Medical Billing Specialist

Job Description

Davis Behavioral Health is seeking a full-time employee to perform duties as an Accounts Receivable Representative and Collections/Intake Specialist on the finance team. This position is based in the administrative offices located at 934 South Main Street in Layton, Utah. The successful candidate will work under the billing supervisor and join a strong team of dedicated professionals.

Essential Job Functions

Interface with clients regarding account question

• Research and correct any problems with account information
• Verify existing payer information and update, if necessary

Work and research outstanding/denied Medicare and/or Medicaid claims

• Resubmit claims with necessary corrections
• Interface with Medicaid to correct claims errors, if necessary
• Eligibility issues

Collections

• Review client appointments and account balances and contact client for payment, if necessary
• Establish and monitor client payment plans
• Send collections letters and set up payment plans for discharged clients
• Prepare client accounts for collections by cleaning the account, sending collection letters as appropriate, and completing collections packets to be sent to outside collections
• Assist billers with Medicaid payment posting as needed

Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Professional Experience

• Previous experience working with medical billing is required.
• Previous experience working in an office setting is required.
• Basic computer skills, including familiarity with Microsoft Office products is required.
• Previous experience with collections is preferred, but not required if successful candidate can perform these duties effectively.

Education

• High school diploma or equivalent required.

Skills & Abilities

The Accounts Receivable Representative must possess strong verbal communication skills and have demonstrated professional customer service experience. The successful candidate must also demonstrate compassion, courtesy and respect to all clients and their families. Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to establish immediate rapport with clients.

Bi-lingual English/Spanish fluency is a plus.

Work Location & Schedule

The DBH billing office is located in the administration offices at 934 South Main Street, Layton, UT 84041.

The approved schedule for this position is Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.

Work schedules at DBH are established to meet the needs of our clients and the agency. Program Supervisors, with the approval of Program Directors, determine the specific schedules for their assigned departments and have the authority to ask employees to work a different shift and/or in a different location on a short-term or permanent basis to meet the departments' needs.

Full-time employees are required to work 40 hours per week.

Compensation

This position is classified as full-time, non-exempt.

The starting hourly base rate for this position is $20.00. The successful candidate's starting wage will be based on the base rate plus 1% per year of direct medical billing experience, up to 10 years.

Benefits

Davis Behavioral Health offers an incredible valuable and comprehensive benefits packages to eligible employees. A copy of the current DBH Benefits Guide is available upon request.

DBH benefits include:

Medical Insurance with multiple plan options - The current carrier and network is SelectHealth Share.

• High Deductible Health Plan with a sizeable employer Health Savings Account contribution

Dental Insurance - The current carrier and network is Delta Dental

Vision Insurance - Offered by VSP

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

• Annual healthcare spending limit: $2,750
• Annual dependent care spending limit: $5,000

Retirement

• Utah Retirement System participating agency
• 401(k) - DBH matches up to 2% of annual earnings
• Voluntary employee-funded options available (457 Plan Roth IRA)

Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance

• Basic Life and AD&D Benefit Amounts
• Employee: 2x your base annual earnings, rounded to the nearest $1,000, to a maximum of $300,000
• Spouse : $10,000
• Child(ren) : $5,000 on each eligible dependent child
• Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance

Long-term Disability

Health Reimbursement Account offered to employees to voluntarily opt out of DBH medical and/or dental insurance

• Up to $2,860 per year contributed by DBH after required employee contribution

Voluntary Insurance - Administered by Allstate

• Voluntary Accident
• Voluntary Identity Protection
• Voluntary Critical Illness

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Offered through the SelectHealth LiVe Well program.

Davis Behavioral Health is an equal opportunity employer.

DBH Criminal Background Check & Drug Screening Disclaimer

Davis Behavioral Health is a drug-free workplace and requires all employees to successfully pass a pre-employment drug screening. DBH will not hire individuals currently using illegal drugs or abusing alcohol; therefore, making employment at DBH conditional upon successfully passing pre-employment drug screening by providing a valid sample. Candidates who are offered employment are required to report for a drug screen at an Intermountain WorkMed location within 24 hours of being requested to do so by the DBH Human Resources Department.

Davis Behavioral Health works with Federal grants and must comply with the Federal drug laws, including no use of medical marijuana.

Further, a ll employees at DBH must successfully pass a pre-employment criminal background check as part of DBH's licensing agreement with the State of Utah. Failure to pass either screening will result in the termination of any job offer submitted and/or employment for any individual who has started employment while the criminal background screening is in process. Pending and/or open charges will likely impact a candidate's ability to pass the pre-employment criminal background screening.