Medical Billing Specialist

Community Medical Center; Missoula (MT); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision plans

Flexible-spending accounts (FSA)

Health savings accounts (HSA)

401(k) matching

Tuition reimbursement

Employee assistance program

Professional development

Job summary

Community Medical Center in Missoula, MT, seeks a Revenue Cycle Analyst to support patient financial services through posting payments, reconciling bank files, and managing insurance worklists. This role interfaces with care teams to ensure accurate billing and timely reimbursements.

The position emphasizes accuracy in CDM data, regulatory updates, and collaboration with Finance and Medical Records. Front-line duties include communicating with insurers and maintaining compliant revenue processes.

Qualifications

• Excel experience and medical billing preferred.
• Coding background is a plus.
• Basic computer skills required.
• Knowledge of CPT and HCPC codes helps accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Review and maintain charge description master (CDM) and related policies to stay compliant.
• Analyze revenue cycle metrics and reimbursement data for decision support.
• Identify and resolve billing discrepancies and misbillings.
• Manage Athena claims worklists and balance payments with hospital spreadsheets.
• Provide validation reviews, audits, and training in Finance and related areas.
• Collaborate with lab and other departments to apply late charges when needed.

Skills

Excel experience

Medical billing

CPT/HCPCS knowledge

Basic computer skills

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Job description

• This is NOT a remote position-MUST RESIDE IN MT *

Job Type: Full Time Monday - Friday

• This is NOT a remote position-MUST RESIDE IN MT *

Your Experience Matters

At Community Medical Center, we are committed to empowering and supporting a diverse and determined workforce who can drive quality, scalability, and significant impact across our hospitals and communities. In your role, you'll support those that are in our facilities who are interfacing and providing care to our patients and community members. We believe that our collective efforts will shape a healthier future for the communities we serve.

Position Summary

This position title is Revenue Cycle Analyst, and the basic functions are a Medical Biling Specialist. Duties include but are not limited to, uploading bank files, balancing to a shared (hospital) financial spreadsheet, calling insurances and working assigned claims worklists. A Medical Billing Specialist reconciles and posts all payments received, identifies discrepancies and analyzes issues to ensure payments are posted timely. Manages Athena claims worklists as assigned. Reports to: Patient Financial Services Director

How You'll Contribute

• Responsible for reviewing and maintaining charge description master (CDM), and/other pertinent regulations and policies, ensuring all data elements are accurate and comply with all payor requirements.
• Excel experience along with medical billing is preferred and a coding background is a plus.
• Analyzes financial and utilization data to provide decision-making information relating to specific revenue cycle metrics and reimbursement.
• Reviews and interprets various regulatory billing and coding updates, to remain compliant and accurate to minimize misbilling's.
• Resolves issues that arise from information submitted and revenue cycle issues.
• Provides validation reviews, audits, documentation and training for the area of knowledge, sharing information with Finance, Medical Records and other revenue producing areas or departments.
• Works closely with the lab to ensure all necessary late charges are applied to the accurate account.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What We Offer

Fundamental to providing great care is supporting and rewarding our team. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, plus flexible-spending and health- savings accounts
• Competitive paid time off and extended illness bank package for full-time employees
• Income-protection programs, such as life, accident, critical-injury insurance, short- and long-term disability, and identity theft coverage
• Tuition reimbursement, loan assistance, and 401(k) matching
• Employee assistance program including mental, physical, and financial wellness
• Professional development and growth opportunities

Qualifications And Requirements

• High School graduate or equivalent
• Minimum Work Experience At least 5 years of in Finance or Billing required
• Required Skills
• Basic computer skills
• Knowledge of CPT and HCPC codes

About Us

Community Medical Center is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network committed to making communities healthier® with acute care, rehabilitation, and behavioral health facilities from coast to coast. From your first day to your next career milestone-your experience matters

EEOC Statement

"Community Medical Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Community Medical Center is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment."

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.