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MEDREV Consultants LLC seeks an experienced Medical Billing Specialist to manage claims accuracy, postings, and denials across athenaOne and eCW. You will analyze 835s, appeal denials, and work aging AR to optimize recoveries, while ensuring patient data privacy and policy adherence.
The role requires 3+ years in medical billing, posting experience, and knowledge of CPT/HCPCS/ ICD-10. Prior MSO or billing company exposure is a plus. This on-site position participates in revenue cycle functions.
1. Review charges for accuracy and completeness prior to claim submission, identifying coding, modifier, and demographic errors that would result in rejection or denial.
2. Resolve claim edits, scrubber holds, and clearinghouse rejections on a daily basis in both athenaOne and eCW.
3. Research, document, and appeal denied claims, including preparation of appeal correspondence and assembly of supporting documentation.
4. Work aged accounts receivable by payer, aging bucket, and dollar value, prioritizing by recovery likelihood and timely filing exposure.
5. Contact payers by telephone and portal to obtain claim status, resolve processing errors, and pursue reprocessing.
6. Perform root-cause analysis on recurring denials and communicate the coding, configuration, or front-end workflow corrections required to prevent recurrence.
7. Post electronic remittance advice (835) files and manual EOBs across assigned client practices and payers in both systems.
8. Reconcile each posting batch to the corresponding bank deposit and resolve variances prior to batch closure.
9. Work the unpostables queue, identifying the cause of unapplied cash and routing transactions correctly.
10. Post takebacks, offsets, and recoupments accurately, ensuring affected accounts reflect true balances.
11. Apply contractual adjustments in accordance with the loaded fee schedule and identify allowed amounts inconsistent with contracted rates.
12. Post patient payments, refunds, and credit balances in accordance with practice policy.
13. Verify that secondary claims and crossovers generate appropriately following primary payment posting.
14. Identify and escalat underpayments, reimbursement variances, and payment patterns suggesting incorrect fee schedule configuration or payer processing error.
15. Maintain accurate, contemporaneous account and batch documentation sufficient for another team member to assume the work without loss of continuity.
16. Meet or exceed established productivity, accuracy, and turnaround standards.
17. Maintain the confidentiality and security of protected health information at all times.
18. Perform other duties as assigned in support of revenue cycle operations.