Associate Biller - Phoenix, AZ - Full-time / Part-time

Position Description:

Health care isn't just changing. It's growing more complex every day. ICD10 replaces ICD9. Affordable Care adds new challenges and financial constraints. Where does it all lead? Hospitals and health care organizations continue to adapt, and we are vital part of their evolution. And that's what fueled these exciting new opportunities.   

Who are we? Optum360. We're a dynamic new partnership formed by Dignity Health and Optum to combine our unique expertise. As part of the growing family of UnitedHealth Group, we'll leverage our compassion, our talent, our resources and experience to bring financial clarity and a full suite of revenue management services to health care providers nationwide.   

If you're looking for a better place to use your passion, your ideas and your desire to drive change, this is the place to be. It's an opportunity to do your life's best work.    

Welcome to one of the toughest and most fulfilling ways to help people, including yourself. We offer the latest tools, most intensive training program in the industry and nearly limitless opportunities for advancement. Join us and start doing your life's best work.

Positions in this function interact with customers gathering support data to ensure invoice accuracy and also work through specific billing discrepancies. Provide input to policies, systems, methods, and procedures for the effective management and control of the premium billing function. Educate customers regarding the availability of receiving invoices and remitting payments through online applications. Monitor outstanding balances and take appropriate actions to ensure clients pay as billed. Manage the preparation of invoices and complete reconciliation of billing with accounts receivables. May also include quality assurance and audit of billing activities.

Working knowledge of UB 04 and 1500 claims. Multiple applications and multiple payers.
This function is responsible for medical and ancillary product premium billing.

Note: Positions mainly responsible for more general A/ R activities which do not include medical and ancillary premium billing activities can be found in the Accounts Receivable function in the Finance job family.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Interact with customers gathering support data to ensure invoice accuracy and also work through specific billing discrepancies
• Provide input to policies, systems, methods, and procedures for the effective management and control of the premium billing function
• Educate customers regarding the availability of receiving invoices and remitting payments through online applications
• Monitor outstanding balances and take appropriate actions to ensure clients pay as billed
• Manage the preparation of invoices and complete reconciliation of billing with accounts receivables
• May also include quality assurance and audit of billing activities
• Moderate work experience within own function.
• Some work is completed without established procedures.
• Basic tasks are completed without review by others.
• Supervision/ guidance is required for higher level tasks.

Requirements:

• High School Diploma or GED
• 1+ years experience using 1500 and UB04 forms
• 1+ years experience using Microsoft Excel and Word in an office environment
  

Assets:

• Proficient in navigating provider websites to ascertain correct billing requirements
  

Physical Requirements and Work Environment:

• Frequent
  speaking, listening using a headset, sitting, use of hands/ fingers
  across keyboard or mouse, handling other objects, long periods working
  at a computer
• Service center environment with moderate noise level due to Representatives talking, computers, printers, and floor activity

Careers with OptumInsight.
Information and technology have amazing power to transform the health
care industry and improve people's lives. This is where it's happening.
This is where you'll help solve the problems that have never been
solved. We're freeing information so it can be used safely and securely
wherever it's needed. We're creating the very best ideas that can most
easily be put into action to help our clients improve the quality of
care and lower costs for millions. This is where the best and the
brightest work together to make positive change a reality. This is the
place to do your life's best work.

Diversity creates a
healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive
consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion,
sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

UnitedHealth Group
is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test
before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions
are subject to random drug testing.