Patient Financial Counselor

Acadia Healthcare; Chandler (AZ); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Harboroaks in Chandler, AZ seeks a compassionate Patient Financial Counselor for an onsite role. You will help patients understand insurance benefits, upfront costs, and payment options.

Responsibilities include verifying benefits, updating records, collecting balances, and assisting with financial aid applications. Ideal candidate has 3+ years in healthcare financial counseling and strong empathy.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 3+ years of healthcare financial counseling, patient access, billing, or related field.
• Extensive knowledge of Commercial Insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid.

Responsibilities

• Verify insurance benefits and audit admission paperwork for accuracy and completeness.
• Review and update patient demographic and insurance information in the patient accounting system.
• Counsel patients and guarantors regarding insurance coverage, benefits, out-of-pocket costs, and payment options.
• Collect deductibles, copays, coinsurance, and other patient balances.
• Complete financial assistance applications and verify income and expense documentation.
• Prepare charity care, administrative adjustment requests, and payment arrangements as needed.
• Maintain collection, charity, and adjustment logs and review activity with leadership.
• Analyze account information and take appropriate action to support timely payment and reimbursement.

Skills

Healthcare financial counseling

Empathy

Communication

Attention to detail

On-site presence

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Patient accounting system

Job description

Overview

Patient Financial Counselor

We are seeking a knowledgeable and compassionate Patient Financial Counselor to help patients understand their insurance benefits and financial responsibilities.This roleis responsible forinsurance verification, financial counseling, upfront collections, payment arrangements, andmaintainingaccuratepatient financial records.

The ideal candidate combines strong financial counseling andcollectionsexpertisewith a genuine desire to help others. Because this is a patient-facing role within a behavioral health environment, we are seeking someone whodemonstratescompassion, empathy, patience, and emotional intelligencewhileassistingpatients through challenging situations.Three years of collecting experience isrequiredfor thisrole,five years is preferred.

This is an onsite role.

Sunday - Thursday ORTuesday - Saturday6:00am - 2:30pm

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

• Verify insurance benefits and audit admission paperwork for accuracy and completeness.


• Review and update patient demographic and insurance information in the patient accounting system.


• Counsel patients and guarantorsregardinginsurance coverage, benefits, out-of-pocket costs, and payment options.


• Collect deductibles, copays, coinsurance, and other patient balances.


• Complete financialassistanceapplications and verify income and expense documentation.


• Prepare charity care, administrative adjustment requests, and payment arrangements as needed.


• Maintain collection, charity, and adjustment logs and review activity with leadership.


• Analyze account information and takeappropriate actionto supporttimelypayment and reimbursement.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.


• 3+ years of experience in healthcare financial counseling, patient access, billing, ora relatedfieldrequired.


• Extensive knowledge of Commercial Insurance, Medicare, and Medicaidrequired.We are committed toprovidingequalemploymentopportunitiestoall applicantsforemploymentregardlessofanindividual’scharacteristicsprotected byapplicable state,federalandlocallaws.