Website UnitedHealth Group
Position Description
If you want to achieve more in your mission of health care, you have to be really smart about the business of health care. Financial discipline and accountability count more today than ever. Which is why your performance and innovation will find a reception here like nowhere else as you help people live healthier lives while doing your life’s best work.(sm)
Primary Responsibilities:
- Prepare and edit medical claims for submission, both hardcopy and electronically, to various 3rd party payors and clearinghouses
- Batch and deposit preparation of daily payments received
- Work with Patients on their claims
- Post payments and contractual adjustment to the patient accounts in the practice management system
- Review and process the daily correspondence to correct or update inquiries from insurance carriers
- Follow – up and collect outstanding aged trial balance reports, including but not limited to oral and written communications
- Assist in other job functions within the assigned team
- Resolve most questions and problems, and refers only the most complex issues to higher levels
Required Qualifications:
- 2+ years of billing experience in with Medical Billing / AR
- Experience with and understanding of CPT & ICD-10 coding
- Basic computer skills (i.e., MS office proficiency)
Preferred Qualifications:
- High school education or equivalent experience
- Medicare and / or Medicaid billing experience
- Experience with Anesthesia
- Experience with NextGen or AllScripts
- Type at least 45 wpm and 10 key proficient
OptumCare is committed to creating an environment where physicians focus on what they do best: care for their patients. To do so, OptumCare provides administrative and business support services to both owned and affiliated medical practices which are part of OptumCare. Each medical practice part and their physician employees have complete authority with regards to all medical decision-making and patient care. OptumCare’s support services do not interfere with or control the practice of medicine by the medical practices or any of their physicians.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: OptumCare and its affiliated medical practices are Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employers 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.
OptumCare and its affiliated medical practices is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
Job Keywords: Accounts Receivable Clerk (Medical), Las Vegas, Nevada, NV, A/R, Medical Billing, Billing clerk, medical claims, Medicaid, Medicare
Job Details
- Requisition Number810273
- Job TitleAccounts Receivable Clerk (Medical) – Las Vegas, NV
- Job FamilyFinance
- Business SegmentOptumCare
Job Location Information
- Las Vegas, NV
United States
North America
Additional Job Detail Information
- Employee StatusRegular
- ScheduleFull-time
- Job LevelIndividual Contributor
- ShiftDay Job
- TravelNo
- Telecommuter PositionNo
- Overtime StatusNon-exempt