Patient Accounts Clerk

Ozark Center; United States; Vor Ort; USD 32.000 - 52.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Ozark Center is seeking a Patient Accounts Clerk to manage billings, follow-up, and payment application for designated guarantors. The role supports behavioral health services and trauma-informed care within Freeman Health System’s network.

Requires a high school diploma or GED and at least 1 year of billing experience. Responsibilities include billing submission, eligibility checks, cash posting, and payer communications, with a willingness to work irregular hours as needed.

Qualifikationen

• Requires a high school diploma or GED.
• At least 1 year of billing experience.
• Healthcare billing experience is a plus.

Aufgaben

• Compile billing for electronic or manual submission weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly.
• Verify eligibility and update dates of service to correct guarantor.
• Maintain aging percentages at or below targets.
• Contact payers to check claim status and resubmit as needed.
• Handle outstanding balances and unposted cash.
• Assist clients with payment arrangements when possible.
• Post electronic payments or mail-in checks promptly.
• File department paperwork and maintain patient records.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Kenntnisse

Billing

Customer service

Ausbildung

High School Diploma or GED

Jobbeschreibung

Job Description Summary: The Patient Accounts Clerk will assume responsibility for the designated guarantors assigned to them in terms of billing, follow up, and payment application. They may also be asked to help fill in other areas of Patient Accounts as needed. They provide services to individuals impacted by a variety of behavioral health (addiction/substance abuse and mental health) issues, recognizing that the individuals we serve often have experienced trauma that affects their development and adjustment. They demonstrate a warm and welcoming empathic, hopeful attitude, conveying a philosophy of dual recovery. They will be trained in trauma-informed care and will work to help provide services in an environment that is sensitive and responsive which will prevent victimization, abuse, or trauma as a result of the care received.

Education:

Requires a high school diploma or GED.

Work Experiences:

At least 1 year of previous billing experience.

Responsibilities:

• Compiles all of the billing to be submitted electronically or manually either weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly depending on the guarantor Verify any eligibility issues and get with appropriate staff to have eligibility updated and dates of service transferred to the correct guarantor.
• Maintain aging percentages to remain at or below assigned percentages.
• Can include calling companies to check if they received the claims, the status of those claims, and resubmitting any claims that are missing.
• This will also include working outstanding balances previous to the beginning of this position and working any outstanding non-applied cash on the account.
• Work with the clients that call in to establish a payment agreement and/or collect payment to ensure collection of payment.
• Post electronic payments or work any checks that come in by mail to be posted in a timely manner.
• Filing of department paperwork, creation and maintenance of patient files, and working incoming mail.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Physical Requirements:

• Includes being able to sit for prolonged periods of time.
• Frequent standing, bending, stooping, and occasional lifting.
• Requires normal range of hearing and manual dexterity sufficient to operate keyboard, telephone, photocopier, calculator, and other office equipment as needed.
• Requires the ability to work under stressful conditions and to work irregular hours as needed.
• TB test upon hire.

Locally owned and nationally recognized, Freeman Health System is a not-for-profit health system serving communities across Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas through a network of hospitals, physician clinics, outpatient locations, and specialty services. The system includes Freeman Hospital West, Freeman Hospital East, Freeman Neosho Hospital, and the Freeman Health System facilities in Bentonville, Springdale, Willow Creek, and Siloam Springs. Freeman Health System also operates Ozark Center – the region’s largest provider of behavioral health services, and offers comprehensive cancer, cardiology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, and women’s and children’s services. The system is supported by more than 7,000 employees and is the only Children’s Miracle Network Hospital in a 70-mile radius. For more information, visit Freeman Health System.