POSITION: Medical Billing & Coding Specialist
DEPARTMENT: Central Business Office
Salary: $21 - $25 (Per Hour)
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Accurate preparation and submission of clean claims to medical insurances, government agencies, and private pay accounts (electronic and paper submissions).
- Monitoring unbilled report and ensuring timely filing of all claims.
- Checking the status of unpaid claims and collaborating with payors to resolve issues.
- Conducting claim inquiries and appeals.
- Handling payment posting.
- Preparing, reviewing, and sending client statements/invoices.
- Achieving maximum reimbursement for services provided.
- Collaborating with the Revenue Cycle Manager and Netsmart RCM team to troubleshoot billing and service entry errors.
- Working with program staff to address any billing-related concerns.
- Verifying financial eligibility for clients with Commercial/Medicaid/MC insurance.
- Staying informed on billing requirements from External Agencies, Medicaid, Medicare, and Commercial payors.
- Other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS: This position requires:
- Understanding of CPT coding, diagnosis codes & medical terminology
- Ability to interpret remittance advice
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications; Excel skills required
- Excellent time management & customer service skills
- Attention to detail
- Must be a team player
- Minimum two years of medical billing experience
- Previous Experience with Kansas and/or Missouri Medicaid billing a plus
- Certified medical coder preferred
- Must be at least 21 years of age and pass background check, physical and drug screening.
- This position also requires a valid driver's license and proof of current vehicle insurance.
BENEFITS: Cornerstones of Care offers a competitive benefits package, which includes Paid Holidays, Paid Time Away (unlimited Time Away for Salaried positions) or Paid Time Off (unlimited PTO for all benefit eligible team members) for hourly positions. All team members who work 30 hours or more are eligible for medical/dental/vision; prescriptions; accident and critical illness insurance; pet insurance; short-term disability; long-term disability; term life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D); health savings account (HSA); flexible spending account (FSA); retirement (401K); employee assistance program (EAP); YMCA membership discounts; Tuition Reimbursement Program and Public Service Loan Forgiveness. To view a detailed Summary of Benefits please visit our website at and under the heading "About Us" click on "Join Our Team."
CORNERSTONES OF CARE'S ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENTS:
- Nonviolence - helping to build safety skills and a commitment to a higher purpose.
- Emotional Intelligence - helping to teach emotional management skills.
- Social Learning - helping to build cognitive skills.
- Open Communication - helping to overcome barriers to healthy communication, learn conflict management.
- Democracy - helping to create civic skills of self-control, self-discipline, and administration of healthy authority.
- Social Responsibility - helping to rebuild social connection skills, establish healthy attachment relationships.
- Growth and Change - helping to work through loss and prepare for the future.
Questions?
Please contact: Cornerstones of Care, Human Resources Department
8150 Wornall Rd., Kansas City, MO 64114
Phone: (816) 508-3500 Fax: (816) 508-1757
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Cornerstones of Care is an
Equal Opportunity Employer