Fin Care Specialist I – Customer Service

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Patient billing specialist resolving Cedars-Sinai patient inquiries, payment plans, and collections. Managing hospital revenue-cycle accounts and insurance follow-up remotely.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide patient relations support to Patient Financial Services
  • Identify, analyze, resolve, and respond to customer inquiries, concerns, and issues
  • Follow up on accounts to ensure payment and resolution
  • Monitor assigned work queues and workload, resolving accounts accurately and promptly
  • Escalate issues and problems to the supervisor
  • Adhere to departmental documentation standards and correctly use activity codes and data fields
  • Research accounts and perform follow-up activities to resolve inquiries and customer complaints
  • Respond to patients, insurance companies, and authorized third parties
  • Negotiate and document payment plans within established policies
  • Initiate collection calls to patients and insurance companies
  • Maintain accounts receivable according to department protocol
  • Refer uncollectible accounts to collection agencies or attorneys
  • Route accounts to the appropriate work queue for approval
  • May be cross-trained in other revenue cycle functions and provide backup coverage

Requirements:

  • High School Diploma/GED required
  • Associate degree in business administration or another related major preferred
  • College-level courses in finance, business, or health insurance preferred
  • Minimum of 1 year of hospital billing or professional billing and/or collection experience required
  • Customer service and call center experience required
  • Advanced knowledge in specialized functions
  • Full understanding of the revenue cycle
  • Strong customer service skills
  • Ability to work independently
  • Ability to deescalate issues quickly
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to understand, interpret, and explain payor contracts and CSMC billing and collections policies and practices
  • Detailed knowledge of Cedars-Sinai’s core patient accounting systems and/or department-specific systems
  • Knowledge of hospital and department policies, procedures, PHI, and PFS employee handbook
  • Ability to negotiate and document payment plans within established policies

Benefits:

  • Healthcare and dental insurance
  • Generous time-off policy
  • Paid vacation
  • 403(b) retirement plan
  • Competitive compensation
  • Dynamic, inclusive work environment