NCPDP claims, identifying and resolving root cause of rejections, with the goal of resolving discrepancies and maximizing reimbursement. The ideal candidate will have knowledge of home infusion, medical billing practices, and payer reimbursement guidelines, as well as strong communication and problem-solving skills. The position requires attention to detail, the ability to work independently, and proficiency with Microsoft 365. Experience with ICD-10, CPT-4, HCPCS, and Medicare billing is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Understand Third Party Billing.
• Ensure the timeliness and accuracy of billing.
• Meet quality assurance, benchmark standards, and maintain productivity levels as defined by management.
• Identifies patient and insurance changes.
• Processes Home Infusion/Nursing claims.
• Processes rejections for NCPDP claims to determine if the claim needs to be refiled or submitted for an appeal with the payer.
• Able to identify billing trends.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to communicate with patients, payors, outside agencies, and public through telephone, electronic and written correspondence.
• Helpful, knowledgeable, and polite while maintaining a positive attitude.
• Interpret a variety of instructions in a variety of communication mediums.
• Knowledge of Home Infusion.
• Knowledge of insurance policies and requirements.
• Knowledge of medical billing practices and of billing reimbursement.
• Maintain confidentiality and practice discretion and caution when handling sensitive information.
• Multi-task along with attention to detail.
• Must be able to accurately perform simple mathematical calculations using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
• Self-motivation, organized, time-management and deductive problem-solving skills.
• Work independently and as part of a team.
• Collections or medical billing experience with basic understanding of ICD910, CPT4, HCPCS, and medical terminology is preferred.
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Knowledge of HCN 360 and/or CPR+ preferable.
• Medicare knowledge of billing requirements specific to DMEMAC.

Requirements

• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, communication and effective problem-solving skills are necessary.
• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• One to three years of related prior work experience in a team-oriented environment.
• Experience in medical field and administrative record management.
• Strong customer service background.

CarepathRx offers a comprehensive benefit package for full-time employees that includes medical/dental/vision, flexible spending, company-paid life insurance and short-term disability as well as voluntary benefits, 401(k), Paid Time Off and paid holidays. Medical, dental and vision coverage are effective 1st of the month following date of hire.

CarepathRx provides equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status, or other legally protected classification in the state in which a person is seeking employment. Applicants encouraged to confidentially self-identify when applying. Local applicants are encouraged to apply. We maintain a drug-free work environment. Applicants must be eligible to work in this country.