Accounts Receivable Associate, Medical Records

Company: Providence Health & Services
Location: Renton
Posted on: August 5, 2022

Job Description:

Description Providence St. Joseph Health is calling an Accounts Receivable Associate to our location in Renton, WA. We are seeking an Accounts Receivable Associate who will be accountable for working accounts receivables for commercial or regulatory accounts and/or for follow up or denials for patient accounts. KEY CHALLENGES:

• In depth knowledge of Federal, State, Local and contract specific requirements is necessary to accurately function in a multi-payor environment. As regulations change weekly and often conflict between payors, determining appropriate action for each payor is complex.
• Consistently maintain productivity and accuracy standards in a highly detailed environment and multiple based systems.
• On a regular basis, analyze data and accounts and make financial decisions within authority that support the organization's financial security.
• Building the culture of One Revenue Cycle. In this position you will:
  • Extract, review and interpret billing statements, charge information, private or government insurance benefits, and other related information from multiple billing and documentation servers (for multiple hospitals, clinics and insurance companies) while resolving account balances.
  • Ensure appropriate use of adjustment codes and activity codes to allow for appropriate workflow and trending.
  • Proactively identify opportunities to improve business results and/or to alert business units of trends, anomalies or health plan rules and decisions that need attention.
  • Escalate unresolved issues appropriately and recommend solutions to minimize future problems.
  • Must meet primary productivity and performance standards
  • Make appropriate decisions on account activity consistent with approved authority levels. Required qualifications for this position include:
    • 1 year Experience in automated, computerized account follow-up system. Preferred qualifications for this position include:
      • College coursework.
      • 2 years experience in a hospital setting, health insurance claims processing or medical office.
      • Knowledge in reimbursement of health care accounts from insurance companies. About the department you will serve. One Revenue Cycle (ORC) is the name adopted to reflect the Providence employees who work throughout Providence Health & Services (PH&S) in revenue cycle systems and structures in support of our ministries and operations in all regions from Alaska to California. ORC's objective is to ensure our core strategy, One Ministry Committed to Excellence, is delivered along with the enhanced overall patient care experience (know me, care for me, ease my way) by providing a robust foundation of services, operational and technical support, and the sharing of comprehensive, relevant, and highly specialized revenue cycle expertise. We offer a full comprehensive range of benefits - see our website for details -http://www.providenceiscalling.jobs/rewards-benefits About Providence At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of "Know me, care for me, ease my way." Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we'll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable. Requsition ID: P365528 Company: Providence Jobs Job Category: Billing/Collections Job Function: Revenue Cycle Schedule: Full time Shift: Day Career Track: Admin Support Department: 4001 SS RC COM ADM BILL NW Address: WA Renton 2201 Lind Ave SW Providence is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Providence does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, veteran, military status, religion, age, creed, national origin, sexual identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law.

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