Medical Billing Specialist

Dialysis Clinic, Inc. • Nashville-Davidson, TN, United States • $200k - $250k / year • 3h ago

Overview

Founded in 1971, Dialysis Clinic, Inc. (DCI) remains the nation’s largest non-profit dialysis provider. With a team of approximately 5,000 talented and caring employees serving across the United States, DCI provides care to nearly 15,000 patients on dialysis and 3,500 patients with chronic kidney disease. We offer a variety of services including in-center hemodialysis, home hemodialysis, and peritoneal dialysis (PD). Each position within DCI, from billers to administrators to nursing staff, contributes toward the goal of providing excellent patient care. Our staff has helped DCI achieve the lowest mortality and hospitalization rates among large dialysis providers for the past 13 years in a row.

The Billing Specialist must have effective communication skills. This position requires a large degree of interfacing with coworkers, clinic personnel, patients, and insurance representatives. Needs to be highly self-motivated and career-minded.

Each Billing Specialist is assigned the responsibility of working accounts and keeping the account receivables within department standards. The Billing Specialist needs to have the ability to multi-task effectively in a fast-paced environment. This position is for the Middle Tennessee region.

Benefits:

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
Life and long-term care insurance provided at no additional expense to employee
Paid time off (PTO) including holidays
Extended Sick Bank (ESB) in addition to PTO – paid time for doctor appointments, sickness, or medical leave
Retirement plans with $.50 of each contributed dollar matched for eligible employees, up to 8 percent
Education reimbursement
Employee assistance program
Wellness program
Among others

Responsibilities

Monthly creation of billable charges for designated patients
Monthly claims billing; follow-up, re-billing, secondary billing, and correction billing of claims
Collection process for account balances
Updating patients' file records
Complete adjustment transaction forms
Maintain good communication link with each patient’s home-clinic personnel
Account aging balances; insurance verifications, referrals, and authorization
Aging balances must be kept within acceptable collection standards.

Competencies

Interpersonal skills/expectations include: Excellent communication skills.
Organization skills/expectations include: Attention to detail is a must.
Advanced skills in Microsoft Office software, particularly Microsoft Word and Excel.

Qualifications