Medical Billing/AR Specialist

The Neurosurgical & Spine Institute of Savannah is looking for an experienced Accounts Receivable (AR) Specialist to join our team!

Benefits

Our practice prides itself on offering a competitive package for team members with a focus on wellness, retirement, and performance. Benefits available to our team members include:

• 100% employer paid medical, prescription, and life insurance coverage for team members
• Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) program + paid holidays
• 401(k) Plan with a 50% match on up to 6%
• Periodic performance bonuses including annual profit-sharing bonus that contributes to a team members potential retirement savings
• Education and certification assistance
• No cost for a variety of on-campus services for team members including consults, select labs, and imaging exams
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans, and more

AR Specialist Responsibilities:

• Actively works through list of denied claims by gathering the information needed to correct the claim or facilitate an appeal
• Researches and understands issues specific to assigned payer(s) to troubleshoot the front-end processes that cause the denied claim
• Taking pre-emptive measures to identify and keep practice up-to-date on any changes in billing requirements for assigned governmental and commercial payor
• Monitoring assigned accounts for any repetitious registration/front end errors to support practice training efforts
• Reviewing, researching, and resolving any claims that show no response back from the insurance by running reports and following the necessary steps to ensure that the claim gets processed
• Promptly answering inquiries from patients, co-workers, and supervisors regarding patient accounts
• Identifying which account balances are tied to patient responsibility and need to be reassigned to a patient billing specialist
• Highlighting any credit balances caused by posting errors and or insurance / patient overpayments and submitting those to accounts receivable/payable for refund
• Pinpointing delinquent accounts that need to be turned over to the appropriate agency for collection.
• Clearly documenting all work within practice management system so others understand what follow-up and adjustments have occurred within the accounts touched

Skills/Requirements:

• High school graduate or GED required
• Additional billing and coding education preferred
• Three (3) years’ experience in a revenue cycle department (charge entry, payment posting, pre-certification, collections, or billing) is required
• One (1) year of experience in reviewing, researching, and resolving surgical claims is preferred
• Clean background and credit history required

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $18.00 - $25.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Ability to Commute:

• Savannah, GA 31405 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Savannah, GA 31405: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person