Accounts Receivable Specialist- Full Time

Description

The Accounts Receivable Specialist is responsible for tracking and resolving outstanding payment issues and reconciling accounts to ensure efficient, timely and accurate payments of accounts as assigned.   

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Post customer and insurance payments by recording cash, checks, and credit card transactions

• Accurate data entry
• Understanding of payer remittance advice
• Appropriate calculation of contractual adjustments and routing of denials.

Post revenues by verifying and entering transactions from payments received

• Prepare bank deposits
• Resolve balancing discrepancies

Research misapplied and missing insurance remits

• Understanding of insurance payers
• Attention to detail to follow-up with payer

Perform A/R reconciliation to General Ledger

• Understanding of the accounting process
• Ability to research and resolve reconciliation issues
• Technical ability to process deposits electronically

* While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the job requirements, management reserves the right to modify, add or remove duties from particular jobs and to assign other duties as necessary.

Requirements

Education & Licensure: 

• High School Diploma or equivalent required
• Associate’s degree in healthcare administration, Business, or related field preferred
• Associate’s degree in healthcare administration, Business and/or two years’ experience in medical administrative/clerical position 

Experience:

• Previous hospital/clinic business office experience preferred
• Previous experience with reconciliation process required

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: 

• Excellent communication and listening skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with little direction and manage multiple demands and priorities
• Proficient in relevant computer software (Microsoft Excel)
• Attention to detail and accuracy

Role-specific Competencies: 

• Basic knowledge of accounts receivable
• Basic knowledge of office administration and procedures
• Basic knowledge of general bookkeeping procedures
• Basic knowledge of general accounting principles

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Prolonged periods of standing, bending, and reaching
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times

St. Croix Health has been a healing force in the St. Croix Valley for over 103 years. We are a purpose-driven organization with a dedicated team committed to serving our patients and communities throughout the St. Croix Valley. This commitment is rooted in our mission, vision and values. 

Mission: To deliver care driven by excellence, guided by heart, and grounded in community.

Vision: To be a trusted partner in providing healthcare that is personal and accessible to all, by adapting to meet the needs of our communities, and support lifelong well-being.

Values: Integrity. Respect. Compassion. Collaboration

Here at St. Croix Health, we offer our employees with a robust benefits package that includes:

• Health, vision and dental insurance
• 403b retirement program with employer match
• Paid time off
• Short-term disability, long-term disability and life insurance options
• Education reimbursement
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• Wellbeing incentive program
• Free parking

St. Croix Health is a not-for-profit healthcare system located in St. Croix Falls, WI dedicated to helping people live healthier, happier, and longer lives. St. Croix Health offers the services of 80+ providers and 20 specialties with five community clinics in Minnesota and Wisconsin all supported by a critical access hospital on the main campus in St. Croix Falls, just an hour northeast of Minneapolis/St. Paul. Nestled in the bluffs of the St. Croix River Valley, St. Croix Falls is the ideal place to work, live and play.