What are the responsibilities and job description for the Patient Account Billing Specialist position at Advanced Medical Transport?
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Description
Join Team AMT! Now hiring for Patient Account Billing Specialist!
Advanced Medical Transport (AMT) is the premier provider of emergency and scheduled ambulance services in Central and Western Illinois, as well as parts of Iowa. AMT is a private, not-for-profit organization operated for community benefit.
Our Patient Account Billing Specialists provide daily billing and collections support for transportation charges. In this role you will provide top-notch customer service to patients that have called in with questions about a bill as well as various agencies. This is a full-time, Monday - Friday, 40-hours per week role in our Peoria office location.
Job Duties:
- Review patient care report thoroughly
- Verify patient information
- Prepare patient billing by allocating charges to appropriate pay sources; assign appropriate billing codes
- Accurately choose correct profit center for each ticket billed
- Utilize available resources to help provide correct insurance and/or patient information
- Input tickets in a careful and timely manner ensuring correct information on all screens
- Input a minimum of 30 tickets on billing days
- Make and receive patient phone calls
- Screen patients for financial assistance
- Review and work assigned workflow schedules in Zoll RescueNet
- Accurately and completely documents all conversations with patients, third party payers, and others in ticket notes
- Receptionist duties as required
Qualifications
Qualifications:
- High school education or G.E.D
- 1 year billing experience
- Ability to type 35-45 w.p.m.
- Computer skills
- Knowledge of private insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid billing procedures
- Obtains CAC certification one year after released from billing audit