Patient Accounts and Billing Specialist

JSSA's Billing department has an immediate opening for a full-time Patient Accounts Specialist to join our team. We are one of Washington metropolitan area's most established and fastest-growing child, family and senior social services agencies, with offices in Maryland and Northern Virginia. Our staff serve a nonsectarian, highly diverse clientele struggling with a broad range of emotional, social, physical and developmental challenges as well as home care and hospice services. This position is responsible for the daily billing activities in JSSA's Hospice program.

Responsibilities:

Verify insurance and obtain prior authorizations

Create 81As/81Bs

Check Status of 81As and upload screenshots

Submit Medicaid E-Request Enrollments/Dis-Enrollments

Create and Post Visits

Generate Charges

Create and claims

Import payments

Fix any rejected/denied claims in EHR and Medicare database

Perform Adjustments as needed

Run daily, weekly, monthly reports in EHR

Complete other duties as assigned by the Director of Patient Accounts.

Qualifications:

High school diploma required. 4 year degree preferred.

Minimum 3 years of experience in processing high volume, third-party medical billings.

Demonstrated knowledge and expertise of Medicare, Medicaid and Commercial Insurance regulations and third-party billings.

Experience with Hospice EMR/EHR billing systems. Homecare Homebase electronic medical record billing experience preferred.

Outstanding communications skills and the ability to work in a fast paced and deadline driven environment.

Detail oriented and able to manage multiple priorities

Highly proficient with MS Office 365 applications

Proficient skills with Excel (including formulas, pivot tables, VLOOKUP),

Able to handle confidential information and understand HIPAA.

What We Offer:

Hourly rate range $25-30.

403(b) with matching contribution

Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance

24/7 Employee Assistance Program to support mental health and a balanced lifestyle

Vacation, sick and personal leave, and select Jewish and federal holidays

The Jewish Social Service Agency (JSSA) has been helping people across the Washington metropolitan area meet emotional, social, and physical challenges for more than 120 years. A nonsectarian provider, we serve people of all religious backgrounds, races and ethnicities, helping the youngest child to the most fragile senior, from individuals to entire families. JSSA provides services and support to nearly 31,000 individuals a year through our wide range of counseling, educational, specialized employment, in-home support, hospice and nursing care, and social services. We are a growing Agency and strive to be an Employer of Choice. As such we offer a competitive salary and benefits package, a healthy work-life balance, collaborative team environment and many opportunities for personal growth and professional development. We pride ourselves on our mission to be the first place for the Jewish community, as well as the community at large, to turn for clinical and social services of the highest quality that sustain and nurture all who seek assistance. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. AA/M/F/D