Patient Account Representative I

Mclaren-Health-Care; Shelby Charter Township (MI); On-site; USD 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care, based in Grand Blanc, MI, is seeking an early-career Patient Accounting Representative I to support patient billing and revenue cycle tasks. The role emphasizes accuracy, timely processing, and adherence to department standards within a large health system.

The position requires a High School Diploma or GED and about 1 year of Finance/Accounting or Healthcare experience. No remote work; full-time schedule in a hospital setting.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• 1 year experience in Finance/Accounting, Customer Service or Healthcare preferred.

Responsibilities

• Performs assigned patient accounting and revenue cycle functions accurately, timely, and in accordance with departmental standards.
• Reviews, updates, and maintains patient accounts to support accurate billing, payment posting, follow-up, collections, refunds, reporting, and account resolution.
• Processes, researches, and resolves account issues, including insurance, patient balance, payment, adjustment, refund, documentation, and claim-related matters.
• Communicates professionally and effectively with patients, insurance carriers, vendors, internal departments, and other customers to obtain information, resolve inquiries, and support timely account resolution.
• Reviews insurance coverage, payer requirements, claim status, account balances, denials, edits, and other account information as needed to support billing, reimbursement, and compliance requirements.
• Completes data entry, documentation, scanning, indexing, reporting, reconciliation, and other administrative tasks necessary to maintain accurate patient accounting records.

Skills

Customer service

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

Under general direction, the Patient Accounting Representative I is responsible for completing tasks associated with specific assignments. Specific job responsibilities will be in customer service, collections, cash posting, billing, etc. as assigned by CBO Management.Patient Accounting Representative I is expected to perform assignment tasks within the quality and productivity standards assigned to position responsibilities.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities as Assigned:

• Performs assigned patient accounting and revenue cycle functions accurately, timely, and in accordance with departmental standards.

Completes all assigned tasks and responsibilities of Patient Accounting Representative I accurately and in a timely manner.

• Reviews, updates, and maintains patient accounts to support accurate billing, payment posting, follow-up, collections, refunds, reporting, and account resolution.
• Processes, researches, and resolves account issues, including insurance, patient balance, payment, adjustment, refund, documentation, and claim-related matters.
• Communicates professionally and effectively with patients, insurance carriers, vendors, internal departments, and other customers to obtain information, resolve inquiries, and support timely account resolution.
• Reviews insurance coverage, payer requirements, claim status, account balances, denials, edits, and other account information as needed to support billing, reimbursement, and compliance requirements.
• Completes data entry, documentation, scanning, indexing, reporting, reconciliation, and other administrative tasks necessary to maintain accurate patient accounting records.

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED
• 1 year experience in Finance/Accounting, Customer Service or Healthcare

Preferred:

• · Associate Degree in Health Care, Finance or related area. Equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• · Working knowledge of CPT, HCPCS, and ICD-10

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Daily Work Times: 8am - 4:30pm
• On Call: No

Equal Opportunity Employer

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employmentwithout regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status,national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classificationprotected by law.