Physician Billing Specialist Assistant

POSITION PURPOSE

• Performs daily mail duties, daily deposits, payment posting, paper claim processing and scanning as necessary to support the Physicians Billing department. Performs insurance updates and corrections to ensure proper patient billing. Performs other clerical related duties as assigned by Manager/Leads.

MINIMUM EDUCATION REQUIRED

• High School or Equivalent (GED)

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Entry Level

LICENSES / CERTIFICATIONS REQUIRED

• N/A

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES REQUIRED

• Ability to read, write, hear, speak and comprehend the English language.

PRINCIPLE ACCOUNTABILITIES AND ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Opens, distributes and processes daily mail.

• Makes daily deposits.

• Posts Single Billing Office payments, zero-dollar remittances.

• Processes and mails CMS 1500 claims.

• Scans all batches daily to ensure department access to the batch information.

• Works assigned insurance work queues.

• Maintains the department’s filing cabinets and purges files monthly.

• Accesses, inputs and retrieves information from Froedtert South’s software programs.

• Access various insurance websites to print EOB information and/or verify insurance eligibility.