Patient Financial Services Representative
Chinese Hospital | San Francisco Bay Area
About This Role
Department
Patient Accounting
Reports to
Revenue Cycle Supervisor
Type
Full Time
Requisition #
10189
Position Summary
Facilitate timely and accurate submission of all claims for hospital services. This includes pre-billing and/or billing of assigned accounts. Review and correct claims with errors in a timely manner. Use electronic billing methods to submit and review patient claims. Perform timely and accurate follow-up of claims for hospital services in order to maximize cash collections and minimize uncollected accounts.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Review and correct all claims in error through electronic billing system daily.
- Review worklist daily for claims that require follow-up.
- Work the 72-hour report on a daily basis.
- Maximize reimbursement and minimize billing rejections by submitting appropriate claims according to department policies and procedures while following appropriate government guidelines.
- Demonstrated effective expertise in acute care billing.
- Ability to identify and communicate billing trends impacting cash.
- Request prior authorizations or retro authorizations as needed for hospital services.
- Current familiarity with the UB04 claim form, charge master and compliance resources.
- Assist in the preparation of payor credit balance reporting and other audits projects as required.
- Review accounts and perform account follow-up timely and efficiently.
- Resolve unbilled or unpaid claims, including rebilling of claims with late or corrected charges.
- Submit appeals and perform follow-up for daily correspondence received.
- Bill secondary commercial payors once the primary insurance has paid correctly.
- Request Medical Records and EOB’s/RA’s as needed.
- Enter adjustments according to department Write-Off policy and procedure.
- Ability to identify and communicate trends impacting cash.
- Review self-pay and self-pay after insurance accounts as assigned to ensure accurate and timely billing of patient statements.
- Review insurance refund request, verify if refund request is valid and process accordingly.
- Maintain daily productivity reports.
- Operates with a high level of autonomy to identify trends, analyze and resolve account follow-up activities.
- Assist Patient Registration with coverage as needed to register patients or answer incoming calls.
- Accepts and performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Required
- Bilingual in Chinese
- High School Diploma or equivalent, with minimum of (2) years related work experience in a hospital setting.
- Knowledge of Medicare, Medi-Cal, Managed Care, HMO, PPO, Industrial and Third party regulations.
- Working knowledge of basics of contracting concept, prior authorization requirements, CPT and ICD9/10 coding, procedure for billing or adjusting late
- charges, duplicate charges, incorrect or incomplete codes.
- Strong communication skills; including interactions payors, patients, physicians and colleagues.
- Basic Keyboarding skills and computer proficiency (Microsoft Office) (EMR knowledge a plus).
- Ability to effectively present information, both verbal and written.
- Ability to take initiative, adapt to changing priorities, and work independently.
- Strong time management and prioritization skills.
- Ability to multi-task with a high level of efficiency and attention to detail.
Physical Requirements
While performing the duties of this job, staff is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, talk, and/or listen. He/she uses his/her hands to do computer work, write reports, do equipment set-up/cleaning/storage, clerical support, etc. He/she will be using the phone frequently. Good vision is needed to be able to read schedules, enter accurate data, etc. He/she must have good general health and demonstrate emotional stability so as to carry out the above-enumerated duties.
- Able to lift up to 30 pounds.
- Stand, walk, and move 50% of the day.
- Use proper body mechanics when handling equipment.
Compliance Requirements
Complies with Chinese Hospital Compliance Handbook including Code of Ethics and all statutes, regulations, guidelines applicable to federal and state programs. Responsibilities include, following the guidelines and reporting suspected violations of any statute, regulations, agreements or guidelines applicable to all healthcare programs.
Base Pay Scale
Starting at $25.76 – $38.61 per hour. The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training. This pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage.