Claims Billing Specialist (New Jersey & Neurology)

Privia Health; Northern (KY); On-site; USD 33,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Pet insurance

401K

Paid time off

Wellness programs

Job summary

Privia Health is seeking an Accounts Receivable Manager to oversee medical AR operations, review denials, and optimize revenue cycle performance across physician practices. The role emphasizes collaboration with care centers and internal teams to ensure timely reimbursements.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years in medical billing, strong Excel/Sheets capabilities, and experience with athenaHealth or athenaOne, plus HIPAA compliance.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma required.
• 3+ years in medical billing or equivalent claims experience.
• Understand drivers of revenue cycle performance and resolve complex claims.
• Advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, sorting/filtering).
• Experience with athenaHealth and/or athenaOne preferred.
• Experience working with AZ payers and providers preferred.
• HIPAA compliance required.

Responsibilities

• Manage accounts receivable (AR) aging and analyze root causes.
• Review and appeal insurance claim denials; follow up on aged claims.
• Make independent decisions on claim adjustments, resubmission, appeals and resolutions.
• Collaborate with internal teams (Performance, Operations, Sales).
• Support large care center go-lives, including possible overnight travel.
• Work with Revenue Optimization to ensure reimbursements align with payer contracts.
• Perform denial analysis and utilize the Trizetto platform as needed.
• Drive achievement of department KPIs.

Skills

Medical billing experience

Advanced Excel/Google Sheets

Denial management

HIPAA compliance

Independent decision making

AZ payer knowledge

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

athenaHealth

athenaOne

Job description

• Full-time
• Department: Revenue Cycle

Company Description

Privia Health™ is a technology-driven, national physician enablement company that collaborates with medical groups, health plans, and health systems to optimize physician practices, improve patient experiences, and reward doctors for delivering high-value care in both in-person and virtual settings. The Privia Platform is led by top industry talent and exceptional physician leadership, and consists of scalable operations and end-to-end, cloud-based technology that reduces unnecessary healthcare costs, achieves better outcomes, and improves the health of patients and the well-being of providers.

Job Description

Under the direction of the Director or Manager of Revenue Cycle Management, the Accounts Receivable (AR) Manager is responsible for ensuring the accurate and timely processing of all assigned claims. This role includes promptly addressing daily correspondence from physician practices, reviewing and appealing insurance claim denials and following up on aged claims. The AR Manager will take the steps necessary to resolve all claim issues or questions that escalates to the RCM team to include Salesforce case management.

Primary Job Duties:

Management of the accounts receivable (AR) including analysis of the aged AR, looking for root cause issues; suggesting billed rules/edits when appropriate to stop errors from occurring

Denial management - investigate denial sources, resolve and appeal denials which may include contacting payer representatives via phone

Make independent decisions regarding claim adjustments, resubmission, appeals, and other claim resolution techniques

Collaborate with internal teams (Performance, Operations, Sales) as well as, care center staff when appropriate

Support large care center go lives when applicable, which may include overnight travel

Work closely with our Revenue Optimization team to support efforts to ensure reimbursement is in line with payer contract agreements. Perform denial analysis utilizing the Trizetto platform.

Work directly with practice consultants or physicians to ensure optimal revenue cycle functionality

Drive toward achievement of department’s daily and monthly Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

High School Graduate

3+ years experience in a medical billing office or equivalent claims experience

Must understand the drivers of revenue cycle optimal performance and be able to investigate and resolve complex claims

Advanced Microsoft Excel/Google Sheets skills (ex: pivot tables, VLOOKUP, sort/filtering, formulas) preferred

Experience with athenaHeath and/or athenaOne highly preferred

Experience working with AZ payers and providers preferred

Must comply with HIPAA rules and regulations

Independent decision maker with strong research skills

Must comply with HIPAA rules and regulations

The hourly range for this role is $24/hr - 26.45/ hr in base pay and exclusive of any bonus or benefits (medical, dental, vision, life, and pet insurance, 401K, paid time off, and other wellness programs). This role is also eligible for an annual bonus targeted at 10% based on performance in the role. The base pay offered will be determined based on relevant factors such as experience, education, and geographic location.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Technical Requirements (for remote workers only, not applicable for onsite/in office work):

In order to successfully work remotely, supporting our patients and providers, we require a minimum of 5 MBPS for Download Speed and 3 MBPS for the Upload Speed. This should be acquired prior to the start of your employment. The best measure of your internet speed is to use online speed tests like https://www.speedtest.net/ . This gives you an update as to how fast data transfer is with your internet connection and if it meets the minimum speed requirements. Work with your internet provider if you have questions about your connection. Employees who regularly work from home offices are eligible for expense reimbursement to offset this cost.

Privia Health is committed to creating and fostering a work environment that allows and encourages you to bring your whole self to work. We understand that healthcare is local and we are better whenour people are a reflection of the communities that we serve. Our goal is to encourage people to pursue all opportunities regardless of their age, color, national origin, physical or mental (dis)ability, race, religion, gender, sex, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.