Hospital Attendant Jobs in Kentucky

Overview:

Under general supervision, the Hospital Billing and Follow-Up Specialist handles essential billing and insurance follow-up functions. This role requires a fundamental understanding of insurance claim processing, knowledge of UB and HCFA claim forms, and the ability to interpret insurance explanation of benefits (EOBs), handle denials, and perform follow-up with insurers to ensure claims resolution. The position encompasses business office responsibilities related to patient accounts, including charge import, diagnostics and procedural coding, and claim follow-up with third-party payers to achieve a zero-balance resolution. This position has the possibility of being hybrid schedule after 6 months onsite, this is per management's discretion.

Responsibilities:

• Promote the mission, vision, and values of the organization
• Import charges from queues in a timely manner and append modifiers or any required information for claim transmission
• Review daily accounts that are ready to be billed in Waystar from Meditech
• Initiate correction on all claims with errors by the designated time
• Follow up on any correspondence that may have been received on that day or the previous day
• Cross train on billing all lines of business to the different payers
• Pull listing of all accounts assigned to be follow up by specific payer
• Diagnostic and procedural coding

Follow-Up Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the resubmission of primary, secondary, and tertiary claims per respective regulations and policies
• Communicate with third-party representatives as necessary to complete claims processing and/or resolve problem claims
• Follow-up daily on post processing activity including but not limited to, rejected billings, adjustments, rebilling, and denied claims for accounts
• Maintain accounts receivable detail of their accounts through tasking
• Maintains standards per payer for percentage accounts >90 days
• Works minimum standard number of accounts per payer per day
• Meets or exceeds collection goals by payer each month
• Works all assigned accounts as assigned, depending on balance
• Participates in educational activities and attends monthly department staff meetings
• Maintains confidentiality: adheres to all HIPAA guidelines/regulations
• Other duties as assigned from time to time
• Attend educational activities and monthly department staff meetings
• Perform other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS

Education: High School Diploma or GED

Minimum Work Experience: Six months previous experience in hospital registration, billing and collections, financial counseling, or customer service preferred

Required Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of medical terminology preferred
• Basic computer proficiency
• Typing speed: minimum 40 WPM
• Familiarity with CPT and ICD-9 coding is helpful
• Good written and verbal communication skills are essential for account follow-up