Employment Type:

Shift:

Description:

The Collector is responsible for accurate and timely collection follow up of payment due to Loyola University Health System (LUHS). This includes calling private and/or group insurance carriers responsible for payment of hospital charges for insured patients, contacting Governmental Managed care programs (Medicare/Medicaid) responsible for payment of services provided to eligible patients, communicating with other hospital departments (i.e., Patient Access, HIM/Coding, Utilization Review/Case Management, Managed Care, etc.) to obtain demographic, clinical, financial and insurance information, and responding to patient and third party payer inquiries to ensure timely adjudication of claims processed within Patient Financial Services (PFS).

Position Requirements:
Minimum Education:
Required: High School Diploma plus training acquired through work experience or education
Preferred: Bachelors Degree OR equivalent training acquired via work experience or education
Minimum Experience:
Required: 1-2 years of previous job-related experience
Preferred: 3-5 years of previous job-related experience
Computer Skills:
Required:
Basic Keyboarding Skills
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Word
Preferred:
EPIC
Microsoft Outlook

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Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.