Senior Medical Billing Collector & Team Mentor

LCMC Health; United States; À distance; USD 55 000 - 85 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

LCMC Health in New Orleans is seeking a Senior Collector to ensure timely submission of professional claims, review electronic billing, correct errors, and monitor payers for trends. You will mentor staff, handle denials, coordinate medical records, and uphold HIPAA while delivering compassionate service.

This role emphasizes process improvement, accuracy, and adherence to Medicare/Medicaid requirements. Join a team dedicated to heart and soul in healthcare and help patients navigate billing

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience in a healthcare environment, particularly in healthcare billing, collections, payment processing, or denial management.

Responsabilités

• Maintain responsibility of the timely submission of all professional claims assigned.
• Work daily electronic billing file and submit insurance claims to third-party payers; review daily edit reports from the professional billing system and make necessary corrections to allow electronic submission.
• Review error reports from electronic payers; identify errors and make appropriate corrections to ensure accurate claim submission.
• Monitor claim rejections for trends and issues and report findings to supervisor
• Prepare and submit manual insurance claims to third-party payers who do not accept electronic claims or require special handling.
• Coordinate medical record requests as needed.
• Document billing activity on the patient account; ensure compliance with all state and federal billing regulations and report any suspected compliance issues to the billing manager/supervisor.
• Work with supervision, management, and the patient accounting staff to improve processes, increase accuracy, create efficiencies, and achieve department goals.
• Observe best practice processes in billing, follow-up, and customer service activities.
• Participate in staff training aligning with improvement opportunities and Medicare/Medicaid requirements.

Connaissances

Healthcare billing

Denial management

Patient accounting

Communication skills

Formation

High school diploma

Billing/coding certification (preferred)

Description du poste

LCMC Health in New Orleans is seeking a Senior Collector to ensure timely submission of professional claims, review electronic billing, correct errors, and monitor payers for trends. You will mentor staff, handle denials, coordinate medical records, and uphold HIPAA while delivering compassionate service.

This role emphasizes process improvement, accuracy, and adherence to Medicare/Medicaid requirements. Join a team dedicated to heart and soul in healthcare and help patients navigate billing