Medical Insurance Specialist (Extra Help/Temporary) (5572)

SIU Medicine; Springfield (IL); On-site; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

SIU Medicine in Springfield, IL is seeking a detail-oriented Billing Specialist to support epic transition efforts and ensure accurate claims processing. On-site role focusing on claim corrections, DDE entries, TES edits, and appeals to reduce backlogs and errors. You will analyze accounts, enter patient data, review EOBs, and draft appeal letters for payer reconsideration, contributing to smooth operations and compliant billing practices.

Qualifications

• Two years of work experience in healthcare billing, denials, and claims management.
• Experience working independently with medical claims, denials, and prior authorizations.

Responsibilities

• Analyze patient accounts to ensure billing accuracy.
• Enter and verify patient demographic and insurance data in the PMS.
• Collect and confirm patient insurance eligibility.
• Assist with patient refunds and account credits.
• Review and process basic insurance denials and appeals.
• Review EOBs for accuracy and follow up on denials.
• Document actions in billing systems and update modules.
• Assign ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS codes and E/M modifiers.
• Draft and submit appeal letters to payers.

Skills

Healthcare billing

Claims processing

Data entry

Education

Health-related coursework

Business/Management coursework

Human Resources coursework

Tools

PMS or billing system

Job description

Description

To help manage epic transition- including tasks such as claim corrections, Medicaid DDE entries, TES edits, and appeals - additional support is necessary to maintain operational efficiency, meet performance standards, and reduce the risk of errors or backlogs.

*This position is ON SITE only*

Examples of Duties

• Analyze patient accounts to ensure insurance billing is accurate and complete.
• Enter and verify patient demographic and insurance data in the practice management system (PMS).
• Collect and confirm patient insurance eligibility using online tools, payer websites, and direct communication with insurance companies, guarantors, or patients.
• Assist with patient refunds and handle patient account credits in accordance with policy.
• Review and process basic insurance denials, including pulling related medical records and performing manual charge entry as needed.
• Review Explanation of Benefits (EOBs) for accuracy and follow up on denied claims.
• Document actions taken in billing systems and update relevant modules accordingly.
• Review medical records and assign appropriate diagnosis and procedure codes using ICD-10-CM, CPT, and HCPCS coding systems.
• Ensure proper use and assignment of evaluation and management (E/M) modifiers and procedure-specific modifiers.
• Respond to inquiries from Patient Business Services (PBS) regarding claim corrections, including coding, service dates, place of service, and provider information.
• Draft and submit appeal letters to insurance payers for reconsideration of denied claims based on coding or documentation review.
• Self-Pay Credits (Credit Balance ETM)
• Self- pay credits go well, we could add insurance credits (Credit Balance ETM)
• Scanning Paper Documents in the office
• Correspondence denial posting
• Work no-activity claims views
• Work claims in Medicaid DDE (direct data entry) system
• Work eligibility denial views
• Eligibility ETM
• Ins follow up ETM
• Patient Correspondence
• CLS accounts (Bad Debt)
• Self-set up payment plans-needing set up in IDX
• Assist with gathering medical records
• Manually create visits for patients in order to post charges
• Work TES edits

Qualifications

1. Any one or combination totaling two (2) years (24 months), from the categories below:
   1. College coursework in a health-related field, business administration/management, human resource management, or closely related fields, as measured by the following conversion table or its proportional equivalent:
      • 30 semester hours equals one (1) year (12 months)
      • Associate's Degree (60 semester hours) equals eighteen months (18 months)
      • 90 semester hours equals two (2) years (24 months)
   2. Work experience in a healthcare environment working independently with medical claims, denials, rejections, referrals, and prior authorizations.

Supplemental Information

If you require assistance, please contact the Office of Human Resources at [e-mail] or call 217-545-0223 Monday through Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm.

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