Home Health Billing & Collection Specialist

Summary

Interim HealthCare Inc. is a company that focuses on home health services, and they are seeking a Home Health Billing and Collection Specialist. The role involves managing billing operations for the Home Health Revenue Cycle Department, ensuring compliance with policies and regulations, and maintaining positive relationships with various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Initiate and maintain complete and accurate patient billing records along with maintaining confidentiality of Interim Healthcare patient billing records to ensure regulatory compliance with state and federal laws
• Identifies and implements system enhancements, as it relates to industry trends to improve overall performance and outcomes
• Accurate cash posting and balance monies received from insurance plans by the end of each month
• Track and process all over-payments/under-payments to ensure collection of balances owed/received are precise and appropriate
• Always maintain proper payment of all state/federal revenues to ensure the correct rates have been paid
• Accurately process payments to Nursing Facilities for patients with Medicaid coordinating all admissions, deaths, bed hold days, transfers, and discharges
• Bills all insurance plans for denials and/or collection of payments while maintaining timely filing of all insurance plans
• Maintains a positive relationship working cooperatively with nursing homes, health information department, accounts payable department and other providers to maintain quality service, quick response time and ensure accurate payments
• Review of monthly aging for trouble spots and past due accounts along with running month-end billing process and reconciliation improve flow of cash to organization
• Monitors and maintains days in AR at or below 60-90 days to ensure cash flow
• Reporting any issues to Revenue Cycle Manager

Skills

• Associate degree in related field required or equivalent education, training, and experience
• Minimum 3-5 years' experience in home health billing
• Recent experience working with popular home health billing software
• Knowledge of DDE is a must
• Bachelor's Degree in related field preferred

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Associate degree in related field required or equivalent education, training, and experience
• Minimum 3-5 years' experience in home health billing
• Recent experience working with popular home health billing software
• Knowledge of DDE is a must

Nice to Haves

• Bachelor's Degree in related field preferred

Benefits

• Position will be remote, but some in-office hours are possible.
• FT, 8:30 am – 5pm, M-F
• Daily Pay option available
• Competitive pay and benefits