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Sherman Oaks Hospital · 17 hours ago

Senior Government Payer Biller/Collector - Patient Acct

Los Angeles, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$21/hr - $38/hr

5+ years exp

Sherman Oaks Hospital is a not-for-profit, acute-care community hospital located in Sherman Oaks, California, recognized for advanced technology and compassionate care. The Senior Government Payer Biller/Collector is responsible for managing billing and collections for government payers, ensuring compliance with guidelines and securing payments.

Hospital & Health Care

Responsibilities

The Senior Government Payer Biller/Collector is responsible for both billing and collections, gathering and securing all information needed for billing, follow up, and payment of accounts in accordance with the specific payer guidelines, policies, procedures, and compliance regulations for Government payers

This includes maintaining the deficiency lists used to obtain missing documents from internal or external entities, resolving claim rejections, packaging claims, including global billing with attachments of professional fee claims, performing proactive follow up with payers and other entities and securing payment of accounts

The senior biller/collector is accountable and responsible for billing through account closure

Qualification

Government payer experienceHospital billing knowledgeContract interpretationManaged care understandingPayer types experienceCommunication skillsAttention to detail

Required

Minimum of 5 years hospital government payer/commercial collector experience

Associates degree or equivalent work experience required

Knowledge of contract interpretation

Familiar with hospital billing requirements

Understanding of managed care payor contract and contract language

Working experience with all payer types including: commercial, governmental, Medicare, Medicaid, HMO, etc. and the ability to cross-over into different payers