Medical Billing Specialist – Payments & Reconciliation

Lifepoint Health, Inc.; Michigan; On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Benefits

Financial Protection & PTO

Financial & Career Growth

Employee Well-being

Professional Development

Job summary

UP Health System - Portage, part of Lifepoint Health, seeks a Billing Specialist to oversee bank and payment reconciliations, post insurance and patient payments, and manage remittance processing across EMR systems. The role emphasizes accuracy, regulatory compliance, and collaboration with hospital finance teams.

Ideal candidates have 3–5 years of medical billing experience and strong critical thinking, with a commitment to patient care.

Qualifications

• Minimum Education: High School graduate or equivalent; higher education preferred.
• Experience: 3-5 years of medical billing experience.
• Required skills: Critical thinking, decisive judgment, ability to work with minimal supervision, an

Responsibilities

• Oversee bank/payment reconciliation and clinic deposit and cash reconciliation processes.
• Complete payment posting for insurance and patient payments across all EMR systems including legacy systems.
• Review, scan, and upload remittances and deposit batches in Athena; perform manual lockbox posting.
• Verify remittance amounts and research discrepancies, including payer outreach.
• Manage Athena unpostables and correspondence queues.
• Assist with insurance/patient refunds and reconciliation between accounting and PM systems.
• Coordinate with hospital finance to resolve misrouted payments.
• Post manual credit card payments and resolve issues with vendors.
• Collaborate with internal and corporate partners to share best practices.
• Ensure compliance with all regulations, standards, and laws.

Skills

Critical thinking

Decisive judgment

Ability to work with minimal supervise

Medical billing experience

Education

High School graduate or equivalent; higher education preferred

Job description

UP Health System - Portage, part of Lifepoint Health, seeks a Billing Specialist to oversee bank and payment reconciliations, post insurance and patient payments, and manage remittance processing across EMR systems. The role emphasizes accuracy, regulatory compliance, and collaboration with hospital finance teams.

Ideal candidates have 3–5 years of medical billing experience and strong critical thinking, with a commitment to patient care.