Billing Specialist - Physician

Job Title: Billing Specialist - Physician

Reports to: Billing Manager

General Summary of Duties: Certified Professional Coder preferred, needed for a large orthopedic practice in Providence.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities:

• Researches all information needed to complete the billing process including posting payments into the practice management system
• Follow up on claims, including tracking denials, resolving underpayments in a timely manner, managing refunds, and filing appeals
• Assist with answering billing calls
• Additional duties as assigned by the Manager to meet department needs

Requirements:

• Minimum of 3 years of billing experience in a health care organization, CPT and ICD-10 knowledge, aging and collection processing.
• Orthopedics surgical billing experience preferred
• Interpersonal skills to deal effectively with patients, physicians, and staff
• Organizational skills to schedule time appropriately
• Ability to follow collection account to a successful conclusion
• Knowledge of third-party billing and other collection skills
• Must be able to travel to all sites if/when necessary.