Billing Manager
Woundlocal
- Austin, TX
- $75,000-120,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Direct peers on work queues, assignments and priorities
- Culture leader and attention to team dynamic
- Coordinate internal training and third party strategic learning sessions
- Provide accurate answers to queries from providers, management, and internal staff.
- Identifies internal process problems, researches where they are occurring, and provides recommendations for solutions.
- Manages expert remote coder to ensure properly assigned difficult codes and/or complex coding scenarios using modifiers.
- Analyzes aging accounts receivables and lost client revenue, provides recommended actions.
- Liaison to third-party billing company while also building an internal team.
- Grow a culture of excellence, integrity, and collaboration.
- Greater responsibilities are available should the candidate experience match the responsibilities.
- Duties, Responsibilities, and Compensation will be adjusted to the individual hire's experience level and expertise.
- Review and analyze medical documentation to ensure accurate coding and billing processes.
- Assign appropriate codes for diagnoses, procedures, and services according to the guidelines and regulations.
- Stay up-to-date with coding standards and insurance requirements, including ICD-10, CPT, and HCPCS coding systems.
- Collaborate with healthcare providers to clarify documentation and ensure completeness.
- Identify and resolve discrepancies in medical records and coding for accurate claims processing.
- Evaluate and re-file appeals of patient claims that were denied.
- Stay up-to-date on new coding ruleas and code changes.
- Assist in audits and provide necessary documentation for compliance and quality assurance activities.
- Collect and distribute coding related information and billing issues to management and provider when changes happen.
- Accurate classification of wound care and graft encounters in skilled nursing facilities, long term acute care, home health, hospice, assisted and independent living, and home visits.
- Reviews provider charts for completion and following practice standards.
- Performs some of the insurance benefits verifications with in network and out of network payers
- Analyzes claims rejections and initiates appeals if applicable.
- 2+ years of college or advanced education
- 4+ years employed in a private medical practice
- 2+ years managing employees
- 4+ years of insurance verification
- 4+ years using billing portals
- 4+ years experience with ICD-10, CPT, & HCPCS codes
- Proficiency in EMR systems
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
- Strong computer skills
- Experience with home health and/or skilled nursing facilities a plus
- Competitive nature
- Happy disposition
- Great team! We spend a ton of time investing in our people and our culture including frequent company sponsored events.
- Great pay! We pay well and your pay scales based on performance.
- Great opportunities! We're growing and we like to promote from within including company sponsored career development.
- Great office! Easy access off of N Mopac, covered parking garage with covered walkway to the building, on-site gym, shower, café and daily food delivery service. We provide lunch every Friday to the staff.
- Health insurance
- Free telehealth visits through askmindi
- On-the-job training
- Company sponsored career development
- Opportunities for advancement
- Paid time off
- Employee discount on company supplement store
- Administrative office setting - no remote work
- No less than 40 hours per week
- Monday to Friday