Medical Billing Specialist - Arizona Department of Economic Security

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ESSENTIAL DUTIES
- Prepares and submits timely and accurate claims to various insurance
companies either electronically or by paper.
- Able to properly verify patient insurance utilizing resources as
needed.
- Answers questions from patients, clerical staff, and insurance
companies.
- Identifies and resolves patient billing complaints.
- Prepares, reviews, and sends patient statement.
- Evaluates patients financial status and establishes budget payment
plans.
- Follows and reports status of delinquent accounts.
- Continuous monitoring and re-working of denied claims, including
reviews of accounts receivable reports, and following up on items of
concern.
- Reviews accounts for possible assignment and makes recommendations
to the appropriate personnel.
- Prepares information for the collection agency.
- Works closely with the RPMS and EHR systems.
- Performs various collection actions including contacting patients by
phone, correcting and resubmitting claims to the third-party payers.
- Processes payments from insurance companies and prepares a daily
deposit.
- Maintains strictest confidentiality to comply with HIPAA
guidelines/regulations.
- Operates billing software to post patient account payments; send
secondary claims.
- Maintain accurate files.
- Input and billing of charges in the practice management billing
system.
- Patient insurance verification in practice billing system.
- Perform other duties as assigned.