Medical Collector/Accounts Receivable Follow Up
Remote Remote, CA
Contract / Temporary to Hire
$20.90 – $24.00 / Hourly
Description
A large hospital system is in need of a Medical Collector/Insurance follow-up specialist. This role would start off as a contract for about 3-4 months with the possibility of going contract to hire. While you would have to work Pacific/Central time zones this role is fully REMOTE.
Required Experience:
- 2-3 years of hospital insurance follow up, including utilization of phone calls and online payer portals
- Utilization of worklist based follow up workflow
- Ability to work with numerous systems (i.e., patient accounting, worklist management, electronic billing, payer portals)
- Daily/weekly productivity and quality audit metrics
Additional experience that is helpful:
- Multi-hospital insurance follow up
- California payer insurance follow up
- Denial review and appeal letter writing
Soft Skills
- Fast Thinkers
- Show initiative
- Does not complain
- Ask Questions
- Escalate issues
- Trend finding
Requirements
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong familiarity with Insurance Follow-up
- Medical collections experience desired
- Hospital Revenue Cycle experience required
- Insurance Follow-up experience preferred
- High School diploma or equivalent required
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills
- Minimum of 1 year of prior healthcare collections experience
- Deep knowledge of explanation of benefits (EOBs)
- Healthcare practice management software experience preferred