Job description

Our Accounts Receivable Department has an immediate opening for a skilled A/R Collections Specialist. The ideal candidate will have working knowledge of Medical Billing, worked incoming payments and denials from major insurance carriers, and know how to facilitate appeals and reconsiderations for those claims requiring corrections. In addition to a Medical Billing background, the candidate should also possess some bookkeeping or finance background. The Accounts Receivable Specialist will have both a day-to-day and ongoing impact on financial transactions, keeping us on track, on time, and on good terms with both the insurance carriers and our patient’s.

Objectives of this role

• Support the company in optimizing our financial transactions and systems by performing reconciliation of payments and customer accounts
• Communicate discrepancies to management team, identify slow-paying insurance carriers, and recommend collection candidates for patient balances
• Strengthen and grow relationships with both insurance representatives and our patients by communicating and seeking resolution of past-due accounts
• Assist in streamlining the accounts receivable process by identifying areas for performance improvement
• Exercise integrity and confidentiality in financial reporting, and comply with national and local financial requirements

Responsibilities

• Gather and verify clinical notes and claims for appropriate documentation prior to payment
• Maintain accounts receivable records to ensure aging is up to date, credits and collections are applied, uncollectible amounts are accounted for, and miscellaneous differences are cleared
• Monitor and collect accounts receivable by contacting clients via telephone, email, and mail
• Support other accounting, cash posting and billing team members

Required skills and qualifications

• Strong mathematical skills
• Understanding of basic principles of finance, accounting, and bookkeeping
• Understanding of Commercial Insurance payments, retractions, denials,

Write offs and appeals

• Superb time management and detail orientation
• Ability to keep company and partner confidences

Preferred skills and qualifications

• Minimum of two years’ experience with Insurance Billing, Cash Posting and related A/R work
• Experience in accounts receivable
• Experience in driving process improvement

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $17.00 - $20.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Physical setting:

• Office

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Liverpool, NY 13090: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Medical Billing/Coding: 2 years (Required)
• Accounts Receivable: 2 years (Required)
• Bookkeeping/Finance: 2 years (Required)

Work Location: In person

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