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Chesapeake Regional Healthcare
Coding Specialist Senior
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What they do
A Medical Biller handles payments and financial transactions between health care providers and patients. Manages systems for mailing bills and collecting and recording payments. Works in healthcare facilities and hospitals.
$44,909 / year median in Virginia
-5% projected decline
Job Description
Obtain pathology and operative reports from hospital systems. Assign and sequence ICD diagnostic, procedural, and CPT codes to ASC records. Identify all complicating conditions/co-morbidities to ensure optimum reimbursement. Maintain established productivity requirements. Accurately enter various code and charge information into information systems. Review appropriate reports for validation of accurate transmission. Resolve transmission errors and resubmit claims. Report all payments on collection claims to the Collections Specialist(s). Attend required hospital-wide orientations, meetings, and in-services. Demonstrate a commitment to flexible work scheduling when necessary to ensure patient care. Complete all assigned charge entry, coding, billing, and follow-up in a timely manner. HOLD Bucket/worklist; assist and train Billing Representatives for all practices, departments, and locations. Provide back-up phone coverage for all practices, departments, and locations, including patient statement calls and CRMG, CRNI, and SAS staff support. Process refunds and train staff on refunds for all practices, departments, and locations. Manage AIR Aging Wizard activities for all practices, departments, and locations. Conduct internal audits for all practices, departments, and locations. Support new practice go-live implementations. Demonstrate comprehension of payer guidelines for appeals, overpayments, retractions, refunds, eligibility, reconsiderations, referrals, authorizations, payer websites, filing limitations, denials, and attachment requirements to work all claims to a zero balance in a timely manner. Retrieve clinical or financial documents from other scanning programs (e.g., OnBase). Handle Release of Information requests. Participate in and attend approved healthcare/insurance webinars and seminars. Maintain up-to-date working knowledge of assigned payors, LCD/NCO, CPT, and