We are looking for a Medical Payment Poster Specialist to join a healthcare revenue cycle team in Sacramento, California. This in-office opportunity is a contract position with the potential to become permanent, supporting payment posting and cash application activities with a strong focus on accuracy, reconciliation, and follow-up coordination. The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience in medical billing environments and can ensure payments, denials, and adjustments are recorded correctly while helping maintain efficient account resolution.
Responsibilities:
- Record insurance reimbursements at the line-item level within the patient account platform, ensuring each transaction is applied accurately.
- Enter patient payments promptly and maintain complete, up-to-date account activity in the billing system.
- Review posted amounts against payer agreements and internal guidelines to confirm reimbursement accuracy.
- Document denied claims, zero-pay remittances, and related exceptions, then direct follow-up items to the appropriate collections partner.
- Process recoupments, reversals, and take-backs in accordance with established payment posting procedures.
- Reconcile daily payment activity to settlement documentation and resolve balancing discrepancies in a timely manner.
- Identify recurring issues such as underpayments, denial patterns, or other reimbursement variances and communicate findings to leadership.
- Distribute payer correspondence and remittance-related documents to the correct team members for further action.