Senior Collector

Prime Healthcare; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 54,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Sherman Oaks Hospital, part of Prime Healthcare, is seeking a Senior Collector to manage billing, follow-up, and payment collection in accordance with payer guidelines. You will maintain deficiency lists, resolve claim rejections, and ensure end-to-end billing through account closure.

Requirements include a minimum of five years hospital collector experience, an associate degree or equivalent, and knowledge of government and commercial payers.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years hospital/facility collector experience
• Associates degree or equivalent work experience required
• Understanding of managed care payor contract and contract language
• Working experience with all payer types including commercial, governmental, Medicare, Medicaid, HMO, etc. and ability to cross-over into different payers.

Responsibilities

• The Senior Collector is responsible for collections, gathering and securing all information needed for billing, follow up, and payment of accounts in accordance with payer guidelines, policies, procedures, and compliance regulations.
• Maintain deficiency lists used to obtain missing documents from internal or external entities.
• Resolve claim rejections, package claims with attachments of professional fee claims, perform proactive payer follow up, and secure payment of accounts.

Job description

Overview

At Sherman Oaks Hospital, our dedicated team of professionals are committed to our core values of quality, compassion, and community. As a member of the Prime Healthcare Foundation, Sherman Oaks Hospital is actively seeking new members to join its award-winning team!Sherman Oaks Hospital is a 153-bed, not-for-profit, acute-care community hospital located in Sherman Oaks, California. Staffed with over 500 employees and an extraordinary team of physicians, the hospital is recognized for advanced technology and compassionate care and provides 24/7 emergency care in addition to a full range of specialized medical, surgical, and diagnostic services to improve and save lives. Sherman Oaks Hospital has been nationally recognized multiple times as a "100 Top Hospital" by Fortune/Merative, holds an "A" grade in patient safety from The Leapfrog Group, Patient Safety Excellence recognition from Healthgrades, and more. For more information, visit www.shermanoakshospital.org.

Responsibilities

The Senior Collector is responsible for collections, gathering and securing all information needed for billing, follow up, and payment of accounts in accordance with the specific payer guidelines, policies, procedures, and compliance regulations for Government payers. This includes maintaining the deficiency lists used to obtain missing documents from internal or external entities, resolving claim rejections, packaging claims, including global billing with attachments of professional fee claims, performing proactive follow up with payers and other entities and securing payment of accounts. The senior biller/collector is accountable and responsible for billing through account closure.

Qualifications

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING

1. Minimum of 5 years hospital/facility collector experience

2. Associates degree or equivalent work experience required

3. Understanding of managed care payor contract and contract language

6. Working experience with all payer types including: commercial, governmental, Medicare, Medicaid, HMO, etc. and the ability to cross-over into different payers.

Pay Transparency

Sherman Oaks Hospital offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that provides employees the flexibility to tailor benefits according to their individual needs. Our Total Rewards package includes, but is not limited to, paid time off, a 401K retirement plan, medical, dental, and vision coverage, tuition reimbursement, and many more voluntary benefit options. A reasonable compensation estimate for this role, which includes estimated wages, benefits, and other forms of compensation, is $25.78 to $29.39. The exact starting compensation to be offered will be determined at the time of selecting an applicant for hire, in which a wide range of factors will be considered, including but not limited to, skillset, years of applicable experience, education, credentials and licensure.

Employment Status

Full Time

Shift

Days

Equal Employment Opportunity

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