Medical Biller Specialist

Our client in Concord, MA is seeking Medical Billers to work full-time in their office.

Job overview:
Medical Billers are responsible for:
- Accurate claims submission, accounts receivable follow up, payment posting, BOB processing and posting, patient billing and payment posting, credit card processing, bad debt and collections.

- Using initiative to research problems and
determine correct action steps to resolve eligibility, billing and account problems.
Individual will be actively communicating with insurance carriers to rectify any
credentialing and enrollment issues or any other problems causing denials or a delay
in payment remittance.

Detailed Job Summary:
Specific job responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Register patients in the billing system, entering all pertinent billing and related
information necessary for the accurate and timely submission of claims.
- Follow up with physician practices to retrieve missing patient demographic or
insurance information.
- Review, prepare and accurately bill for assigned charges on a daily basis.
- Prepare and submit claims to third party insurance carriers both electronically and
manually.
- Research and resolve incorrect addresses to obtain updated mailing addresses and resubmit invoices.
- Review Explanation of Benefits (EOB's) from insurance payers for issues
requiring follow up and resolution, such as unpaid claims and denials.
- Identify and communicate billing corrections to providers and perform followup to ensure corrections are processed in a timely manner within established
guidelines.
- Conduct timely follow-up with insurance payers, patients, and facilities to
obtain corrected/updated billing information.
- Monitor and process A/R to meet goals for organization.
- Efficiently reduce DSO on accounts.
- Answer inbound customer phone calls regarding billing related questions.
- Print primary explanation of benefits to send with secondary claims.
- Coordinate third party insurance carriers' requests for medical documentation.
- Follow up with third party insurance carriers on unpaid claims.
- Trend payers and their reimbursement/denial patterns.
- Follow up with individuals for unpaid self-pay balances.
- Process rejections by either patient billing or correction of any billing errors and
resubmit claims to third party payers.
- Coordinate and maintain billing files and database, documentation, and
correspondence related to the billing and collection accounts.
- Perform administrative tasks including, but not limited to: assist with
mailings, filing, processing refunds

Minimum Qualifications:

• At least 1 year of experience in medical billing/claims, and/or health insurance verification.
• Minimum High School Degree
• Hospital claims/billing experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Outstanding time-management skills
• MS Office proficiency (Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Ability to at a computer terminal for up to 7 hours per day.

About Aerotek:

Aerotek, headquartered in Hanover, Md., is a leading provider of technical, professional and industrial staffing services.  Established in 1983, Aerotek is an operating company of Allegis Group, the largest provider of staffing services in the U.S. Aerotek operates a network of more than 200 non-franchised offices throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe. For more information, visit .