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Patient Accounts Director, Heywood Patient Accounts, 40 Hours, Days
full-time•Gardner
About this role
Overview
You Matter Here! Heywood Healthcare values our employees! We offer competitive wages, great benefits and generous earned time off. Come work where you will matter! Hours: 40 Hours, DaysResponsibilities
Functional Demands
Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. Frequently reaches (extending hands and arms in any direction), and handles (seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or working with hands).
Essential Functions
- Communicates with and among physicians, supervisors, and office staff in the operations of the practices in their section.
- Provides leadership, direction and guidance to office management staff and physicians for whom he or she is responsible.
- Assists with ongoing training of providers in coding/Athena billing practices.
- Attends medical staff meetings when requested to train on site.
- Responsible for the coding of all inpatient/surgical accounts, ensuring compliancy with coding regulations.
Oversees all aspects of patient account and coding operations and staffing.
- Ensures timely processing of available patient visit claims by patient accounts staff
- Conducts ongoing denials review & training meetings with appropriate parties.
- Provides weekly updates to key senior leaders of ongoing work tasks/projects in patient accounting.
- Interviews and evaluates staff for which he or she is responsible.
Develops/refines workflow processes for patient accounts staff.
- Works with Finance to develop budgeting for projected revenue and expenses.
Ensures 90-Day and annual competencies and reviews are completed on all staff.
Develops and distributes reports as requested by physician(s) Director and Sr. Vice President.
- Works closely with credentialing staff to ensure provider has been enrolled timely to bill for services.
Attends training courses and seminars as related to the functions of patient accounting and medical coding.
Statement of Other Duties:
This document describes the major duties and responsibilities for this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that employees may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described.
Qualifications
Job Requirements
Minimum Education
High School diploma or GED equivalent is required.
Master's degree in healthcare administration, business, management, or related field preferred.
Required Experience
Seven years or more of management experience with at least four years in a physician practice, or equivalent education and experience.
Experience working with physicians in a large physician group preferred.
What you'll do
- This role oversees all aspects of patient account and coding operations, including ensuring timely processing of claims and conducting ongoing denials review and training meetings. The Director also provides leadership and guidance to office management staff and physicians, and develops workflow processes for patient accounts staff.
About Heywood Hospital
Heywood Healthcare is an independent community healthcare system serving north central Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. It is comprised of Heywood Hospital, a 134-bed acute care community non-profit hospital in Gardner, MA; Athol Hospital, a 25-bed not-for-profit, Critical Access Hospital in Athol, MA and Heywood Medical Group, with primary care physicians and specialists located throughout the region.
Heywood Medical Group includes multiple satellite facilities throughout the region: Ashburnham Family Medicine, Heywood Rehabilitation Center, Summit Family Medicine, Main Street Primary Care & Heywood Urgent Care in Gardner, the Winchendon Health Center & Murdock School-based Health Center in Winchendon, Athol Primary Care, Tully Family Medicine and Walk-In Care in Athol, and ACES School Based Health Center, in Athol. For more information, visit www.heywood.org.
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