Billing Specialist

Overview
Our team members are the heart of what makes us better.
At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives - and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It's also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.
Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.
The Billing Specialist is responsible for the accurate and timely submission of claims to payers in accordance with established department policy and procedure.
Responsibilities
A day in the life of a Billing Specialist with Hackensack Meridian Health includes:

• Responsible for primary and secondary claim submission to payers electronically or by paper.
• Review and resolve Billing System (the Assurance application) payer edit errors in accordance with payer rules for clean claim submission.
• Identify and resolve billing issues and edits, or escalates to management for resolution in a timely manner.
• Perform account analysis to ascertain the required billing procedure.
• Researches pending claims and reports billing issues for high dollar accounts to management.
• Responsible for the timely resolution of all accounts in Epic Work Queues as assigned by management; perform all action actions as required.
• Provides back up assistance to assigned tasks as necessary.
• Utilize a payer portal when needed to secure appropriate information to correctly bill a claim.
• Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
• Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.

Qualifications
Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• High School diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), and/or GED equivalent programs.
• Minimum two years experience in a medical office, hospital business office, or similar setting.
• Computer literate.

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred:

• Experience with Epic and/or an electronic billing system (such as Assurance/Change Healthcare).
• Some College or a Certificate program in a healthcare field.
• Working knowledge of a spreadsheet application (Excel/Google Sheets).
• Experience working in a hospital billing or revenue cycle position.

If you feel that the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today!