Payment Poster

Summary

Responsible for posting payments and reconciliation of payment posting to patient accounts and various general ledger accounts.

Location: Smyrna

Schedule: Monday - Friday

Job Type: Full Time 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensures all cash is posted to the accounts receivable and balanced to cash received.
• Will receive daily deposit of insurance checks, and forward to appropriate parties for information. 
• Will be responsible for ensuring that lockbox is opened, sorted and uploaded to EMR in a timely manner.
• Prepares notice and request detail backup for any items that can’t be posted.
• Prepares necessary adjusting entries for reimbursement variances, ensuring appropriate records are maintained for cost reporting.
• Researches any cash application problems and takes the appropriate corrective action. assuring data is accurate and submitted in accordance with processing deadlines.
• Post all payments and write-offs to the appropriate accounts, maintaining the highest of quality for each transaction processed.
• Contact insurance companies on questionable or missing EOB’s.
• Verify the payment received is paid per the specific payer contract.
• Ensures the posting of payments are done in a 48 hours turnaround time.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and Experience

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED). 
• Minimum 1 year experience in medical AR follow up and/or revenue posting and month end closing.
• Amkai or Athena software knowledge a plus.
• Prior experience in revenue posting, ERA, EFT, VCC, and ACH is a preferred.
• Healthcare revenue cycle aptitude, strengths in revenue posting, payer contract obligations, thorough knowledge of remittance advice, healthcare contracts, and policy benefits.
• Data entry, medical terminology, general knowledge of CPT and HCPCS codes, AR follow up, payment reconciliation.
• Orthopedic specialty preferred.
• Knowledge of physician billing and/or collections.
• Typing speed 55 wpm and the ability to use a calculator.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to handle or feel; and to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. It is necessary to view and type on computer screens for long periods of time and to work in an environment which can be very stressful.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

About Peachtree Orthopedics

Founded in 1953, Peachtree Orthopedics is the oldest orthopedic practice in the southeast. We’ve grown over the years, but our high standards of excellence and commitment to quality personalized care have remained the same. Peachtree Orthopedics has been named an AJC Top Workplace for the 4th year in a row! We offer excellent growth and advancement opportunities, foster a compassionate and fun culture, and seek employees who want the same.