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Deer Oaks Behavioral Health is Hiring a Medical Collections Specialist Near San Antonio, TX
Deer Oaks – The Behavioral Health Solution is a leading provider of behavioral health services across the country and now growing its administrative team. Our Revenue Cycle department is seeking a full -time experienced medical collections specialist. Be a part of the Deer Oaks Difference. The Collections Specialist works as a member of the Collections Department.
- Handling collections of primary, secondary, and tertiary insurance receivables
- Handling appeals for denials and reworking rejections
- Work all Collections correspondence
- Coordinating with other revenue cycle staff
- Works Overpayment Notices
- Initiate resolution to refund requests
- Responsible for minimizing aging of accounts
- Works Medicaid Pending, Unbilled, and Denial reports
- Generates claims for secondary and tertiary insurance
- Healthcare collections experience is preferred
- Must be computer literate
- Have good interpersonal skills
- Work well in a team environment
- Excellent written communication
- Time management
- Knowledge of Medicare and Medicaid preferred
- Specialized knowledge of claim filing and appeal filing deadlines preferred
- Some experience with other commercial insurances helpful
- Basic knowledge of medical billing and collections terminology and regulations
- Understands and recognizes the difference between a contractual adjustment and write off
- Ability to maneuver through assigned work queues
- Understanding Denial, Unbilled, Addendum and Medicaid Pending reports
- Basic knowledge of HIPAA guidelines
- Familiar with navigating insurance websites and portals
- Correctly interpret payer EOBs/Remit information
- Solution oriented
- Clearly documents all information obtained while working accounts (name of person spoken with, number called, reference number, problem, actions taken, follow up date and initials)
- Strong attention to detail
- Able to spot trends and escalates accordingly
- Able to locate and interpret payer specific billing guidelines
- Ability to work with performance goals and measurements.
Must be able to reliably commute to 78240.
Behaviors
Required- Team Player: Works well as a member of a group
- Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well
Job Summary
Full Time
$39k-47k (estimate)
01/31/2024
07/09/2024
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