Team Lead, Accounts Receivable Services

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Remote Accounts Receivable Team Lead coordinating medical billing teams, claims follow-up, appeals, and payment recovery for Med-Metrix.

Responsibilities:

  • Support management with coordination of Accounts Receivable department activities and operations
  • Assist global team members by answering questions and providing support
  • Provide initial training on the client host system
  • Track productivity and quality of Accounts Receivable Representatives
  • Conduct one-on-one evaluations to identify improvement opportunities
  • Follow up with payers to resolve outstanding claims via phone, email, fax, or websites
  • Maintain departmental productivity and quality standards and support identified training needs
  • Use workflow, client host, and other systems to collect payments and resolve accounts
  • Adhere to client/team policies and procedures
  • Initiate appeals and submit accurate requests, supporting documentation, and communications
  • Analyze and resolve issues causing payer payment delays
  • Analyze and trend claims issues to proactively reduce denials
  • Identify and correct medical billing errors
  • Protect and disclose patients’ PHI in accordance with HIPAA
  • Comply with Information Security and HIPAA policies and limit PHI access to the minimum necessary
  • Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements:

  • High School diploma or equivalent required
  • Experience in insurance collections, including submitting and following up on claims for a Medical Practice, Medical Facility/Medical Billing Company, Ambulatory Surgical Center, and/or Hospital
  • Experience with training new users required
  • Knowledge of the denied claims and appeals process required
  • Understanding of underpayments and credit balance process
  • Experience with practice management systems; EPIC PB, Allscripts and/or Cerner preferred
  • Extensive knowledge of individual payor websites, including Navinet and Novitasphere
  • Knowledge of Medical Terminology, CPT Codes, Modifiers and Diagnosis Codes
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, with basic Excel skills
  • Must possess a smartphone or electronic device capable of downloading applications for multifactor authentication and security purposes
  • Strong interpersonal, written, verbal communication, problem-solving, creative, judgment, integrity, dependability, confidentiality, and stress-management abilities
  • Ability to follow directions, collaborate with others, handle stress, and perform the stated physical demands