Medical Reimbursement Technician

Veterans Health Administration; Leavenworth (KS); On-site; USD 41,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Veterans Health Administration in Leavenworth, KS seeks a Medical Reimbursement Technician to manage medical billing, eligibility checks, and reimbursement collections. The role focuses on accurate coding, timely claims processing, and coordination with third-party carriers.

Responsibilities include reviewing coding for accuracy, applying ICD-10-MC, CPT/4, and HCPCS codes, and using MS Access, Excel, and Word for data management. On-site schedule with potential telework discussion.

Qualifications

• A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
• If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript.

Responsibilities

• Validate claims for billing, ensuring eligibility and referring questionable coding for review.
• Submit claims to third‑party health insurance carriers, with knowledge of Medicare coverage benefits.
• Process billings using ICD-10-MC, CPT/4, and HCPCS codes timely.
• Use Microsoft Access, Excel, and Word to support billing activities.

Education

Transcript-related education verification

Tools

MS Access

Excel

Word

Job description

• Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

This position is located at the Central Consolidated Patient Accounts Center, Billing and Insurance Verification Departments in Leavenworth, KS. The Medical Reimbursement Technician performs a broad range of duties to achieve established and expected results for medical billing and reimbursable and non-reimbursable collections.

Key Responsibilities

***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION; YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** Validate claims for billing purposes ensuring eligibility and referring questionable coding for review. Submit claims to 3rd party health Insurance Carriers, with knowledge of Medicare coverage benefits. Interprets third party insurance policies and requirements for billing. Take responsibility for Medicare reimbursable billing activities.

Follow instructions about timeliness, objectives, and relative priorities for doing work. Handle conflicting goals, objectives, priorities, timelines, and deadlines. Exhibit flexibility in adapting to changing demands within specific timelines. Accept and completes work provided by a standardized control system such as batched work, caseload level, or other defined structure. Use a wide range of office software applications such as Microsoft Access, Excel, and Word.

Compose correspondence on a situational basis. Process billings using ICD-10-MC, CPT/4, and HCPCS codes timely. Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 08:00am-04:30pm.

Compressed/Flexible: May be discussed to meet the needs of the agency. Telework: This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Medical Reimbursement Technician/36108A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Requirements & Education

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.

If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $41400 - $53821/yr.

Is this position remote or telework eligible?

This position is eligible for telework.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-07.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.