Revenue Cycle Specialist AR Specialist

POSITION SUMMARY:  

Under the direction of the Sr. Manager, Revenue Cycle Management, the Specialist, Revenue Cycle is responsible for duties as assigned such as: charge entry, payment posting, A/R follow-up, and denials management in accordance with the center’s policies and procedures. In addition, the Specialist, Revenue Cycle is responsible for maintaining the daily deposit log, accounts receivables aging report, and other reports as directed by the Sr. Manager, Revenue Cycle, or surgery center Business Office Manager. 

Hybrid Position - 2 days a week in the Chicagoland office.

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:  

• Provide regular communication and feedback to Manager 
• Speak to and approach others in a friendly and compassionate way, open to other employee suggestions 
• Complete assigned tasks in a timely manner including payment posting, daily deposit log, charge entry, etc. 
• Demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate with others, including physician offices, insurance companies, patients and others about insurance benefits and costs associated to procedures 
• Demonstrate proactive approach to problem identification and solutions 
• Work well with others 
• Demonstrate appropriate time management skills, prioritization, and task completion 
• Exhibit proficient knowledge of health plan benefits including co-pays, deductibles, and co-insurance 
• Ability to handle multiple assignments or pieces of work at one time; capable of working within a stressful environment under consistent deadlines, pressures, and interruptions 
• Demonstrate the ability to cope with and manage change 
• Demonstrate an exceptional grasp of required skills including detail-oriented, commitment to accuracy, able to anticipate needs before they become critical 
• Self-motivated to keep self-current and relevant in skills and competency 
• Take prompt and decisive action to produce service levels beyond what is minimally required in the job; acting without prompting; regularly volunteer individual energy to a situation 
• Achieve performance excellence through skills of organization; able to create successful workflow processes; reliable in all areas of work 
• Seek opportunities to accept ideas and help from co-workers to accomplish work goals; willingness to share credit; appreciate differences in personalities; actively seeks out opinions from others and honors them in decision making 
• Assume all other duties and responsibilities; demonstrate willingness to identify and/or assume activities relative to the developmental needs of the reception 
• Perform other duties as assigned 

Education/Experience: 

 Required: 

• High school diploma or general equivalency degree (GED) 
• Two (2) years’ experience in billing/collecting in a healthcare setting 
• Knowledge of heath care operations 
• Proficient computer skills 

Preferred: 

• ASC experience 
• Full cycle experience 
• Microsoft Office Specialist certifications