Medical Collector

We are seeking a highly motivated, energetic and experienced DME Medical Collection and Billing specialist for our Fort Lauderdale office. Main responsibility will be maintaining a timely and accurate account receivable claims/system within our Brightree billing system. Knowledge of Florida Medicaid HMO billing a Plus.

Additional Responsibilities:

- Ensures daily accomplishments contribute toward company goals for A/R

- Follow up on all denials with 72 hours of receipt

- Researches outstanding balances and takes necessary collection actions to resolve in a timely manner.

- Researches assigned correspondence; takes necessary action to resolve requests

- Utilizes the most efficient resources to secure timely payment of open claims.

- Identifies patterns of short-payment or non-payment and escalates issues to management

- Reviews insurance remittance EOB's for payment accuracy

- Answer Bilingual English and Spanish speaking customer billing inquiries by phone

- Identifies billing errors, short payments, over payments, unpaid claims, and resolves accordingly

- Reviews residual balances after payments are applied and generates necessary adjustments, over payment notification, refund requests, and/or secondary billing as needed.

- Works within specified deadlines and stressful situations.

Ideal Qualities:

- Strong analytical and problem solving skills with attention to detail

- Highly skilled and organizing and prioritizing

- Candidate must have knowledge of durable medical equipment billing, denials, audits, Reconsiderations, collections, AR and be proficient in creating Brightree ADHOC reports

- Comprehensive understanding of various insurance plans and benefits for the different payors (Medicare, Medicaid, CareCentrix)

- Bilingual (English / Spanish) preferred

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $20.00 - $27.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
• Work from home

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Associate (Preferred)

Experience:

• Medical Billing: 3 years (Required)
• DME: 3 years (Required)
• Brightree: 3 years (Required)
• Florida Medicaid: 3 years (Preferred)

Language:

• Spanish (Preferred)

Work Location: In person