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Excellence, Teamwork, Leadership and Innovation. These are the values that define UConn Health, and we are looking for team members that share these same values. Our top rated organization is looking to add 2 Coding Reimbursement Specialist's to our Intensive OP Program/Adult Outpatient Clinics and 10 Talcott Psychiatry Clinic. Both positions are located in Farmington, CT. If you have a background in this field, we want to hear from you.
PURPOSE OF CLASS:
At the UCHC, this class is accountable for performing complex tasks in the coding/billing of services provided to patients and the research and reconciliation of bills.
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:
- Performs diversified, highly technical coding of medical records for reimbursement
- Researches, establishes and implements billing procedures
- Makes recommendations on billing policies or standards
- Acts as liaison/resource to operating units, agencies and third party payors in an effort to maximize reimbursement
- Researches/resolves denied and under paid claims
- Interprets complex insurance company policies
- Reconciles/resolves patient accounts
- Compiles/analyzes statistics
- Assists and monitors provider enrollment
- Ensures accurate and timely billing of services
- Maintains records and files
- May input charges and adjustments
- Performs related duties as required.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
- Knowledge of complex, highly technical medical coding principles and techniques
- Considerable knowledge of ICD-9 & ICD-10 and CPT 4 code books
- Knowledge of billing and insurance carrier reimbursement policies
- Knowledge of medical terminology
- Considerable interpersonal skills
- Oral and written communication skills
- Organizational skills
- Ability to use a computer.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING:
General Experience:
Four (4) years of relevant billing experience in a physician's office or hospital billing/insurance setting.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Certified Professional Coder (CPC), or Certified Coder Specialist-Physician Based (CCS-P) certification.
Experience with EPIC EHR and psychiatric billing and coding
Substitutions Allowed:
Associate's degree and two (2) years of relevant experience may be substituted for the general experience.
SCHEDULE: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday.
Why UConn Health
UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.
