Job Description

Billing Associate

Overview:

The Billing Associate position is a key member of the SAAFE Behavioral Services, LLC team. The Billing Associate is expected to perform their job in an ethical and proper manner while the team "wins" together. The Billing Associate will be expected to ensure efficient billing of clean claims, claim rejection review, corrected claims and secondary billing functions. This role will include calling patients to discuss payments and develop reasonable payment plans, entering patient data into administrative systems and recording information about outstanding claims.

Primary Responsibilities:
·Check eligibility and benefits verifications where needed.
·Enter charges and procedure codes into the health information system.
·Check all charges and procedure codes for accuracy, completeness, and obtaining any missing information.
·Submit billing data to the appropriate insurance carriers.
·Process claims.
·Resolve insurance denials.
·Work reports
·Perform any other tasks requested by management.
·Achieve maximum reimbursement for services provided.

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or equivalent required; Medical Billing or Coding course completion desired.
• Minimum 2 years of medical billing or related experience required.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of billing regulations and guidelines such as modifiers or NCCI edits.
• Analytical thinking.
• Problem solving.
• Process and workflow driven.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail a must.

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