Insurance Billing Clerk - Patient Accounting

ABOUT THE POSITION

The County of Riverside's University Health System - Behavioral Health department is seeking a regular Insurance Billing Clerk position to join their Patient Accounting team.
Under general supervision, the incumbent will perform fiscal clerical work processing and billing fiscal intermediaries for medical services rendered to patients.

The incumbent will also perform such duties as verifying medical insurance coverage following established procedures, accessing computerized account files to obtain or update information and data, preparing billing information to third party intermediaries for services rendered, fees, or other related charges, entering standard or coded data from forms or documents into computer terminal, typing a variety of numerical or alphabetical data which may include: requisitions, claims, or reports, reviewing all patient accounts to verify the accuracy of information and make any required changes for proper billing purposes, reviewing patient insurance forms and cards for completeness and accuracy as required by medical assistance programs and private insurance carriers for filling and payment, contacting patient's medical insurance carrier to obtain authorization for treatment and verifying eligibility and coverage, responding to requests for account information from patients concerning: status of account, patient liability, and general billing procedures, checking and correcting account or numerical records for arithmetical errors or proper coding ; and to do other work as required.

This position is located in Riverside.

Positions in this class are utilized in departments providing medical or health services and are assigned to billing units responsible for preparing and reviewing billing to third party fiscal intermediaries.

Positions in this class are involved in working with medical billing documents, reviewing and verifying insurance accounts against third party billing program provisions and procedures.

Incumbents in this class are expected to solve routine problems without assistance while unusual problems are referred to a supervisor.

The ideal candidate will have previous professional experience and knowledge of Avatar/ELMR.

This position has a 9/80 schedule with non-payday Friday off.
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EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES
•Verify medical insurance coverage following established procedures; Access computerized account files to obtain or update information and data.
•Prepare billing information to third party intermediaries for services rendered or for fees or other related charges; Enter standard or coded data from forms or documents into computer terminal.
•Type a variety of numerical or alphabetical data which may include requisitions, claims, or reports; Review all patient accounts to verify the accuracy of information and make any required changes for proper billing purposes.
•Review patient insurance forms and cards for completeness and accuracy as requ...