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University Health KC · 3 hours ago

Associate Director of Professional Billing

Kansas City, MO

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

5+ years exp

University Health KC is seeking an Associate Director of Professional Billing who will be responsible for managing the daily operations of patient billing and related processes. This role involves developing best practices, enhancing automated processes, and overseeing staff performance to ensure efficient billing operations.

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Responsibilities

Managing the daily operations which includes oversight of patient billing, follow up, payment processing/posting, OMFS prior-authorization, denials management, underpayment recoveries

Develop best practices and ensure departments standards are being met

Develop policies and procedures to improve services and operations

Work with Information Technology to enhance and implement new automated processes within the patient accounting system

Monitor, train and evaluate the performance of staff members

Qualification

Hospital administrationPatient billing managementSupervisory experienceExcel proficiencyWord proficiencyCerner systems experienceCommunication skillsProblem solvingProject management

Required

Bachelor's degree in business management or hospital administration or the equivalent through a combination of education and work experience

Five years of experience in a hospital, including at least three years supervision above the first supervisory level

Awareness of trends in utilization review and governmental third party payer reimbursement policies, standards and procedures

Knowledge of standard problem solving, management information systems and governmental and third party payer billing information requirements

Written and verbal communication skills to maintain effective working relationships with patients and the hospital staff. Ability to communicate effectively with individuals of all age groups

Knowledge and ability to create Excel and Word documents, as well as skills in using such documents to analyze patient accounting data and to manage projects