Billing Specialist Lab

You Belong Here.

At MultiCare, we strive to offer a true sense of belonging for all our employees. Across our health care network, you will find a dynamic range of meaningful careers, opportunities for growth, safe workplaces, and flexible schedules. We are connected by our mission - partnering and healing for a healthy future - and dedicated to the health and well-being of the communities we serve.

FTE: 1.0, Shift: Day, Schedule: M-F 8-430pm

Position Summary

The Laboratory Billing Specialist is an exciting opportunity at MultiCare, accountable for all aspects of accurate and timely completion of registration for laboratory accounts. In this intermediate-level role, you will serve as a liaison between accounts and services while applying strong interpersonal skills within a team environment in your daily functions.

Responsibilities

• You will assure complete and accurate registration of laboratory accounts in a timely manner according to policy and procedures in compliance with regulatory requirements
• You will verify of registration data and insurance eligibility to facilitate prompt reimbursement and reduce potential claims denial
• You will maintain laboratory requisitions and supporting documentation in an organized system
• You will review error, admit and lab-default reports on a daily basis, completing required billing elements and ensuring all laboratory requisitions have been reviewed for accurate registration
• You will respond to requests from patient Services, Patient Accounts, physicians and patients for information, supporting documentation and record retrieval
• You will contact referring physicians, insurance companies and/or patients to obtain necessary missing, incomplete or regulatory information

Requirements

• Post High School vocational or business course work
• Recent health care or insurance industry experience
• Minimum one (1) year of Registration or Patient Accounting in a health care environment

Our Values

As a MultiCare employee, we'll rely on you to reflect our core values of Respect, Integrity, Stewardship, Excellence, Collaboration and Kindness. Our values serve as our guiding principles and impact every aspect of our organization, including how we provide patient care and what we expect from each other.

Why MultiCare?

• Belonging: We work to create a true sense of belonging for all our caregivers
• Mission-driven: We are dedicated to our mission of partnering for healing and a healthy future and the patients and communities we serve
• Market leadership: Washington state's largest community-based, locally governed health system
• Employee-centric: Named Forbes “America’s Best Employers by State” in 2023
• Technology: "Most Wired" health care system 15 years in a row
• Leading research: MultiCare Institute for Research & Innovation, 40 years of ground-breaking, clinical and health services research in our communities
• Lifestyle: Live and work in the Pacific Northwest - offering breathtaking water, mountains and forest at every turn

Pay and Benefit Expectations

We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary, medical, dental and retirement benefits and paid time off. As required by various pay transparency laws, we share a competitive range of compensation for candidates hired into each position. The pay scale is $21.25 - $30.59 USD. However, pay is influenced by factors specific to applicants, including but not limited to: skill set, level of experience, and certification(s) and/or education. If this position is associated with a union contract, pay will be reflective of the appropriate step on the pay scale to which the applicant’s years of experience align.

Associated benefit information can be viewed here.