Hospital Customer Service Collections Representative

Description

As the Hospital Collections Customer Service Representative, you will:

• Serve as the primary source for customer service assistance and ensuring customer satisfaction

• Handle a high volume of incoming customer service calls in a call-center environment

• Research and distribution of incoming correspondence and respond to phone and written inquiries from patients, insurance companies, third party payers, governmental agencies

• Demonstrate a positive demeanor, good verbal and written communication skills, and must be professional

• Perform duties in the patient accounting systems

• Special projects to include bad debt assignments, financial assistance program and self-pay work list completing assigned workload within established time frame

Salary Range: $25.71-$36.52/hourly

Note: This posted position is 1 of 2 positions available for hire. All applicants will apply through this requisition and if selected will be hired into one of the available positions.Qualifications

We're seeking an interpersonal, detail-oriented individual who:

• Has a minimum one year in a customer service call center environment preferably in a hospital business office setting

• Able to prioritize assignments and multi-task in an accurate and prompt manner

• Able to demonstrate analytical skill to identify, evaluate and resolve patient billing concerns

• Knowledge of hospital billing, reimbursement, contracts, and write offs, and ability to determine patient liability and overpayment amounts

• Extensive telephone experience and experience dealing with the public

• Collection experience, preferably working knowledge of Medical billing and knowledge of collection techniques and collection law, specifically knowledge and adherence procedures of the Rosenthal Act, so as to project a professional image for the Medical Center and make legally acceptable payment arrangements and demands with/or for our patients

• Bilingual Spanish/English, highly desired

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