Staff applies payments received via bank locked box to patient's Pacific Medical Centers Accounts Receivable.  Posts cash, contractual adjustments and denial codes to the properly selected patient invoice.  Other tasks include changing patient's financial codes, providing for secondary billing, requesting adjustments or refunds and balancing posting batches.

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The job duties listed are essential functions of the position.  However, other duties may be assigned, and may also be considered essential functions of the position.

The caregiver must be sufficiently fluent in the English language to satisfactorily perform the essential functions of the position.  The degree of fluency required will vary depending upon the nature of the position.

Caregivers are expected to honor the Mission, Values, Vision and Promise and adhere to the Code of Conduct, policies and standards of their organization.

For direct patient care roles: Performs and maintains currency of essential competencies as required by specific area of hire and populations served.

• Handles preliminary cash application duties:

• Balances incoming insurance remittance advices and self pay payment stubs received from lockbox with the bank deposit slip.

• Identifies and accurately logs all incoming cash receipt information by payer category and submits monthly cash summary to Cash Applications Team

   Coordinator.

• Distributes remittance advices and stubs to the cash application staff responsible for that payer category.

•  Accurately posts payments and zero payments to appropriate FSC on IDX, calculates/posts contractual adjustments or other adjustments, posts insurance message codes and if there is a balance, changes the invoice to the next appropriate FSC.  Adds IDX invoice comments that clearly explain reasons for adjustments, denials or refunds.

•  Writes the FSC category on the insurance Explanation of Benefits (EOB) whenever another insurance is to be billed and gives the copies of EOB’s to the appropriate Insurance Claims Specialist for use in billing secondary or supplemental insurances.

•  Completes refund requests to the Team Coordinator for incorrect or misapplied payments.

•  Researches unidentified cash by requesting assistance from payor via telephone or written correspondence.

Preferred Qualifications: 

Billing, collection or cash application experience in a physician group practice.

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