Payment Entry Associate

Description

Title: Payment Entry Associate

Location: Fountain Valley

Department: Physician Billing - Svc Staff

Status: Fulltime

Shift: Days (8hrs shift) HYBRID

Pay Range: $20.00/hr - $25.47/hr

At MemorialCare Health System, we believe in providing extraordinary healthcare to our communities and an exceptional working environment for our employees. Memorial Care stands for excellence in Healthcare. Across our family of medical centers, we support each one of our bright, talented employees in reaching the highest levels of professional development, contribution, collaboration and accountability. Whatever your role and whatever expertise you bring, we are dedicated to helping you achieve your full potential in an environment of respect, innovation and teamwork.

Position Summary

The payment poster is responsible for accurately posting payments into the practice management system, according to set standard and productivity measurements.

Essential Job Outcomes:

On a daily basis, accurately read and interpret the explanation of benefits (EOB) from various insurance payers and post payments to patient encounters with minimal or no error rate.

Balance and post assigned electronic remittance batches. Resolve batch issues/errors that are within the capability of resolving. Report unresolved issues to the manager or supervisor.

Accurately process patient payments within a two (2) day turnaround.

Notify appropriate staff of any payment discrepancies for research.

Post all reason codes correctly attached to the payment and/or adjustment to which they correspond, posting and documenting all applicable information on the EOB.

Print EOBs from payer websites and log into a spreadsheet.

Link EOB images correctly via ICS/OnBase for future reference.

Update the posting log upon posting each payment batch.

Collaborates with teammates to ensure department close is met within the assigned timeframe.

Post bonus, capitation, and encounter checks as appropriate.

Perform at or above the assigned department quality and productivity standard.

"Other duties as assigned."

Placement in the pay range is based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, relevant years of experience and qualifications. In addition to base pay, there may be additional compensation available for this role, including but not limited to, shift differentials, extra shift incentives, and bonus opportunities.Health and wellness is our passion at MemorialCare-that includes taking good care of employees and their dependents. We offer high quality health insurance plan options, so you can select the best choice for your family. And there's moreCheck out our MemorialCare Benefits for more information about our Benefits and Rewards.

Qualifications

Experience:

• Minimum two (2) years of experience in patient account billing and collections.
• Excellent problem-solving skills are required.
• General computer skills are required, including the ability to use the internet and learn other computer applications successfully.
• Working knowledge of general medical office procedures is required.
• 40 WPM typing, verifiable.
• 10 key by touch.
• Must have good listening skills and the ability to communicate clearly and effectively.

Education:

• High School graduate or equivalent