Cash Posting Specialist – High-Volume Payments

Carolinas Medical Center; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Advocate Health is seeking a Cash Posting Specialist in Milwaukee to accurately post payments and adjustments from ERAs, EOBs, and patient payments within the revenue cycle. This full-time role reports to the Cash Posting team and requires an associate degree or equivalent experience, plus 2 years in cash operations or related fields.

The position offers a 40-hour workweek, with a typical schedule of Monday–Friday 7:00 AM–5:00 PM and a pay range of $21.85–$32.80 per hour.

Qualifications

• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Reading and understanding EOBs.
• Initiative and team collaboration.
• Good organizational ability and communication skills.
• Basic bookkeeping and strong mathematics aptitude; problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Post high volumes of payments, denials, and adjustments from ERAs, EOBs, and patient payments.
• Apply all payments (bank lockbox, 835 files, credit cards, checks) to patient accounts promptly.
• Post non-cash vouchers and manual adjustments with proper documentation.
• Monitor and resolve unapplied cash daily; reduce unapplied and undistributed funds.
• Reconcile posted payments with bank deposits and remittance files.
• Post denials and route for follow-up.
• Maintain proficiency in payment posting systems and account management tools.
• Perform administrative tasks such as filing, photocopying, and processing PDFs.
• Adhere to policies, procedures, productivity, quality, and audits.
• Demonstrate organizational and time management to meet deadlines.
• Apply basic AR management principles for financial accuracy.

Skills

Accuracy

EOB reading

Team collaboration

Organizational skills

Math aptitude

Basic bookkeeping

Education

Associate degree or Equivalent Experience

Bachelor's Degree or 3 years revenue cycle experience (preferred)

Job description

Advocate Health is seeking a Cash Posting Specialist in Milwaukee to accurately post payments and adjustments from ERAs, EOBs, and patient payments within the revenue cycle. This full-time role reports to the Cash Posting team and requires an associate degree or equivalent experience, plus 2 years in cash operations or related fields.

The position offers a 40-hour workweek, with a typical schedule of Monday–Friday 7:00 AM–5:00 PM and a pay range of $21.85–$32.80 per hour.