Medical Debt Collections Call Center Agent

HCA Healthcare; Idaho Falls (ID); Remote; USD 21,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Paid time off

401(k) Plan with match

Tuition assistance

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

HCA Healthcare’s Parallon is seeking a Patient Account Collections Specialist to handle outbound calls and resolve patient receivables from a work-from-home location within a defined hospital market.

You will spend most of the day on the phone, contact patients and guarantors to secure payment, and maintain accurate records while meeting production and quality targets. Previous call center experience in healthcare is preferred, with bilingual skills a plus.

Qualifications

• Previous Call Center experience preferred.
• Minimum one-year related experience preferred, preferably in healthcare.
• Experience with collections in healthcare revenue space is preferred.
• BILINGUAL is not required, but a plus

Responsibilities

• Refer calls/accounts to appropriate parties based on customer inquiries.
• You will spend 90% of your day on the phone.
• Identify problem accounts and escalate as appropriate.
• Update the patient account record to identify actions taken on the account.
• Work with patients and guarantors to secure payment on outstanding account balances.
• Maintain minimum production standards.
• Achieve passing quality review scores per unit requirements.
• Produce acceptable unit collection volumes.
• Work within company attendance guidelines.
• Provide excellent customer service.
• Work with other team members and management in a professional manner.

Skills

Call Center

Healthcare experience

Accounts receivable

Job description

Hourly Wage Estimate: $15.46 - $23.19 / hour. Learn more about the benefits offered for this job.

The estimate displayed represents the typical wage range of candidates hired. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below midpoint of the range.

This Work from Home position requires that you live and will perform the duties of the position; within 60 miles of an HCA Healthcare Hospital (Our hospitals are located in the following states: FL, GA, ID, KS, KY, MO, NV, NH, NC, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA).

Schedule

• Full-time position that requires 1 mid / evening shift/per week/on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday 11am- 9pm CST
• 1 Saturday per month Hours between 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM CST.

Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized.

Job Summary and Qualifications

As a Patient Account Collections Specialist you will be responsible for outbound calls with account follow-up and resolution of patient receivables while providing excellent customer service. This position is work from home; must live within an HCA Healthcare hospital market area.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Refer calls/accounts to appropriate parties based on customer inquiries. You will spend 90% of your day on the phone.
• Identify problem accounts and escale as appropriate.
• Update the patient account record to identify actions taken on the account.
• Work with patients and guarantors to secure payment on outstanding account balances.
• Maintain minimum production standards.
• Achieve passing quality review scores per unit requirements.
• Produce acceptable unit collection volumes.
• Work within company attendance guidelines.
• Provide excellent customer service.
• Work with other team members and management in a professional manner.

Qualifications:

• Previous Call Center experience preferred.
• Minimum one-year related experience preferred, preferably in healthcare.
• Experience with collections in healthcare revenue space is preferred.
• BILINGUAL is not required, but a plus

Benefits

Parallon, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Parallon provides full-service revenue cycle management, or total patient account resolution, for HCA Healthcare. Our services include scheduling, registration, insurance verification, hospital billing, revenue integrity, collections, payment compliance, credentialing, health information management, customer service, payroll and physician billing. We also provide full-service revenue cycle management as well as targeted solutions, such as Medicaid Eligibility, for external clients across the country. Parallon has over 17,000 colleagues, and serves close to 1,000 hospitals and 3,000 physician practices, all making an impact on patients, providers and their communities.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it." - Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr. HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.