Provides the necessary functions to bill, collect, analyze, and adjudicate all professional and/or hospital billing and collection functions. Executes and performs programs to insure efficient operations of program in order to generate sufficient cash flow to support operations and strategic initiatives. Responsibilities include billing and collecting for all third-party insurance payers, adjustment functions, cash application, adjudicating, identifying, analyzing, reducing and resolving various revenue enhancement, and credit balance issues associated with professional and/or hospital accounts receivable and insuring monthly cash flow. These responsibilities further include the management of a portfolio of accounts with respect to the successful adjudication of claims on a monthly basis.
Job Duties Performs professional and/or hospital billing and collection functions within the revenue management to include, but not limited to billing and collection functions, secondary collections, cash posting, A/R resolution, adjustments, credit balance resolution, revenue enhancement and cash flow for the various clinical service lines.Performs the above-mentioned activities of the revenue management to insure cost effectiveness and organizational efficiency.Furthermore, this position executes these functions in regard to how their function inter-relates to the other revenue management functions and all of the various third-party payers associated with the clinical service lines.Communicates their functional activities to their leader, senior management as it relates to billing, insurance follow-up, cash flow, cash application, revenue enhancement, organizational profitability, customer service, accounts receivable results and revenue management results.Works in conjunction with other areas to insure coordinated activities with respect to all revenue management needs.Participates in a minimum of sixty hours of classroom training per year.Involved, when required, in the development of various strategic plans.Develops, implements and directs various quality initiatives to insure continuous monitoring and improvements within the revenue management process.This includes performing overall departmental operating functions within pre-determined limits, ensuring operational efficiencies and obtaining pre-determined performance and quality targets.Provides analysis to supervisor and manager of trends and issues identified.
Work is typically performed in an office environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job.
Founded more than 100 years ago by Abigail Geisinger, the system now includes ten hospital campuses, a 550,000-member health plan, two research centers and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. With nearly 24,000 employees and more than 1,700 employed physicians, Geisinger boosts its hometown economies in Pennsylvania by billions of dollars annually. Learn more at geisinger.org or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and InclusionGeisinger values who you are, where you are from, and where you are going. We seek out people of various backgrounds and cultures with unique abilities, non-traditional career paths and ambitious aspirations. We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and Minorities are encouraged to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or their protected veteran status. Read more about Our Commitment to Inclusive Recruiting.
Our Vision & ValuesEverything we do is about making better health easier for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities.
KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.
INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family.
Our BenefitsWe offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and prescription coverage.