What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Billing Specialist/Receptionist position at Benaim Eye & Aesthetics?
Essential Duties & Responsibilities Include:
- Check in and check out patients including collecting copays, posting patient charges, and scheduling appointments.
- Verification of insurance benefits, identify and bill primary, secondary, and tertiary insurances
- Following up on unpaid claims to ensure payment within 60 days of service
- Familiar with assigning CPTs, ICD 10 codes and modifiers in accordance with coding and reimbursement guidelines for appropriate reimbursement.
- Assists in obtaining final diagnosis and contacting physicians for clarification of documentation when needed.
- Assist in reviewing patient claims for accuracy and completeness to ensure payment
- Assist in handling patient billing inquiries
- Insurance follow up – A/R
- Assists in training of new staff, coordinates with fellow coders for any clarification.
- Ensures legal compliance by following company policies, procedures, guidelines, as well as state and federal insurance regulations.
- Assist in contacting insurance companies regarding discrepancy in payments
- Other duties may include preparation of reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information.
Qualifications:
- Ophthalmology knowledge and related work experience (Preferred but not required)
- Coding Certification (Preferred but not required)
- Experience with Electronic Medical Record systems, Knowledge of Modernizing Medicine (EMA) (Preferred but not required)
- Working knowledge of ICD-10 and CPT coding system.
- Experience in ophthalmic medical charge entry
- Experience in medical billing, current A/R & experience in patient services.
- Prior experience working Medicare and other government payers and commercial insurance.
- Ability to multi-task, prioritize needs to meet required timelines.
- Critical thinker, problem-solver
- Well-organized, team player
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $20.00 - $28.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
Work Location: In person
Salary : $20 - $28