Energize
your career with one of Healthcare's fastest growing companies.
You
dream of a great career with a great company - where you can make an impact and
help people. We dream of giving you the opportunity to do just this. And with
the incredible growth of our business, it's a dream that definitely can come
true. Already one of the world's leading Healthcare companies, UnitedHealth
Group is restlessly pursuing new ways to operate our service centers, improve
our service levels and help people lead healthier lives. We live for the
opportunity to make a difference and right now, we are living it up.
This
opportunity is with one of our most exciting business areas: Optum - a growing
part of our family of companies that make UnitedHealth Group a Fortune 6 leader.
Optum helps nearly 60
million Americans live their lives to the fullest by educating them about their
symptoms, conditions and treatments; helping them to navigate the system,
finance their healthcare needs and stay on track with their health goals. No
other business touches so many lives in such a positive way. And we do it all
with every action focused on our shared values of Integrity, Compassion,
Relationships, Innovation & Performance.
The
Billing Manager is responsible for leadership and oversight of billing and
reporting systems. This includes leading and planning operations,
contract and accounting policy compliance, reporting and analyzing revenue, as
well as staff management and development. This position is responsible
for designing, implementing, and enforcing policies and procedures, as well as
streamlining billing processes. This position is highly visible
internally and externally and requires a strong leader with the ability to
prioritize, plan, and direct the billing team.
This position is full - time (40 hours / week) Monday - Friday.
Employees are required to work our 8 hour shift schedules during our normal
business hours of (8:00 am - 5:00 pm). It may be necessary, given the business
need, to work occasional overtime and weekends. Our offices is located in La Crosse, WI, Eden Prairie, MN, Falls Church, VA.
What we do defines who we are. Take a deeper look at how we're
providing support during this global health crisis and search for a way you can
get involved. View our Covid - 19 Resources Page at: https://info.uhg.com/
Primary Responsibilities:
- Oversee
invoice preparation and delivery of invoices and reports - Ensure
the customer billing process occurs in a timely and accurate manner - Monitor
the billing system calculations during normal operations and system upgrades to
ensure the integrity of the process - Interact
with customers and program management to establish strong working relationships - Oversee
cash application and reconciliation of A / R from ledger to sub - ledger - Monitor
funding and outstanding A / R balances and take appropriate actions to manage DSO - Prepare
reports and analyses as required in support of the monthly financial closing
process and contractual obligations - Plan
and implement quality assurance for all processes - Leverage
technology to add controls and eliminate risk from financial processes - Oversee
the implementation of new contracts - Collaborate
with Finance and Program Management on contractual and invoice matters - Lead
and develop team members, manage workload, training, performance evaluation,
and building effective teams
You'll
be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will
challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your
role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required Qualifications:
- High School Diploma / GED (or higher)·
- 2+ years of progressive experience working within a relevant Billing role or related professional role
- 2+ years of supervisory or leadership experience to include strong leadership skills with ability to develop and motivate direct reports
- Proficient in Microsoft Office suite; Microsoft Outlook (ability to create, edit, send correspondence), Microsoft Excel (ability to create, edit, save spreadsheets) and Microsoft Word (ability to create, edit, save, send documents and integrated accounting systems)
- If you need to enter a work site for any reason, you will be
required to screen for symptoms using the ProtectWell mobile app,
Interactive Voice Response (i.e., entering your symptoms via phone system) or
similar UnitedHealth Group - approved symptom screener. When in a UnitedHealth
Group building, employees are required to wear a mask in common areas. In addition,
employees must comply with any state and local masking orders
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree (or higher) in Accounting, Finance, or related field
- Experience in a service or healthcare industry
- Working knowledge of medical terminology, ICD - 9, CPT coding
- Experience with contracts and various pricing formats
Soft Skills:
- Detail oriented with strong analytic and problem solving skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Manage multiple projects and responsibilities while continuously meeting critical deadlines
- Proven ability to design and successfully implement change initiatives
UnitedHealth Group is an essential business. The
health and safety of our team members is our highest priority, so we are taking
a science driven approach to slowly welcome and transition some of our workforce
back to the office with many safety protocols in place. We continue to monitor and
assess before we confirm the return of each wave, paying specific attention to geography
- specific trends. We have taken steps to ensure the safety of our 325,000 team
members and their families, providing them with resources and support as they
continue to serve the members, patients and customers who depend on us.
Some of the steps we've taken to ensure employee well - being
include:
- Launched our ProtectWell app and UnitedCARES
program to help ease the burden and stress for our UnitedHealth Group team members
and their immediate family affected by COVID - 19 - Daily updates from our CEO Dave Wichmann to
support and inspire team members during this challenging time - Onsite social distancing and increased
sanitization measures for employees who have been welcomed back to our offices - Fully cover the COVID - 19 healthcare costs for
our employees - Employees who self - identify as high risk or
who live with someone who is high risk have been asked to remain working from
home
You
can learn more about all we are doing to fight COVID - 19 and support impacted
communities at: https://www.unitedhealthgroup.com/newsroom/addressing-covid.html
Careers
with Optum.
Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective;
make the health system 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.
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