Billing Assistant Jobs

Job Summary

The Billing Assistant will assist in preparing, receiving, and reviewing invoices and related documents for completeness and compliance with company policies and contractual requirements. The Billing Assistant will assist with the administration of the day-to-day operations of the Billing Assistant functions and duties.

The Billing Assistant has partial responsibility for these areas:

• Maintain a team orientation in dealing with co-workers.
• Resolving staff and customer concerns relating to billing related questions.
• Being capable and responsible for all aspects of quality service for staff and customers.

The Billing Assistant contributes to the accomplishment of The Billing Assistant practices and objectives that will provide an employee-oriented, high performance culture that emphasizes empowerment, quality, productivity and standards, goal attainment, and the recruitment and ongoing development of a superior workforce.

The Billing Assistant helps with the implementation of services, policies, and programs through Billing staff; reports to the Administrator and assists company managers with billing issues.

Essential Functions:

• Assist the Administrator and other staff in the billing department as needed.
• Reviewing and entering Explanation of Benefits/deposits daily by posting revenue into patient accounts from insurance companies and patient payments.
• Assumes other duties as assigned.
• Meet Established department standards regarding the quantity and quality of work produced.
• Reviews, analyzes and checks documents for accuracy and makes necessary adjustments or corrections through established procedures.
• Implement best practices to ensure billing is completed accurately and timely via electronic submissions and paper claim submissions.
• Must comply with safety rules, policies, and procedures
• Must comply with company rules, policies and procedures
• Appeals/Processing of denials.
• Knowledge of pay sources.
• Maintain constant communication and a working relation with Therapist, Mentors and Business Office Managers.
• Recommends or participates in the development of new procedures and policies related to billing operations.
• Reviewing and prepare daily billing from Speech, Occupational and Physical Therapy treatments.
• Accepts and acts upon constructive feedback.
• Consistent with the compliance and implementation of department and company policies and procedures.
• Able to carry out various tasks, day-to-day Billing Assistant duties.
• Ensures the completion of appropriate documents prior to processing any adjustments.
• Create and maintain labels and folders on a monthly basis for billing.
• Contacting insurance companies with claims related inquiries and consistently reviewing Accounts Receivables to ensure the company maintains a standard set margin of collections.

Job Qualification

1. Minimum Education required: HS diploma or G.E.D equivalent required.

2. Minimum Experience required: Minimum 1-year of general business experience, Billing experience preferred.

Knowledge, skills and Experience

To perform the Billing Assistant job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential responsibility satisfactorily. These requirements are representative, but not all-inclusive, of the knowledge, skill, and ability required of the company Billing Assistant. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be able to gather, analyze information timely and skillfully.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Able to exhibit a high level of confidentiality.
• Excellent computer skills, including Word and Excel in a Microsoft Windows environment.
• Skills in database management and record keeping.
• Effective oral, written, communication, and organizational skills.
• Experience in administration of billing programs.

Career Path:

May develop to: Sr. Billing Assistant

Physical

These physical demands are representative to the physical requirements necessary for an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the Billing Assistant job. Reasonable accommodation can be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the described essential functions of the Billing Assistant job.

Mental Demands:

See projects through to completion.

Recommend and implement improvements to processes increasing efficiency.

Mathematical ability sufficient to add, subtract, multiply, divide, and figure averages.

Ability to communicate effectively by telephone and in meetings and discussions.

Essential Physical Tasks:

Daily sitting focusing on and operation of a personal computer or terminal keyboard to enter data for over 60 minutes at a time.

Equipment Used:

Calculator

Computer keyboard

FAX

Photocopier

Telephone

Environment:

Office environment,

No unusual exposures.

Safety precautions must be taken at all times.

THIS IS NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF SKILLS, EFFORTS, DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES OR WORKING CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE POSITION.