Description
Work from Home as an Accounts Receivable Specialist with EmergeOrtho!
EmergeOrtho is committed to being the trusted leader in innovative, quality-focused comprehensive musculoskeletal care. With offices across North Carolina, we’re currently seeking a detail-oriented and compassionate Accounts Receivable Specialist to join our team. The Accounts Receivable Specialist ensures financial integrity and accounts receivable by performing established financial processes that expedite medical services’ billing and collection. This includes creating claims according to regulations and compliance guidelines, patient account research and resolution, insurance verification and benefit determinations, identification of reimbursement issues, resolution of credits and issuance of refunds, identification of payment variance invoices, follow-up, and resolution of denied claims. Responsible for working correspondence denials and insurance follow-up. This must be done in a timely and accurate manner, in accordance with the provided work instructions by performing the following duties.
Why Join EmergeOrtho?
- Hiring Immediately - Start your new career without delay
- Flexible Schedule - Designed to fit your lifestyle and promote work-life balance
- Remote Work Environment - Work comfortably from home while staying connected to a dedicated and collaborative team
Who Should Apply?
If you are detail-oriented, service-focused, and committed to supporting accurate billing and timely collections, this role offers an opportunity to make a meaningful impact. Join a team dedicated to financial accuracy and organizational success - apply today and help ensure a strong, sustainable financial future!
Requirements
Qualifications and Experience
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Minimum three years’ experience in healthcare or medical practice setting
- Working knowledge of insurance and managed care industry requirements
- Medical terminology, ICD-10 and HIPAA
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following
- Monitor and execute work against the assigned team-associated Custom Claim Worklist(s), relational AR Worklist(s), reporting, projects, or team/department goals
- Oversight of HOLD Worklists
- Research and resolution of claims based on assignment, the process of which could include:
- Contacting payers via phone or website, contacting practices, navigating cross-departmentally, writing appeals, and facilitating their direction to Athena CBO for submission, and all other activities that lead to the successful adjudication of eligible claims
- Coding and charge entry based assigned work and associated responsibilities (Specialty, CPC)
- Responsible for assigned AR including all Holds, Mgr. Holds, and outstanding AR requiring follow-up
- Run reports for analysis, trending, subdivision of work, or distribution based on direction (both self and managerial) as needed to communicate with all internal stakeholders
- Manage and resolve Zero-Pay Worklist, Fully Worked Receivables, complete special project work, review and respond to adjustments/payment data with approval (or initiate appeal) communicate trends and root issues through proper lines of reporting
- Receive calls or emails from Patient Financial Services Specialists with patient’s requesting advanced assistance with their account
- Illustrate excellent knowledge of healthcare industry regarding the revenue cycle, coding, claims, and state insurance laws
- Create patient cases to the correct clinical contact for additional information or corrections to be made with the appropriate details of what is needed
- Meet productivity standards as set by management
- Keep management informed of correspondence and communication problems with service locations
- Maintain knowledge and understanding of insurance billing procedures to understand the reason for claims in HOLD, MGRHOLD, and OVERPAID status to ensure resolution and timely payment
- Educate and communicate revenue cycle/financial information to patients, payers, coworkers, managers, and others as necessary to ensure accurate processes
- Performs other duties as required and assigned by Manager, including schedule changes and travel to office locations as assigned
From the mountains to the coast, EmergeOrtho is North Carolina’s premier provider, recognized for offering world-class, comprehensive, and compassionate care serving patients with 67 locations in 28 counties. As the largest physician-owned orthopedic practice in the state and the 2nd in the country, EmergeOrtho’s medical team includes upwards of 190 highly trained orthopedic specialists and nearly as many advanced practice providers. Our subspecialty orthopedic teams offer advanced expertise in conditions of the bones, muscles, and joints. Providing multiple locations, extensive orthopedic services including therapy, and focusing on continuity of care are among the top priorities of EmergeOrtho. Please visit https://emergeortho.com/careers/ for additional information or to apply directly.
EmergeOrtho, P.A. complies with applicable civil rights laws and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions, including but not limited to, lactation, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other class protected by the state or local law.
We are committed to the core values of Quality, Innovation, Compassion, Community, Education, Integrity, Teamwork, Diversity, and Inclusion. https://emergeortho.com/non-discrimination-notice/
Benefits:
- 401(k) Retirement plan
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Health savings account
- Paid time off
- Holiday Pay
- Employee Assistance Program
- Life Insurance
- Short Term Disability
- Long Term Disability
- Pet Insurance
- Milestone Bonus Program
- For more information: https://emergeortho.com/jobs-in-healthcare/our-benefits/
Note: Available benefits based on hours worked per week.