Financial Assessor Patient Accounting

 The Financial Assessor Patient Accounting reflects the mission vision and values of NM adheres to the organizations Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program and complies with all relevant policies procedures guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.

Responsibilities:

• Consistently meet the current productivity and quality standards in timely resolution of all claim edits reporting of candidates for bill outbound compliant claim submission clinical documentation requirements and any other communication required (verbal or written) regarding claims ensuring timely filing of claims and clean complete and accurate claims.
• Consistently meet or exceed productivity standards targets error ratios and reporting requirements assigned by the Patient Accounting Lead Financial Assessor and Operations Coordinator.
• Timely followup and collection of third party payer receivables. Denials and Appeals followup including root cause analysis to reduce/prevent future denials while working to overturn denials for payment resolution.
• Compliant followup correspondence to third party payers regarding outstanding accounts receivables (i.e. Statements letters emails faxes portal mail etc.).
• Support the operations related to optimum third party accounts receivables (i.e. Managed Care Commercial Medicare Medicaid Replacement plans Workers Compensations Corporate Accounts Research and Specialty AR Accounts).
• Perform daily systematic reviews of work lists to ensure all accounts already to be worked are completed.
• Utilize Government Commercial and regulatory guidelines for collection of outstanding accounts. Recommend accounts for contractual or administrative writeoff and provide appropriate justification and documentation.
• Practice HIPAA privacy standards and ensure compliance with patient health information privacy practices. Provide individual contribution to the overall team effort of achieving the department accounts receivable goals.
• Identify opportunities for customer system and process improvement and submit to management.
• Follow the NMHC general Policy and Procedures the Departmental Policy and Procedures and any Emergency Preparedness Procedures.  Follow Joint Commission and outside regulatory agencies mandated rules and procedures.
• Utilize assigned menus and pathways in the hospital mainframe system and report software application problems to the appropriate supervisor.
• Utilize assigned menus and pathways in external software applications and report software application problems to the appropriate supervisor.
• Utilize assigned computer hardware and report hardware problems to the appropriate supervisor.
• Participate in the testing for assigned software applications including verification of field integrity.
• Assist the Patient Accounting Operational Coordinator and Patient Accounting Team Lead Financial Assessor with special projects and other duties as assigned as necessary.
• Attend training and seminars as assigned and approved by the Patient Accounting Operations Coordinator.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate excellent customer service through oral and written communication in providing assistance/expertise to patients authorized guarantors and other external and internal contacts.
• Demonstrate proficient use of systems and execution of processes in all areas of responsibilities.
• Working knowledge of physician and facility billing and followup including understanding of insurance rules and regulations especially Medicare and Medicaid. Knowledge of HIPAA standards.
• Ability to perform mathematical calculations.
• Excellent communication skills when dealing with patients families public coworkers and professional offices. Basic knowledge of medical terminology and billing practices

Qualifications :

Required:

• High School diploma
• One year related work experience or college degree
• Ability to perform mathematical calculations
• Basic knowledge of medical terminology and billing practices
• Extensive experience and knowledge of PC applications including Microsoft Office and Excel
• Learn quickly and meet continuous timelines
• Exhibit behaviors consistent with principles of excellent service.

Preferred:

• Two or more years college or college degree.
• Call center telephone work experience or cash collections experience.
• Knowledge of Epic Systems.
• Two (2) years progressive work experience in a hospital/ physician billing or SBO environment.
• Detailoriented good organizational skills and ability to be selfdirected.
• Strong time management skills managing multiple priorities and a heavy workload in a highstress atmosphere.
• Flexibility to perform other tasks as needed in an active work environment with changing work needs.
• Highlevel problem solving analytical and investigational skills.
• Excellent internal/external customer service skills.

Additional Information :

Northwestern Medicine is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age sex race color religion national origin gender identity veteran status disability sexual orientation or any other protected status.

If we offer you a job we will perform a background check that includes a review of any criminal convictions. A conviction does not disqualify you from employment at Northwestern Medicine. We consider this on a casebycase basis and follow all state and federal guidelines.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime