Payments Specialist - Ovation Healthcare : Job Details

Welcome to Ovation Healthcare!

At Ovation Healthcare, we've been making local healthcare better for more than 40 years. Our mission is to strengthen independent community healthcare. We provide independent hospitals and health systems with the support, guidance and tech-enabled shared services needed to remain strong and viable. With a strong sense of purpose and commitment to operating excellence, we help rural healthcare providers fulfill their missions.

The Ovation Healthcare difference is the extraordinary combination of operations experience and consulting guidance that fulfills our mission of creating a sustainable future for healthcare organizations. Ovation Healthcare's vision is to be a dynamic, integrated professional services company delivering innovative and executable solutions through experience and thought leadership, while valuing trust, respect, and customer focused behavior.

We're looking for talented, motivated professionals with a desire to help independent hospitals thrive. Working with Ovation Healthcare you will have the opportunity to collaborate with highly skilled subject matter specialists and operations executives, in a collegial atmosphere of professionalism and teamwork.

Ovation Healthcare's corporate headquarters is located in Brentwood, TN. For more information, visit

Essential Functions

* Payment posting manual/Electronic (ERA's) patient and insurance payments, adjustments, and/or denials

* Locate remittances & payments in various portals

* Ability to read and interpret EOB's

* Transfer copay/coinsurance and deductible balances to patient responsibility

* Review of patient account balances as needed to determine posting accuracy

* Perform payment and bank reconciliations

* Daily cash reconciliation and reporting

* Research and resolve unapplied accounts

* Cross train/assist/cover for other team members and/or with other projects as needed

* Identify and report on trends/issues

* Prepare, reconcile and complete the local bank deposits for mail patient/insurance/accounting payments & other hospital/clinic departments (does not apply to home-based candidates)

* Maintain/reconcile petty cash funds, process point of service patient payments (does not apply to home-based candidates)

* Post monthly agency payment reports

* Other duties as assigned

Required Skills and Experience

* Must adapt and demonstrate the ability to work independently in a quiet, dedicated workspace from home in a fast-paced, changing and goal-oriented environment.

* Must be detail oriented, organized, a strong multi-tasker, resourceful and possess the ability to apply critical thinking skills to make good and independent decisions.

* Candidate must exhibit excellent time management organizational skills

* Ability to analyze and evaluate different payment situations

* Ability to prioritize the workload and meet deadlines

* Must be a team player

* Basic to intermediate Excel skills

* Ten Key Touch (preferred)

Qualifications

* Minimum of 3-5 years (preferred) prior direct experience in healthcare setting

* High School Diploma or equivalent

* Home-Based (remote) position requires a reliable high speed internet connection