The Regional AR Manager supports the Business Office Managers and AR functions at assigned skilled nursing locations remotely and on site.  Since the AR Manager acts as a consultant and trainer for the skilled nursing locations a high sense of urgency, knowledge of Medicare, Medicaid, Managed Care, and Private Insurance, and can provide supportive follow up are necessary.  The AR Manager must motivate and drive others to seek the maximum amount in collections and meet required deadlines while maintaining compliance and following company policies.

Responsible for procedural compliance audits for all business office processes at a facility level.  Complete audits should be happening quarterly at minimum and more if necessary. Responsible for training AR related functions to Business Office staff and facility support personnel as needed in a timely and efficient manner. Responsible for reporting non-compliance and collections issues to VPO, Administrators, and VP of Accounts Receivable to streamline collections and ensure proper policies and procedures are being followed as set forth by the company. Responsible for AR oversight, assistance, and intervention when necessary as deemed by the VP of AR/VPO/ Admin collectively to facilitate successful outcomes in the business offices of the facilities assigned. Responsible for providing recommendations for inefficiencies found in the business office during training visits or offsite reviews as indicated. Responsible for ensuring timely facility billing processes are taking place according to departmental deadlines for all payers to include, Medicare, Medicaid, Managed Care, Private Pay, etc. Responsible for ensuring census and cash are reconciled monthly prior to being submitted to AR Analyst for finalization. Responsible for ensuring the facility’s timely completion of end of month processes to include reconciliations, ancillary entry, bed holds, etc. Will assist in AR Clean Up Projects as necessary. Will ensure timely completion of Bad Debts for assigned facilities. Will oversee and correct all Medicare A, B and Outpatient Medicare B claims in FISS system as indicated. Responsible for Flu and Pneumonia vaccine roster billing for assigned facilities. Responsible for completion of Quarterly Medicare Credit Balance reports for assigned facilities. Responsible for review and approval of Monthly Trust Fund Reconciliations then forward to AR Analyst for validation monthly. Responsible for verifying that Quarterly Trust Fund statements are sent as required. Responsible for getting a copy of any Trust Fund Monitoring communications and forwarding to AR Analyst for VP of AR records and notification purposes.  If monitoring visit is scheduled BOS is required to validate that the trust fund is in order and ready for review. (Depending on the needs of the facility this could be an offsite validation.  Use your discretion).