AR Specialist - Healthcare

UHS

Posted 3 months ago

Full Time

Scottsdale, Arizona

In Person

Smart Summary

Responsibilities

The Accounts Receivable Specialist manages patient financial records, verifies insurance eligibility, and collects payments. They also coordinate with utilization review and audit physician billing sheets to ensure accuracy.

Qualifications

Seeking an Accounts Receivable Specialist to verify benefits, prepare financial folders, and ensure data accuracy. Requires a high school diploma and a minimum of one year of experience in admissions/collections, knowledge of managed care, and proficiency in computer software like Excel/Word. Must be proficient in 10-key and typing.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Via Linda Behavioral Hospital, an innovative behavioral health hospital offering a full continuum of outpatient and outpatient services to the people of Scottsdale and the greater Phoenix, Arizona metro area. Our 120-bed facility will offer specialized mental health services and substance use treatment for teens, adults and older adults experiencing issues such as depression, anxiety, personality disorders and co-occurring addictions. 

The Accounts Receivable Specialist is responsible for verifying benefits and eligibility on admission inquiries, preparing financial folders, ensuring all demographics and patient information is correct in MS4. Collecting co-pays/deductibles from patients and collecting insurance payments, assisting with establishing effective and timely payment plans, coordinating with utilization review and discharge planning efforts limit risk of non-payment, providing ongoing patient benefit information, participating in patient discharge procedures, and coordinating financial arrangements with collecting personnel. Assisting with physicians billing, checking to ensure all codes are checked. Auditing the physicians billing sheets with the patients progresses notes for each day. Printing face sheets and scanning to the 3rd party billing company. 

Full-time Employee Benefits include:

    • Challenging and rewarding work environment
    • Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
    • Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
    • Life Insurance
    • 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
    • SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program
    • Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries!
    • Tuition Assistance after 90 days of employment!
    • Student Loan Forgiveness through AZ BHLRP
    • More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website: benefits.uhsguest.com 

Qualifications

Education: High school graduate or equivalent required. 

Experience:  A minimum of one (1) year of experience in admission processes and collections procedures, and a working knowledge of managed care; interpretation of insurance coverage plans, co-payments and deductible schedules and payment plans; and a working knowledge of computers and business software programs (Excel/Word) preferred.  A minimum of one year experience in data entry.  Must be proficient in 10-key and typing.    

Additional Requirements: May be required to work occasional overtime and flexible hours. AHCCCS certification for member benefit enrollment. 

Visit the site virtually and much more online at: Via Linda BH Website

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About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected hospital companies, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Steadily growing from a startup to an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, UHS today has annual revenue nearing $10 billion. UHS is recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; ranked #276 on the Fortune 500, and listed #275 in Forbes inaugural ranking of America’s Top 500 Public Companies.

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

Notice

At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skill-set and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries. We take pride in creating a highly efficient and best in class candidate experience. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. The recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc. If you are suspicious of a job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, let us know by contacting us at: https://uhs.alertline.com or 1-800-532-3449

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