Patient Accounts Representative

Talentify; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Challenging environment

Competitive compensation

Excellent health plan

401(K) with match

Generous PTO

Tuition reimbursement

Career development

Job summary

Friends Hospital, a facility of Universal Health Services, Inc., is seeking a Patient Account Representative to handle billing and collections for patient charges and related tasks.

Responsibilities include HIPAA-compliant claim processing, secondary billing, refunds, and patient financial counseling support; travel may be involved for trainings.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• 1–3 years of experience with psychiatric inpatient billing.
• Experience with Medicare billing and follow-up preferred.

Responsibilities

• Bill and collect HIPAA-compliant claims for patient charges.
• Follow up on accounts within 30 days.
• Handle secondary billing, refunds, allowances, bad debt referrals and self-pay referrals.
• Verify benefits and assist with patient financial counseling.
• Prepare filings and maintain Excel spreadsheets; some travel for trainings.

Skills

Electronic billing

Medicare billing

Cash posting

Insurance follow-up

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Job description

Responsibilities

Friends Hospital is the nation's oldest private psychiatric hospital, located on a beautiful 100-acre campus in Philadelphia, PA. Friends Hospital offers a continuum of care including level of care assessments; specially designed inpatient units for adolescents, adults, and older adults; and a private residential rehabilitation program. Friends Hospital is easily accessed via public transportation and has free, safe, on-site parking.

Visit us online at: https://friendshospital.com/

The Patient Account Representative is responsible for billing and collections of all HIPAA compliant claims to insurance companies for payment of all patient related charges and following up on accounts within 30 days. This position is also responsible for secondary billing, processing refunds, requesting allowances, recommending accounts for bad debt, write offs and referring accounts to self-pay for patient pay amounts. Other responsibilities include verification of benefits, filing, excel spreadsheets, interacting with patients when financial counseling is needed, and some travel may be involved for trainings.

Benefit Highlights

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Competitive Compensation
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plan
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues were $11.6 billion in 2020. In 2021, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; in 2020, ranked #281 on the Fortune 500; and listed #330 in Forbes ranking of U.S.’ Largest Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has 89,000 employees and through its subsidiaries operates 26 acute care hospitals, 334 behavioral health facilities, 39 outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located in 38 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

Qualifications

Education

High School diploma or equivalent.

Experience

One to three years of experience with psychiatric inpatient electronic billing systems, Medicare billing experience, cash posting experience, and paper insurance billing claims follow-up preferred.

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.