Medical Billing Specialist

United Surgical Partners International, Inc; United States; On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

United Surgical Partners International, Inc. is seeking a Billing Specialist for ASC revenue cycle tasks such as entry of charges, chart reviews, and coding alignment to reimbursement guidelines.

You will pull preoperative notes, extract data from records, capture implants and high-cost items, review invoice details, and submit claims daily. The role requires 2+ years of ASC revenue cycle experience and strong communication; MS Office skills are essential, with Advantx/Waystar/HST experience

Qualifications

• 2+ years of ASC revenue cycle or orthopedic charge entry or collections experience.
• Ability to read and interpret insurance explanations of benefits and managed care contracts.
• Must communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with internal and external clients.
• Must be able to multi-task and handle competing priorities while meeting or exceeding deadlines.
• Knowledge or experience working with a variety of health care insurance payers is preferred.
• Intermediate computer proficiency in Microsoft Office including Excel and Outlook.
• Advantx, Vision, HST, Waystar experience preferred.
• High School Diploma or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Pull any preoperative notes from the designated transcription company.
• Extract information from medical records, operative notes, invoices, progress notes and discharge paperwork to ensure completeness and accuracy of charge entry.
• Capture implants, high-cost supplies, high-cost drugs, post op pain blocks and observations times prior to charge submission
• Review accuracy of invoice details, including customer billing instructions, pricing, discounts, state sales tax, etc.
• Execute the recurring billing workflow and generate and transmit claims daily.
• Ensure timely follow-up and resolution of internal and external inquiries of billing issues (i.e., operative notes, POPM form, invoices, or implant pricing etc).
• Reconcile revenue and billing during the period-end close process.
• Complete accurate charge entry for all assigned cases and upload to designated electronic claims clearinghouse daily.
• Resolve claim rejections daily to ensure clean claims are transmitted and received by the appropriate payer.
• Maintain current knowledge of health care billing laws, rules and regulations and developments.

Skills

ASC Revenue Cycle

Charge Entry

Collections

Insurance EOBs

Multitasking

Communication

Excel

Outlook

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

Advantx

Vision

HST

Waystar

Job description

Position Overview

Reporting to the Billing Manager, Billing Specialists are responsible for the daily entry of charges for their assigned surgical centers. This will include but is not limited to the following: perform complete chart reviews, verify patient demographics, assign modifiers, diagnosis codes, and revenue codes in accordance with coding and reimbursement guidelines resulting in claim reimbursement.

Responsibilities

• Pull any preoperative notes from the designated transcription company.
• Extract information from medical records, operative notes, invoices, progress notes and discharge paperwork to ensure completeness and accuracy of charge entry.
• Capture implants, high-cost supplies, high-cost drugs, post op pain blocks and observations times prior to charge submission
• Review accuracy of invoice details, including customer billing instructions, pricing, discounts, state sales tax, etc.
• Execute the recurring billing workflow and generate and transmit claims daily.
• Ensure timely follow-up and resolution of internal and external inquiries of billing issues (i.e., operative notes, POPM form, invoices, or implant pricing etc).
• Reconcile revenue and billing during the period-end close process.
• Complete accurate charge entry for all assigned cases and upload to designated electronic claims clearinghouse daily.
• Resolve claim rejections daily to ensure clean claims are transmitted and received by the appropriate payer.
• Maintain current knowledge of health care billing laws, rules and regulations and developments.

Requirements

• 2+ years of ASC revenue cycle or orthopedic charge entry or collections experience.
• Ability to read and interpret insurance explanations of benefits and managed care contracts.
• Must communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with internal and external clients.
• Must be able to multi-task and handle competing priorities while meeting or exceeding deadlines
• Knowledge or experience working with a variety of health care insurance payers is preferred
• Intermediate computer proficiency in Microsoft Office including Excel and Outlook
• Advantx, Vision, HST, Waystar experience preferred.
• High School Diploma or equivalent.