Payment Poster

National Partners In Healthcare; Richardson (TX); On-site; USD 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

National Partners in Healthcare is seeking a Full Time Billing Clerk in Richardson, TX to post payments and verify insurance and patient payments promptly. The role requires a High School diploma and at least one year in third-party billing, with two years in healthcare billing preferred.

Proficiency in Excel and Word is required. You will work in a fast-paced office, handling daily reconciliations, refunds, and communications with payers while maintaining strict confidentiality.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum 1 year in 3rd party billing.
• 2 years healthcare/medical office billing experience preferred.
• Working knowledge of Excel and Word required.

Responsibilities

• Post payments to patient accounts and balance imaging workflow checks.
• Verify and write off non-allowed charges billed to payers.
• Read and understand insurer explanation of benefits.
• Reconcile daily deposits with posted amounts and resolve discrepancies.
• Process refunds for overpaid accounts and unidentified payments.
• Research remits in the imaging system and obtain missing documents from insurers.
• Identify payor for EFT payments and report discrepancies to supervisor.
• Maintain confidentiality in all processes.

Skills

Attention to detail

Analytical thinking

Teamwork

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Tools

Excel

Word

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: Texas Regional Admin Office - Richardson, TX 75082

Position Type: Full Time

Education Level: High School

Salary Range: $18.00 - $24.90 Hourly

Travel Percentage: None

Job Shift: Day

Job Category: Health Care

Company Overview:

National Partners in Healthcare (NPH) is a progressive healthcare company specializing in anesthesiology. We partner with physicians and health systems to deliver high quality care, aligning synergies and best practices to achieve superior outcomes. As a leader in the industry, we believe in developing a foundation of trust, transparency, and excellence in everything we do. The success of our company has created excellent career advancement opportunities that support a healthy work/life balance.

Position Summary:

Posts payments to patient accounts; keys and verifies insurance and patient payments in accurate and timely manner. Researches and processes all unidentified payments. Identifies and reports to supervisor any payment problems and discrepancies.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Post insurance and personal payments to patient accounts; balance checks in imaging workflow environment
• Verify and write off any non-allowed charges billed to participating payers. Verify the patient responsibility
• Read and comprehend insurance company explanation of benefits
• Reconcile daily deposits to posted amounts; resolve discrepancies by appropriate department's monthly deadline
• Post rejections from insurance companies
• Process refunds for all overpaid accounts, unidentified and misdirected payments
• Research in the imaging system and find the remits for the suspended payments
• Call insurance companies to obtain copies of remits for suspended payments
• Review and make corrections on the trainees' batches as needed
• Look for the ERA files for the EFT payments and report the missing files to supervisor
• Identify the payor for the EFT payments and match them to the ERA files in the system, accurately. Identify and report the discrepancies in the ERA files to the supervisor.
• Maintains strictest confidentiality.

Non-Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform other duties as assigned.

QualificationsEducation/Licensing/Certification:

High School graduate or equivalent

Experience:

Minimum of (1) one year of experience in 3rd party billing. (2) two years preferred. experience in a healthcare business office, specifically collections and/or payment posting, is required. Working knowledge of Excel and Word is required.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Knowledge of organization policies, procedures and systems
• Good understanding of the revenue cycle
• Thorough understanding and working knowledge of payor contracts and payer reimbursement policies
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to identify trend and issues and ability to solutions to address issues
• Knowledge of contractual management practices
• Skill in computer applications including MS Word, MS Excel.
• Basic knowledge of managed care programs and billing requirements necessary.
• Analytical abilities required to identify and resolve underpayments relating to specific payers, coding issues, etc.
• Good mathematical skills a must.
• Skill in verbal and written communication.
• Skill in gathering and reporting information.
• Ability to work effectively with staff, physicians and external customers. Must display teamwork attitude and good inter-personal skills.
• Must have a pleasant disposition and high tolerance level.
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision.
• Familiarity with basic medical terminology and concepts required
• Knowledge of CPT, ICD-9, and ASA coding.