TRANSACTION ENTRY SPECIALIST

Transaction Entry Specialist

Business Office

Full Time: 80 Hours per pay period. 

Purpose/Position Summary:  

Responsible general administrative and clerical duties within the business office. Works with management team to provide administrative support for the business office.  

Essential Functions/Duties/Responsibilities: 

· Enter charges from Powerflow for all clinics. 

· Setup clinic accounts and enter charges for Profession services related to patient surgery. 

· Charge entry for account balance sheets for clinic accounts 

· Review, follow up and sending out Contract Billing account Invoices. 

· Charge entry for Hospital patients 

· Use a daily outpatient list to verify no outstanding charges. If missing charges, put insurance at unchecked and put on billing hold. 

· Charge entry for Inpatient and swing bed. 

· Process bank returned checks. 

· Verify room charges on inpatient and OBS accounts. 

· Close day on Hospital and Clinic side after charges and receipts are posted. 

· Close month on Hospital and Clinic side. 

· Comply with federal, state, and Sparta Community Hospital District policies, procedures, and regulations  

· Responsible for obtaining office supplies for BO. 

· Effectively manage time thru prioritization and organizational skills 

· Excellent communication and interpersonal skill. Demonstrates a preference for contact with people and the ability to work with them in a tactful and diplomatic manner. 

· Must maintain confidentiality of patients’ protected health information, financial information, as well as operational information of organization and comply with HIPAA guidelines. Must access information only on a need-to-know basis in the line of work-related duties. 

· Must be adaptable to change and able to work under pressure to meet deadlines. 

· Must be able to effectively perform the duties and responsibilities identified (subject to change according to need) and to successfully complete all required annual competencies. 

· Attention to Detail - job requires paying attention to detail, accuracy and thoroughness in completing tasks. 

· Dependability - job requires being reliable, responsible, dependable, and fulfilling obligations. 

· Self-Control - job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations 

· Stress Tolerance - job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations. 

· Integrity - job requires being honest and ethical 

· Cooperation- job requires being pleasant with patients, co-workers and all other contacts and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. 

· Adaptability/Flexibility- job requires being open to change (positive or negative)  

· Independence - job requires guiding oneself with little or no supervision and good decision-making skills 

· Initiative - job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. 

· Comply with training and educational requirements of position.  Seek additional education opportunities to enhance knowledge and skill levels as needed and ensure that documentation of education is submitted to HR for personnel file