Job Description
Title: Clerical Assistant – Billing Dept.
Job Location: Bedford, MA (100% onsite)
Duration: Temp-to-Perm (15 weeks)
Pay rate: $17/hr
Schedule: Mon-Fri - standard 1st shift business hours
Selling Points:
- They promote HEAVILY from within - most managers, directors and senior directors started in entry/mid-level positions.
- Full benefits available 60 days after conversion
- Access to their fitness center - all new equipment: weights, machines, cardio. Stretching area. Very clean. Hours 4:30am - 9pm M-F and 7-7- on weekends (no guests, employees only).
- Free parking onsite.
Purpose:
Perform general clerical tasks in the Billing Operations Department that facilitates payment of Emergency Department Physician medical claims.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Review accounts in the self-pay category and make determination to send to collections
- Process all incoming returned mail from patients
- Mail out all paper claims generated by the staff on a daily basis
- Attach primary EOBs to secondary claims
- Attach medical records to claims
- Review all incoming correspondence from patients and if necessary update their insurance information
- Receive mail and sort the mail so that it can be scanned into the scanning system accordingly
- Adhere to the Code of Conduct and be familiar with all compliance policies and procedures
Qualifications:
Education (Degrees, Certificates, Licenses, Etc.):
- High School Diploma or equivalent combination of education and experience required.
Computer Skills:
- Prior word processing, spreadsheet and internet software experience including proficiency with MS Excel and MS Word required.
Experience:
- One to two years related billing experience preferred.
Specific Job Knowledge, Skill and Ability:
- Ability to add, to subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedural manuals
- Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
- Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision
- Ability to sit for prolonged periods of time, use hands, talk, hear and occasionally walk and reach with hands or arms