Collections Coordinator - Bloomingdale, IL - Full-time / Part-time

Position Description:
If you want to achieve more in your mission of health care, you have to be really smart about the business of health care. Challenge yourself, your peers and our industry by shaping what health care looks like and doing your life's best work.SM The Collections Coordinator is responsible for account reconciliation, account management and research Handling of unresolved inquiries/issues, and responsible for developing, implementing, maintaining and managing organization policies on collection practices. May work with outside legal counsel and/or outside agencies in more complex collection cases.
This function is responsible for insurance premium collections. Positions in this function contact customers to determine reason for payment delinquency. Negotiate and advise on collection of overdue bills and take appropriate action to recover overdue payments. Handles unresolved inquiries/issues. Responsible for developing, implementing, maintaining and managing organization policies on collection practices. May work with outside legal counsel and/or outside agencies in more complex collection cases.
Primary Responsibilities:

Contact clients, patients or insurance carriers with past due accounts for payer      information
Use of internet for research on clients and insurance carriers
Prepare various reports and payment plans
Recommend accounts to be placed with agency
Maintain resolution and call records and other documentation
Other duties, tasks and projects as assigned/as needed

Requirements:

High School Diploma or GED
2+ years of customer service experience
1+ years of billing and/or collections experience
MS Excel experience(creating and editing spreadsheets, data entry)
Medical Terminology knowledge
Assets:

1+ years of medical/healthcare collections experience
 EOB experience is a plusTake the next step, online at: www.yourlifesbestwork.comCareers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world?s large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.SM
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.