Avenue360 Health and Wellness
Accounts Receivable (AR) Specialist (Heights)
Houston, TX
Our Compensation Package Includes:
- Generous Paid Time Off- (11 paid holidays per year, 2 Floating Holidays per year, 14 paid Vacation days per year, 4 hours per month of accrued Sick days)
- Medical, Dental, and Vision
- 401K match up to 4%
- Company paid Life Insurance
- Company paid Short Term and Long-Term Disability
- Employee Assistance Program
Overview: The A/R Specialist is responsible for the company’s third-party medical claims processing and assisting patients and office staff with questions on insurance claims, authorizations, statements, and other billing issues. This position will submit and follow-up on medical claims for Managed Care Organization (MCO), Medicaid, Medicare, Other Federal, Private Insurance, and Workers Compensation.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Work unpaid claims in follow-up work queues.
- Rebills/appeals claims within 30-45 days of denial date.
- Provide insurance companies with needed medical records or documents when requested.
- Identifies payer trends or issues and reports to leadership for resolution.
- Bill patients for non-covered services.
- Bill secondary and tertiary insurances after primary payment.
- Assist patients with self-pay balances.
- Always maintain proper work standards in productivity and quality.
- Other tasks as assigned by the Director, Revenue Cycle and Billing.
Education, Experience, Licensure/Certification and Skills/Abilities Related Requirements:
- High School Diploma required.
- 2 years billing experience
- 5 years collection experience
- FQHC collection experience preferred
Continuing Education and Training Requirements:
Participates in trainings required by the funding source and/or as required by licensure.