Insurance Billing Clerk - Patient Accounting - Billing

The County of Riverside's University Health System - Behaviroal health department is seeking a regular Insurance Billing Clerk position to join their Patient Account-Billing team.

Under supervision, the incumbent will be responsible for understanding authorization requirements for both government and non-government payors, handling retro authorization submissions and follow-up, reviewing patient accounts to ensure accuracy for proper billing purposes, reviewing denied claims and determining appropriate follow-up actions, as well as, providing customer service by initiating calls to patients, insurance companies, and internal or external departments regarding billing and follow-up matters ; performing fiscal clerical work processing and billing fiscal intermediaries for medical services rendered to patients; and to do other work as required.

This position is located in Riverside.

The ideal candidate will have professional experience and knowledge of the following:
- Knowledge of billing requirements for diverse payor mix - Medi-Cal, Medicare, Managed Care, Commercial and other Government payors (s pecifically, Government Payors & Programs)
- Hospital facility billing experience required
- Microsoft Excel
- At least 2 years of hospital billing and/or collections experience in a hospital setting
- Experience with Epic patient accounting system
- Detail and goal orientated
- Good verbal and written communication skills

This position has the following schedule: 9/80 Monday thru Thursday 7:30AM - 5:00PM Friday 7:30AM to 4:00PM
Meet the team! RUHS - Behavioral Health Website •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 required by medical assistance programs and private insurance carriers for filling and payment.
•Contact patient's medical insurance carrier to obtain authorization for treatment and to verify eligibility and coverage.
•Respond to requests for account information from patients concerning status of account, patient liability and general billing procedures.
•Check and correct account or numerical records for arithmetical errors or proper coding.

EITHER I
Experience: One year of experience performing financial, statistical, or fiscal record keeping work, including billing.

(Medical billing experience is preferred but not essential.)

OR II
Experience: Two years of clerical experience, one of which involved making arithmetical computatio...