---

---

Location

Davie, FL | United States

---

Job description

Medical Billing/Collection Specialist for Mental Health Counseling Practice in South Florida. This position is a virtual position, but applicant must be located in South Florida for meetings.

We are a team of mental health counselors with offices located throughout South Florida with a focus on children, teens, and adults.

The Medical Billing/Collection Specialist is responsible for ensuring accurate billing, timely submission of electronic and/or paper claims, monitoring claim status, researching rejections and denials, documenting related account activities, posting adjustments and collection of Medicare, commercial insurance payers, and clients. The Medical Billing/Collection Specialist must possess critical thinking skills, demonstrate proficiency with the billing system to ensure the utmost efficient processing of insurance claims and understand Medicare as well as commercial insurance payer payment methods to correctly record adjustments based on payer contracts.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Daily submitting and billing of claims through online billing module and with external payor portals

• Daily claim status updates of claims with external payors

• Daily recording of payments received from payors and clients within Electronic Health Record software

• Daily reconciliation of bank accounts

• Analyze and interpret EOB's

• Responsible for correcting, completing and processing claims for all payer codes

• Perform follow-up on unprocessed or unpaid claims; including filing appeals

• Assist with verification of benefits for clients

• Handle medical record requests from insurance companies

• Undergo HIPAA training to maintain patient confidence and keep patient information confidential

Office hours are 9-5 and are completed virtually.

Compensation starts at $20 an hour with a raise after a 90-day probation period

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)

• Paid time off

• Professional development assistance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

• Monday to Friday

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Preferred)

Experience:

• One to three years experience at a medical billing company in behavioral health billing preferred

Work Location: Remote

---

Job tags

---

---

Salary

$20 per hour