Financial Assistance & Charity Care Specialist

Rutgers University; The Ironbound (NJ); On-site; USD 30,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Paid vacation and leave

Retirement benefits

Educational benefits

Job summary

Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care (UBHC) in Newark is seeking a Financial Assistance Advisor for the UBHC Ambulatory Programs. You will handle patient registration into the revenue cycle system and ensure complete Medical Records folders.

You will determine charity care eligibility under NJ rules, enter insurance data, track required items, document registration details and HIPAA restrictions, and prepare daily intake reports for scheduled appointments.

Qualifications

• Two to three years of progressively more responsible clerical experience, one year of which must have been in a physician’s office, hospital billing office or insurance company which involved billing and collection or medical insurance activities.
• Prior experience functioning in a computerized environment.
• Familiarity with medical terminology.

Responsibilities

• Interviews and registers patients into the revenue cycle system.
• Forwards patients’ registration packages to Clinical Records to achieve a complete Medical Records folder.
• Determines customer’s eligibility for the Charity Care program as set forth by NJ Department of Health N.J.A.C. 8:31B-4.37 and UBHC policy.
• Enters completed insurance data into revenue cycle system.
• Completes requirement tracking when a client is initially registered and/or routinely updated.
• Documents the type of registration, client’s benefits information, HIPAA restriction and action taken on the account.
• Accesses, prints and prepares the daily Intake report and IC that identifies patients with scheduled appointment: IPMS report and IPMS .

Skills

Clerical experience

Computerized systems

Medical terminology familiarity

Job description

Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care (UBHC) in Newark is seeking a Financial Assistance Advisor for the UBHC Ambulatory Programs. You will handle patient registration into the revenue cycle system and ensure complete Medical Records folders.

You will determine charity care eligibility under NJ rules, enter insurance data, track required items, document registration details and HIPAA restrictions, and prepare daily intake reports for scheduled appointments.