BILLER/COLLECTOR

Location

Edison, NJ | United States

Job description

Responsibilities

Willow Springs Center has an opening for a Biller/Collector position.

Working at Willow Springs Center means building a career that is dynamic and satisfying; having the opportunity to work and learn from some of Nevada’s leading mental health professionals; and being a part of something meaningful that changes the world, one child at a time.  Work at Willow Springs Center is a life path.
At Willow Springs Center, we seek high performing, compassionate professionals dedicated to impacting the lives of youth ages 12 to 17 years. If you have a desire to make a difference through the work that you do, Willow Springs may be the place for you.

B e nefit Highlights

• C h a ll e n g i n g and rewarding work environment
• C o m pe t i t i v e Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
• E xcellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
• 401( K ) with company match and discounted stock plan
• S o Fi Student Loan Refinancing Program
• C a r e e r development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries!

The Business Office - Biller/Collector is responsible for the effective and creative use of proven follow-up techniques, and self-directed initiative, to contact patients and third party payers to collect payments and resolve outstanding account balances.

Job Duties

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Responsible for maintaining the collection and follow-up function in a professional manner in order to most effectively achieve the hospital’s cash collection and accounts receivable management objectives.
• Responsible for managing their assigned accounts in an organized and efficient manner.
• Responsible for developing and maintaining a thorough, current knowledge of industry standards and payer requirements. This includes the responsibility to develop an understanding of hospital-based services and to ensure that these services are properly reflected on claims billed to payers and the subsequent payments received from those payers.
• Responsible for ensuring that cash collections are maximized while the level of outstanding accounts receivable is maintained at or below defined targets.
• Assists in transmittal of billings to third-party payors, either manually or electronically. 

Education: High School graduate or equivalent.

Experience: A minimum of two (2) years’ experience in a health care collections or related field, or any combination of education, training, or experience in a health care business office environment. 

Experience with insurance verification, patient financial counseling, understanding of insurance EOB’s and remittances, to include PLB’s. Experience with claims and patient cash posting to accounts.

Experience with payer websites and MS4

Additional Requirements: May be required to work flexible hours and occasional overtime.

EE O Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

N otice

At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skillset and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries.  We take pride in creating a highly efficient and best in class candidate experience. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. The recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc. If you are suspicious of a job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, let us know by contacting us at: h tt p s://uhs.alertline.com o r 1-800-852-3449 .

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