Billing Clerk-Grundy - UnityPoint Health : Job Details

Overview

Billing Clerk

Grundy County Memorial Hospital

Monday - Friday 8:00AM-4:30PM

The Billing Clerk is responsible for the daily submission of insurance claims and posting of insurance payments. The Billing Clerk resolves billing and insurance errors while ensuring patients are billed timely and accurately. Here's your opportunity to join a high performing team. Grundy County Memorial Hospital is a consistent top performer in patient experience, recognized as one of the nation's Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals, and is accredited for meeting the highest standards for patient safety and quality of care. Come see why our employees have placed us among one of Iowa's Top 150 Workplaces for the past nine years, a Cedar Valley Employer of Choice, a National Health Care Industry Top Workplace in 2023 and 2024, and a 2024 National Top Workplace by the USA Today!

As an affiliate of UnityPoint Health, GCMH offers competitive pay and benefits, including the new Total Rewards program!

Responsibilities

Departmental Support and Functions

* Anticipates the need to assist coworkers and adapt to staff coverage in the Billing Office and other Revenue Cycle areas.

* Multitask and work efficiently to accomplish daily objectives of the Billing Office.

* Communicate and work collaboratively with Revenue Cycle team members as well as ancillary departments of the Hospital.

Billing Functions

* Processes the daily insurance claims electronically, checking for errors and resubmitting when necessary.

* Works up and batches checks daily, both electronic and paper.

* Prints and submits insurance claims not accepted electronically in an efficient and timely fashion.

* Responsible for working work queues in EHR daily and completing accounts timely and accurately to ensure timely billing.

* Analyzes insurance denials and troubleshoot claims errors as necessary to ensure claims are reconsidered and resolved as necessary.

* Responsible for working daily statement work queue in EHR.

* Complete the daily deposit.

* Assist patients and other callers with billing-related questions, maintaining a high level of confidentiality and professionalism concerning patient rights.

Qualifications

Required:

* High school diploma or equivalent

* 1-2 years in a medical office setting

* Knowledge of CPT/HCPCS and ICD10.

* Knowledge of basic insurance terminology

* Basic computer knowledge using word processing, email and web browser.

* Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Preferred:

* Associates degree in related field

* 1-2 years as a medical coder or biller

* EPIC Experience

* Billing/Coding Certification

* Area of Interest: Patient Services;

* FTE/Hours per pay period: 1.0;

* Department: Billing Office- Grundy;

* Shift: M-F 8a-4:30p;

* Job ID: 156976;