Patient Accounting & Billing Specialist

McLaren Health Care Corporation; Grand Blanc (MI); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care Corporation is seeking a Patient Accounting Representative I to support patient billing, collections, and revenue cycle tasks within a healthcare setting. The role emphasizes accurate data entry, timely processing, and professional communication with patients and insurers.

Essential duties include reviewing accounts, posting payments, resolving balance issues, and ensuring compliance with CPT/HCPCS/ICD-10 coding standards.

Qualifications

• Required: 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

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

Finance/Accounting

Healthcare

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Associate Degree in Health Care, Finance or related area

Equivalent combination of education and relevant experience

Tools

CPT/HCPCS/ICD-10 knowledge

Job description

McLaren Health Care Corporation is seeking a Patient Accounting Representative I to support patient billing, collections, and revenue cycle tasks within a healthcare setting. The role emphasizes accurate data entry, timely processing, and professional communication with patients and insurers.

Essential duties include reviewing accounts, posting payments, resolving balance issues, and ensuring compliance with CPT/HCPCS/ICD-10 coding standards.