Medical Charge Entry Specialist - Full Time
Amherst, OH
Responsible for office and out of office charge entry including maintaining of scanned fee tickets. Patient demographic/insurance corrections as needed.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Complies will all HIPAA and OSHA regulations and policies.
- Maintains fee ticket system including creating and updating of all charge entry data.
- 3. Corrects office fee tickets including checking for accurate patient demographic information and total charges by monitoring patient’s chart to verify ticket information.
- Scans appropriate patient paperwork into charts as needed.
- Provide clerical support to Central Billing Department.
- Verify and updates patient information.
- Ability to multitask, prioritize and meet deadlines.
- Maintains strictest confidentiality.
- Other duties as assigned.
Skills:
- Knowledge of medical coding policies and procedures.
- Knowledge of health insurance processing.
- Skill in using computer coding programs and systems.
- Skill in identifying and resolving problems.
- Ability to examine patient insurance documents for accuracy and completeness
- Ability to work effectively with other team members.
- Ability to communicate effectively and clearly.
Education and Work Experience:
- High school graduation or GED.
- Typing ability and Word processing/computer skills.
- One-year experience in healthcare setting, preferred
- Environmental/Working Conditions
- Normal office environment. Involves frequent contact with team members. Work may be stressful at times.
Physical/Mental Demands:
- Requires sitting and standing associated with a normal office environment. Manual dexterity for using calculator and computer keyboard.
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