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Post# A55596

Patient Accounts Representative I (Visalia, Tulare County)

Post Date: Nov 19, 2008, 49 Days Ago
Expires On: Feb 17, 2009, in 41 Days
Reply To: (Not Shown)
Job type: Full time
Job term: Permanent
 

Multiple immediate openings with the Health and Human Services Agency in Visalia. This recruitment will establish an employment list to fill current and future vacancies. The anticipated life of the list is six months.

Typical Duties: DUTIES may include, but are not necessarily limited to: Process health insurance and private pay billings on patient/client accounts; review records of new patients to determine classifications of coverage to be billed such as private insurance, Medi-Cal, or Medicare; verify billing codes, request additional documents verbally or in writing to process claims, resubmit claim rejections and denials for reconsideration of payment, and send follow-up letters on any unpaid claims; update patient data and charges for billing purposes; check trial balances of patient accounts to ensure accurate billing or crediting has occurred; respond to inquiries from patients, insurance companies, attorneys, and health care facilities regarding status of patient accounts; combine and separate accounts to ensure proper pay classification and correct statement billing; type third-party pay forms, correspondence, and bills; process auto, liability, and workers' compensation liens; conduct collection interviews to establish payment terms; contact patient in regard to account and advise of consequences if account becomes delinquent; update signed agreements for payment of services; note payment due date to be utilized in initiating collection procedures; obtain updated addresses when delinquency letters are returned by contacting employers and relatives; record efforts to contact, or contacts with, patients; verify uncollectible accounts for referral to collection agency; prepare write-offs for uncollectible accounts; verify information provided by patients; submit information to supervisor concerning number and amounts of claims processed; perform special assignments such as compiling data on number of denials from Medi-Cal claims.

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