Patient Accounts & Billing Specialist

Universal Health Services; Michigan; On-site; USD 38,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Skywood Recovery Center, part of Universal Health Services, is a residential treatment facility in Augusta, MI. The Patient Accounts Representative coordinates patient out-of-pocket expenses, reviews financial expectations at admission, and maintains accurate records through treatment and discharge.

The role emphasizes confidentiality, professionalism, and strong interpersonal skills while handling diverse billing scenarios and communicating with families and guarantors.

Qualifications

• High School degree or GED required.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in insurance verification or insurance billing.

Responsibilities

• Works with Admissions to define expected out-of-pocket expenses for families at admission or deferred payments.
• Meets patients at admission to review financial expectations and collections.
• Maintains accounting of payments and ensures timely payment on accounts during active treatment.
• Calculates deductibles, co-payments, transportation and ancillary fees and communicates changes to patients/guarantors.
• Notarizes documents and trains staff on notary processes.
• Coordinates and communicates outstanding fees remaining after discharge to billing vendor for collections.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Good judgment

Analytical problem solving

Confidentiality

Professionalism

Education

High School Degree or GED

Tools

MS Word

Excel

Job description

Skywood Recovery Center, part of Universal Health Services, is a residential treatment facility in Augusta, MI. The Patient Accounts Representative coordinates patient out-of-pocket expenses, reviews financial expectations at admission, and maintains accurate records through treatment and discharge.

The role emphasizes confidentiality, professionalism, and strong interpersonal skills while handling diverse billing scenarios and communicating with families and guarantors.