Commercial AR Team Lead

Overview

Trains section in duties, assist manager in the supervision of the staff, maintains time and attendance of department ,ensures proper  staff coverage is always maintained,  ensures claims are released to the payer in a timely manner, ensures accounts are resolved properly and timely, works closely with various departments to resolve any issues that may arise within the department., helps maintain claims system by coordinating billing edits and bridge routines, helps maintain various host systems billing and collection dictionaries/profiles, maintains education and up-keep of the parallel database, works with manager and Managed Care department with payer payment discrepancies or issues with account resolutions, comprehends and able to perform all job duties of the department.

Qualifications

Minimum Knowledge, Skills and Experience required:

• Must have knowledge of EXCEL and WORD.
• Proven applicable experience working in an environment that utilizes electronic billing, internal report archives, and tools for applicable database management strongly preferred.
• 3 to 5 years working experience of Hospital or Physician office billing and collection processes including producing account appeals with positive outcomes strongly preferred.
• Prefer at least 1 year of supervisory experience strongly preferred.
• Proven applicable experience of preparing complex correspondence to resolve accounts strongly preferred.
• Effective communication skills verbally and written with internal Hospital departments, Physician Offices, Patient, and Insurance payors.
• Must be able to effectively manage a large volume of accounts while maintaining a high accuracy and positive outcomes.

 

Education: 

• Prefer associates degree from an accredited college with some applicable college courses.
• Prefer applicant with certification in coding, physician office management, or applicable college courses.