Description:

The Medical Billing Specialist ’s primary responsibility is to perform superior collection efforts on outstanding accounts for assigned payors. This entails appealing denied and incorrectly paid claim and contacting payors and patients thru verbal, written and electronic modes of communication.

This is an onsite role located in East Syracuse, NY. Shift will be Monday-Friday 730 AM - 4 PM or 8 AM - 430 PM.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepares and sends payer appeals via mail, telephone, or websites

• Documents patient’s account with the actions taken to collect outstanding balances and attaches images of relevant documents

• Pursues prompt follow up of outstanding claims which may require contacting payers, patients, referring providers, and/or facilities

• Monitors denied claims for trends and issues and reports these findings to Senior Team Lead

• Review and work daily correspondence

• Update patient or insurance information in accounts when necessary

• Answers incoming calls during business hours and provides excellent customer service

• Meets productivity standards

• Conforms to all HIPAA laws and patient confidentiality requirements

• Completes other job-related tasks as assigned

• Maintains a high standard of professional conduct at all times

About TEKsystems:

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.