Sr. Medical Biller (H)

University of Miami; United States; Remote; USD 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Tuition remission

Job summary

University of Miami offers a remote, full-time Sr. Medical Biller role within the Central Business Office. The successful candidate will process billing information, verify claims, and assist supervising staff in maintaining data quality, identifying issues, and implementing solutions.

The role supports University of Miami Health System, with responsibilities across revenue cycle tasks, reporting, and adherence to policy while maintaining confidentiality and accuracy in all transactions.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of relevant medical billing experience.
• Knowledge of generally accepted accounting procedures and principles.
• Ability to process confidential information with discretion.
• Ability to work independently and/or in a collaborative environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form.
• Any appropriate combination of relevant education, experience and/or certifications may be considered.

Responsibilities

• Assist management with training of new staff.
• Run weekly reports on accounts and monitor to keep contents minimal.
• Verify all claims and ensure edits are collected and released timely.
• Report edits by billing area to management monthly.
• Verify controls to ensure no charges are missed.
• Ensure that all charges are entered in a timely fashion.
• Review encounters for pertinent information (demographics, insurance, services).
• Coordinate correction of vouchers and reconcile daily vouchers.
• Adhere to University policies and safeguard assets.
• Release physician charges from assigned work queues promptly.
• Review encounters for required information and eligibility.
• Run insurance eligibility checks and fix registration issues.
• Manual entry of paper vouchers for missing charges.
• Review and correct erroneous or rejected charges.
• Distribute credits from patient payments as needed.
• Assign charges to cases and phases.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Attention to detail

Discretion with confidential data

Independent or team work

Communication skills

Accounting fundamentals

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Job description

The Central Business Office has an exciting opportunity for a full-time Sr. Medical Biller. The Sr. Medical Biller processes billing information in appropriate system and assists supervising staff in maintaining quality control of data by identifying potential problems, and offering and implementing solutions.

This position is remote.

CORE JOB FUNCTIONS

• Assists management with the training of new staff.
• Runs reports weekly on accounts and monitors to keep the contents at a minimum.
• Verifies all claims and ensures edits are collected and released in a timely fashion.
• Reports edits by billing area to managing staff on a monthly basis.
• Verifies that all controls are followed so that no charges are missed.
• Verifies all payment reconciliation processes are followed at the clinics.
• Ensures that all charges are entered in a timely fashion.
• Reviews encounters received for all pertinent information.
• Coordinates the correction of inaccurate vouchers, and prints daily voucher report to reconcile all vouchers.
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

Department Specific Functions

• Reviews and releases all physician charges from the assigned WQ’s in a timely fashion.
• Reviews encounters received for all pertinent information: patient demographic information, guarantor and insurance information, place of service, referrals, claim info record, and managed care authorization requirements.
• Runs insurance eligibility and fixes registration issues.
• Manually enters paper vouchers received for missing charges.
• Reviews and fixes erroneous and/or rejected charges.
• Distributes credits from patient payments as needed.
• Assigns charges to cases and phases.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS

• High School diploma or equivalent required
• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience required
• Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes: Knowledge of generally accepted accounting procedures and principles.
• Skill in completing assignments accurately and with attention to detail.
• Ability to process and handle confidential information with discretion.
• Ability to work independently and/or in a collaborative environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form.
• Any appropriate combination of relevant education, experience and/or certifications may be considered.

• The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine.

As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean.

Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year.

Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care.

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The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.

Job Status: Full time Employee Type: Staff

The mission of the University of Miami is to transform lives through education, research, innovation, and service.

A vibrant and diverse academic and healthcare community, the University of Miami and the University of Miami Health System ("UHealth") have rapidly progressed to become one of the nation’s top research universities and academic medical centers in the nation.

The University comprises 12 schools and colleges serving undergraduate and graduate students in more than 350 majors and programs.

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The University of Miami and UHealth have also ranked among the Forbes Best Employers and Best Employers for Women on several occasions, most recently in 2022.

With more than 17,000 faculty and staff, the University strives for excellence, and is driven by a powerful mission to transform and impact the lives of its students, patients, members of the community, and people across the globe.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.