Unposted-PATIENT ACCOUNTS REP

Highlands Behavioral Health System
Highlands, CO Full Time
POSTED ON 3/9/2024
Responsibilities:
Patient Accounts Representative (Hospital Setting)
Monday - Friday (8a - 5p)

Highlands Behavioral Health System
is an 86 bed, acute care psychiatric hospital located in Littleton, CO. Highlands features individual units for adolescents, adults, and seniors, and offers inpatient acute care, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient programs. www.highlandsbhs.com

JOB SUMMARY:

The Patient Accounts Representative exists to verify all patient account insurance information on the day of admission or the next working day. Contacts the patient’s and/or third party payer organization(s) to secure insurance benefits and information. Secures all self-pay deposits and payment while patients are in the facility.

JOB RESPONSIBLITIES:
  • Monitors and reviews all new accounts and follow-up documents to determine the nature and extent of the information received from and the Intake Department.
  • Notifies the Business Office Manager of any delinquent information.
  • Contacts all payers to ensure clarification of insurance benefits and any monies due up front.
  • Investigates any delinquent patient information to identify any special circumstances affecting delay of billing with relations to correct information.
  • Contacts all third party payer organizations and/or patients as necessary to facilitate the timely gathering of information to ensure billing credibility.
  • Reclassifies accounts after insurance verification or rejection or verification and initiates required procedures.
  • Identifies problem delinquencies and recommends further action needed.
  • Prepares and maintains records and reports documenting the status of all insurance verification and census information reporting.
  • Maintains current knowledge of all insurance verification policies and procedures and related legislation.
  • Promotes a positive working environment and guest relations.
  • Assumes and/or performs additional duties as requested.
  • Promotes safety by attending mandatory in-services and complies with all safety measures initiated by the facility

Total Rewards for our Patient Account Representative include:

  • Challenging and rewarding work environment
  • Career development opportunities within UHS and its Subsidiaries
  • Competitive Compensation
  • Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plan
  • Pet insurance
  • 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
  • Generous Paid Time Off
  • Free Basic Life Insurance
  • Tuition and Educational Reimbursement
  • More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website: benefits.uhsguest.com
Qualifications:
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:
  • High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
  • 2 years of work experience (preferably in a hospital setting) reviewing outstanding patient accounts and insurance verification with patients.
  • Proficient knowledge of medical terminology, insurance verification, billing practices, and coding is highly desirable.
  • Proficient with MS Office Suites.
  • The successful candidate must be comfortable communicating directly with behavioral health patients and/or family members and provide financial counseling advice on options pertaining to their hospital patient accounts.

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

Notice

At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skillset and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries. We take pride in creating a highly efficient and best-in-class candidate experience. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. The recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc. If you are suspicious of a job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, let us know by contacting us at: https://uhs.alertline.com or 1-800-852-3449.


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