Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cedars-Sinai is a highly regarded healthcare organization recognized for excellence in patient care. The Fin Care Specialist I will provide patient relations support to Patient Financial Services, addressing customer inquiries and issues while ensuring timely resolution and payment of accounts.
Responsibilities
- Applies detailed knowledge of and follows all hospital and department policies, procedures (e.g., PHI, PFS employee handbook)
- Demonstrates detailed knowledge of Cedars-Sinai’s core patient accounting systems and/or department specific systems and uses them effectively and efficiently
- Effectively monitors assigned work queues and workload, ensuring resolve of accounts in a timely and accurate manner. Takes initiative on issues and/or problems by advancing them to the supervisor
- Adheres to documentation standards of the department. Accurately uses activity codes. Notes are clear and concise. Correctly enters data in fields. Maintains acceptable levels of speed and accuracy
- Completes all necessary research and account follow-up activities to resolve inquiries and/or customer complaints. Ensures that the resolution completed meets the patient’s needs
- Responds to patient, insurance company and other authorized third-party inquiries, including return of calls and research needed to bring account to final resolution
- Negotiates and documents payment plans within established policies
- Achieves timely and accurate account collection for hospital and professional services. Responsible for initiating collection calls to patients and insurance companies to collect on unresolved accounts. Maintains A/R per department protocol. Reviews accounts on continuing basis and refers uncollectible accounts to collection agency or attorney on a timely basis. Ensures account is routed to appropriate work queue for approval
- Responds timely, effectively, and appropriately to deliverables
- Shares knowledge, time, and expertise to assist other members of the team
- Ensures practices and procedures are inclusive of interpersonal and cultural diversity
- Identifies and responds appropriately to both internal and external customer needs using available resources
Skills
- High School Diploma/GED required
- A minimum of 1 year of hospital billing or professional billing and/or Collection experience with customer service and call center experience required
- Associate degree in business administration or another related major or college level courses in finance, business, or health insurance
Benefits
- Healthcare
- A generous time-off policy
- Health and dental insurance
- Paid vacation
- A 403(b)
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