Workers' Compensation Medical Legal Specialist

Des Moines Orthopaedic Surgeons; West Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company profit sharing

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Six paid holidays

PTO accrual up to 22 days/year

Job summary

Des Moines Orthopaedic Surgeons seeks a full-time Medical-Legal Specialist in West Des Moines to support our Workers' Compensation team. This 40-hour role (8am-5pm, Mon-Fri) serves as an in-house liaison with attorneys, insurers, adjusters, and medical-legal contacts to streamline services for injured workers.

Key duties include coordinating billing for services and collecting necessary claim details, and gathering information for physicians to complete requested services.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years in workers' compensation or medical-legal work.
• Strong organizational and multitasking abilities.
• Professional written and verbal communication; bilingual a plus.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate billing for services and invoice charges with billing team and external stakeholders.
• Obtain stakeholder details including contact information, claim number, conditions, billing address, and date of injury.
• Gather information for the physician to complete the requested service.

Skills

Workers' Compensation

Medical-Legal matters

Billing coordination

Education

High School or better

Job description

Workers' Compensation Medical Legal Specialist

Job Category: Revenue Cycle Department

Requisition Number: WORKE002332

• Posted : September 2, 2026
• Full-Time

Locations

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Des Moines Orthopaedics - West Des Moines
West Des Moines, IA 50266, USA

Description

The Workers' Compensation team is evolving here at DMOS to better serve our patients needs when it comes to workplace orthopaedic injuries! As we have continued to grow, specialization of tasks and duties has been highlighted as an opportunity to streamline services for injured workers, insurance adjusters, and physicians. To support our team, we are seeking a Medical-Legal Specialist. In this role you will act as an in-house company liaison with legal entities, attorneys, insurance adjusters, and medical-legal contacts. This is a full-time (40-hr) position located at our West Des Moines office with hours 8am-5pm (Monday - Friday).

Here’s What You Can Expect

• Coordinate billing for services rendered, invoice charges with billing team and external stakeholders on fee collection and scheduling of Workers' Comp prepayment services
• Obtain necessary stakeholder details including contact information, claim number, accepted conditions, billing address, and date of injury
• Gather all pertinent and necessary information for Physician to complete desired service being rendered

What We’re Looking For

• Minimum of 1 to 2 years of prior experience working with workers' compensation, medical-legal matters, or civil referral sources (attorneys, insurers, adjusters, TPAs) within healthcare administration
• Strong organizational, multi-tasking and process-driven skills
• Ability to communicate (verbally and written) in a professional manner with individuals with varying backgrounds, bi-lingual is a plus.

Why DMOS?

• Friendly, fun, and dedicated peers.
• Outstanding 401(k) with an annual company profit sharing contribution (even if you don’t participate in the match program).
• Health, dental, and vision insurance including six paid holidays and a generous PTO accrual program for full time staff to earn up to 22 days a year.
• Orthopaedic practice with over 70 years of service to patients of the Des Moines metro.

DMOS is a privately held medical facility. Candidates who receive a conditional offer of employment at DMOS will be required to complete a criminal background check, federal background checks, education verification, reference checks, and an initial TB test.

Please Note: DMOS values your privacy. DMOS will not ask a candidate for private personal information, such as social security number/date of birth, until after an offer is accepted. DMOS will not contact candidates through any other site outside of UKG or @DMOS email addresses. DMOS does not contact candidates through Indeed. Please do not respond to Indeed requests for DMOS. You may email [e-mail] for more questions.

Education

Required

High School or better.

Experience

Required

1 year:

1 year:

1 year:

• 1 year: Workers' Compensation Coordination
• 1 year: Medical - Legal Matters

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