Hospital Billing, Follow Up & Denials Rep – Hybrid
The University of California, San Diego
About this position
Position Description
UC San Diego Health's Revenue Cycle department supports the organization's mission to deliver outstanding patient care and to create a healthier world — one life at a time. We are a diverse, patient-focused, high-performing team with a commitment to quality, collaboration, and continuous improvement that enables us to deliver the maximum standard of care to our patients. We offer challenging career opportunities in a fast-paced and innovative environment and we embrace individuals who demonstrate a deep passion for problem-solving and customer service. The Hospital Billing & Follow Up Rep is responsible for the full range of hospital insurance billing, collections and credit balance account processing. This role responds to billing inquiries from patients, insurance companies and internal department team members; identifies and resolves account adjustments, resolves billing edits and processes account credit balances and insurance refund requests. Extensive knowledge of hospital medical insurance payers and plans, State and Federal rules/regulations related to billing hospital medical insurance claims. Extensive knowledge of medical insurance claim appeal submission processes , knowledge of medical terminology, ICD9, CPT, HCPCS, coding principles, self-pay collections and mandated charity laws. Extensive knowledge of HIPAA regulations and medical record submissions to support hospital claim billing. Department productivity and quality standards are expected to be performed at the expert level.
Qualifications
Three (3) years of recent acute care hospital billing and collection experience. Knowledge of medical insurance and State and Federal rules and regulations related to billing Insurance Claims. Extensive knowledge in Insurance claims appeals, and range of knowledge in ICD-9, CPT, HCPCS coding principles. Knowledge in self-pay collections. Knowledge of UB04 and revenue codes as it pertains to billing.
Job Location
Greenwich Drive