Payment Poster Specialist

The Advanced Center for Surgery is looking for an onsite payment poster.

Job duties:

Process payments for the surgery center in Patient Accounting System (PAS).

• Knows and adheres to policies of the Center and demonstrates fiscal responsibility.

• Follows standards, policies, procedures, goals, and objectives for business office according to accepted standards.

• Demonstrates ability to understand the unique needs of each age group of the patient population.

• Seeks involvement in activities that promote professional growth and behavior.

• Remains calm and functions as a team member during times of stress and crisis situations.

• Informs Manager of applicable day-to-day situations.

• Follows employee health and other personnel and staffing policies.

• Pulls payment information from Surgery Center bank account for Electronic Funds Transfers (EFTs) to post to PAS.

• Prepares batches daily.

• Posts all daily payments including, over the counter money, mail, credit card payments, and EFTs to PAS and verifies the system batch totals equal combined documents.

• Balance and Close all batches daily.

• Works rejections in Zirmed daily.

• Follow-up on current aging denials and payor issues to assist collector.

• Notifies supervisor of trends with insurance coverage, incorrect contract information, or any insurance and/or coding updates.

• Maintains working relationship with billing coordinator, collection specialist, and scheduler to ensure charges are correct at time of billing and to limit scheduling errors.

• Provide relief to Admitting, Office Assistant, Insurance Verifier and Scheduling, and month end processing as required.

Required Skills:

High school diploma or equivalent. One to three months of related experience and/or training. Or Equivalent combination of education and experience. Communication skills: ability to effectively present information to patients, physicians, and other employees of surgery center. Basic math skills.

USPI complies with federal, state, and/or local laws regarding mandatory vaccination of its workforce. If you are offered this position and must be vaccinated under any applicable law, you will be required to show proof of full vaccination or obtain an approval of a religious or medical exemption prior to your start date. If you receive an exemption from the vaccination requirement, you will be required to submit to regular testing in accordance with the law.

Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant's or employee's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Tenet will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.

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