Remote Billing Specialist — Healthcare AR & Denials Expert

Care Initiatives; West Des Moines (IA); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Digital wallet

Weekday schedule

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Care Initiatives is seeking a Billing Specialist to handle full-cycle medical billing for skilled nursing facilities, Medicare, Medicaid, and private payers. This full-time role is remote and will require coming to our West Des Moines Corporate Office two days per month.

Responsibilities include filing claims, posting payments, managing denials, and maintaining current accounts receivable while coordinating with payers and facility staff.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of medical billing experience.
• Accounts Receivable & SNF billing experience – Highly Preferred.
• Strong data entry & keyboarding skills.
• Excellent organizational, time management, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintains accounts receivable systems, resident billing, and accounts per policy and timelines.
• Maintains billing and control of Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, private insurance and co-insurance for patient claims.
• Ensures that all claims are filed accurately and on a timely basis.
• Ensures co-insurance will be billed to the responsible party or insurance company within five working days.
• Communicates with fiscal intermediaries, company accounting staff, auditors, state agencies and facility staff.
• Research delinquent accounts and work the claim denial management process.
• Complete general bank deposits and posting of electronic payments, making adjustments as needed.
• Submit electronic and manual billing claims to carriers’ intermediaries, and other payer sources.

Skills

Medical billing experience

Accounts Receivable

Data entry

Organization & communication

Job description

Care Initiatives is seeking a Billing Specialist to handle full-cycle medical billing for skilled nursing facilities, Medicare, Medicaid, and private payers. This full-time role is remote and will require coming to our West Des Moines Corporate Office two days per month.

Responsibilities include filing claims, posting payments, managing denials, and maintaining current accounts receivable while coordinating with payers and facility staff.