Summary
We are hiring for a Collection Specialist!
Pay Range: $18.25 - $21.88 / hour.
At LHC Group, we embrace a culture of caring, belonging, and trust and enjoy the meaningful connections that come from it: for the whole patient, their families, each other, and the communities we serve—it truly is all about helping people.
We strive to offer benefits that reward the whole you!
- employee wellness programs
- flexibility for true work-life balance
- holidays & paid time off
- continuing education & career growth opportunities
- company-wide support & resources to help you achieve your goals
Take your career to a new level of caring. Apply today!
Responsibilities
• Finance - Prepares and processes various insurance claims. Verifies data by conferring w ith appropriate agency and/or external personnel on a daily basis. • Finance - Creates and processes electronic claims submission for various payers on a daily basis.
• Quality - Researches any error claims and makes necessary corrections for clean claim production and submission on an as needed basis.
• Finance - Review s accounts receivable on a daily basis and performs follow -up on delinquent accounts according to established policies and procedures. Recommends departmental/agency corrective action as required.
• Quality - Receives, investigates, and responds to inquiries from payors and/or agencies concerning accounts receivable activity according to established polices and procedures on a regular basis.
• Quality - Maintains and develops accounts receivable schedules to track issues and resolutions for ease of reporting on a monthly basis.
• People - Resolves all customer requests, inquiries, and concerns in an expedient and respectful manner.
• Quality - Problem solves independently before referring problems to the Supervisor/Manager for resolution.
• Service - Performs similar, comparable, or related duties as may be required or assigned.
Education and Experience
Formal Education: High School Diploma or equivalent
Experience: 1 year
Medical billing/collections experience
Home Health billing/collections experience
Excellent oral and w ritten communication
Excellent organizational and analytical
Basic PC skills including PC based applications (MS W ord, Excel).
Mathematical