Medical Billing Specialist
Collabera
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Summary
Collabera
Medical Billing Specialist
Tags: healthcare
- Position: Medical Billing Specialist
- Job duration: 3 months (Extension possible)
- Location: 100% Remote/Work from Home
- Work Schedule: 40 hours/week
- Pay: Negotiable on W2 without any additional healthcare and medical benefits
- Start Date: ASAP
- The main function of a medical biller is to submit medical claims to insurance companies and payers such as Medicare and Medicaid
- Responsible for the timely submission of technical or professional medical claims to insurance companies
- Obtain referrals and pre-authorizations as required for procedures
- Check eligibility and benefit verification
- Review patient bills for accuracy and completeness and obtain any missing information
- Prepare, review, and transmit claims using billing software, including electronic and paper claim processing
- Knowledge of insurance guidelines, including HMO/PPO, Medicare, and state Medicaid
- Follow up on unpaid claims within standard billing cycle timeframe
- Check each insurance payment for accuracy and compliance with contract discount
- Call insurance companies regarding any discrepancy in payments if necessary
- Identify and bill secondary or tertiary insurances
- All accounts are to be reviewed for insurance or patient follow-up
- Research and appeal denied claims
- Answer all patient or insurance telephone inquiries pertaining to assigned accounts.
- Set up patient payment plans and work collection accounts
- Update billing software with rate changes
- Updates cash spreadsheet, runs collection reports
- Epic EMR experience.
- Experience with payor denials, appeals, and claim corrections.
- Ability to read/understand an EOB.
- Previous experience in a production-based environment and ability to work fully remotely.
- Looking for candidates with California Medicaid and Epic experience.
- This is for a clean-up project for a client in California that mainly bills out to California Medicaid.
Summary
Collabera
Medical Billing Specialist
Tags: healthcare
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location or timezone
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category
Medical / Health -
hourly salary range
$18 - 20 -
posted
1110 days ago
https://www.remote.io/remote-medical-health-jobs/medical-billing-specialist-14238