ABOUT THE BILLING SPECIALIST POSITION

We are seeking a responsible Billing Specialist who will undertake specific financial and non-financial tasks to help our company maintain its revenue. You will be responsible for processing incoming payments and managing all related documentation.

BILLING SPECIALIST REQUIREMENTS ARE:

• 1+ years’ experience working in a Billing Specialist position
• Solid experience in working with numerical data and processing financial information
• Good knowledge of laws and best practices related to dealing with customers and billing data
• Good practical knowledge of MS Office, particularly Excel
• Accurate, stress-resistant, and results-driven
• Responsibility and close attention to details
• Knowledge of basic bookkeeping procedures, medical terminology, basic accounting functions,such as posting information and verifying the accuracy of data
  Acute Nursing Care LLC and ANC Homecare LLC are equal opportunity employers

Processes and/or routes incoming telephone calls
1. Processes Daily Activity Reports
2. Makes sure all paperwork is received according to the daily visit schedule
3. Verifies paperwork turned in against the Daily Activity Report
4. Checks paperwork turned in for accuracy and completeness
5. Prepares copies of Daily Activity Reports for billing
6. Assists the unit clerk in processing new patient open paperwork
7. Assists in putting together the Master File and the Field File
8. Registers new patients and puts together the billing file
9. Maintains patient registration log
10. Enters referrals as received
11. Distributes information as required on the log (i.e. referral source, accept/rejection reason, SOC date,
etc.)
12. At the end of the month, enter visit count per discipline, discharge date, etc.. and calculate totals
13. Screens referral calls and obtains basic information (when designated referral person unavailable)
14. Prepares and maintains patient accounts for billing
15. Prepares billing log for each patient account
16. Post visits to the billing log from the daily activity report
17. Enters registrations on AS/400 for each daily visit
18. Post visit charges to each account
19. Posts supply charges to each account
20. Keeps track of patients who are discharged in the billing log
21. Prepares listing of bills to drop and routes information to the business office
23. Keeps the business office informed of any information about billing
24. Calculates visit count by discipline from the billing log at the end of the month and enters it on the report worksheet
25. Assists the Business Office in providing information upon request to process billing for payment
26. Keeps Business Office informed of any issues about patient accounts (i.e. TAR status,
private insurance and authorization, etc.)
27. Demonstrates excellent customer service skills
28. Assists with other clerical activities as needed within the department