- Minimum high school graduate or equivalent required.
- Associate or bachelor’s degree or relevant certification from accredited institution preferred.
- EPIC experience preferred.
- Requires a minimum of four years previous experience in healthcare, with two years of claim processing experience, preferably in physician billing (or one year of relevant claims processing experience with an associates or bachelor’s degree), with complete familiarity of the third party billing and collection process.
- Prefer experience in an electronic claim processing environment and familiarity with 1500 claim form requirements.
- Must have general PC operational knowledge and skills.
- Correct claims with pre-bill rejections/warnings for both electronic and hardcopy claims on daily worklist
- Provide payer with the necessary billing information to expedite payment in accordance with insurance payer guidelines.
- Hold codes must be placed on claims that cannot be resolved within the daily claim file.
- Review and ensure timely follow-up on all held claims daily.
- Review electronic rejected claims returned by the payer (277 payer responses) for appropriate action to submit corrected claims
- Respond to payer remittance denial reasons by providing requested information and/or submitting an appeal as needed for accurate adjudication of the claim
- Responds to department tasks within two working days.
- Maintains current knowledge of CPT / HCPCS and ICD-10 coding in accordance with insurance payer guidelines for UB92 and 1500 claim forms.
- Maintain current knowledge of Medicare and Medicaid compliance guidelines.
- Maintains knowledge of insurance payer contracts in accordance with insurance payer guidelines to ensure correct billing practices.
- Contributes to effective working relationships by demonstrating a positive and helpful attitude in relationships with co-workers and customers.
- Other duties as assigned.
Halifax Health is the community's healthcare leader serving our residents and visitors in Volusia County for over 95 years. As the area's only Level II Trauma Center, only Comprehensive Stroke Center and only Level III Neonatal ICU, we are committed to providing exceptional care to all those who come here. We strategically partner with only the best such as our partnership with Brooks Rehabilitation, the highest experts in their field, in Inpatient Rehabilitation, Outpatient Rehabilitation and Pediatric Therapy. We also partner with University of Florida Health/Shands offering the highest rated programs in the State of Florida with our Heart and Vascular Surgery and our Neurosurgery programs.
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