Billing Specialist
Schedule: Monday-Friday, 40hrs a week. 8am-5pm in your time zone.
Job Location Type: Remote
Your experience matters
At Lifepoint Health, we are committed to empowering and supporting a diverse and
determined workforce who can drive quality, scalability, and significant impact
across our hospitals and communities. As a member of the Health Support Center
(HSC) team, you’ll support those that are in our facilities who are interfacing
and providing care to our patients and community members to positively impact
our mission of making communities healthier ®.
More about our team
The Physician Services Revenue Integrity team at Lifepoint Health is a
nationwide revenue cycle management services provider that has been offering
high quality medical billing services since 2004. We offer a rewarding work
environment with career advancement opportunities while maintaining a small
company, employee-focused atmosphere.
How you’ll contribute
A Billing Specialist who excels in this role:
Responsible for maintaining Revenue Cycle Services, and other departments
with resolution of billing issues and/or denials requiring clinical
expertise.
Responsible for researching, working, and resolving claim denials and
rejections in your assigned client.
Assume ownership over your assigned clients for all aspects of the billing
cycle, including Charges, Payments, and AR metrics and performance.
Keep on task to meet all required deadlines and timeframes for customer and
company needs.
Assist in the development of processes and procedures for each assigned
account.
Monitors and analyzes current industry trends and issues for potential
organizational impact.
Communicate regularly with your assigned clients to alert them of trends
identified and recommended resolutions.
Collaborate with all departments to ensure billing accuracy and efficiency.
Deliver timely required reports to the management team; initiates and
communicates the resolution of issues, such as payer denial trends,
collections accounts, inaccurate or incorrect charges.
Ensure compliance with all relevant regulations, standards, and laws.
Assist with any other projects as assigned by the Operations leadership.
Why join us
We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing
excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position
also offers:
Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision
coverage — with medical plans starting at just $10 per pay period — tailored
benefit options for part-time and PRN employees, and more.
Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital
indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and
paid time off.
Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition
assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free
gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and
discount programs).
Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement
opportunities.
What we’re looking for
Education: High-School Graduate or Equivalent
Experience: 1-2 Years Medical Accounts Receivable Experience. Athena experience
is highly preferred
Preferred Skills:
ICD10 and CPT knowledge
Computer Skills: Excel, Word, Outlook, Medical Billing Software Systems
Knowledge of full cycle revenue model
Thorough knowledge of ICD and CPT application, correct practices, and tools
utilized within the healthcare industry, as well as audits
Ability to interpret documents, medical records, and other documentation
related to medical claims
Strong technical and computer skills (PM/EHR Software, Excel, Outlook, MS
Office, Web)
Ability to identify and resolve trends within your workflow
Behavioral Health experience preferred
Athena experience highly preferred
Pay Range: $18-$22 per hour depending on experience. The final agreed upon
compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and
work location.
EEOC Statement
“Lifepoint Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Lifepoint Health is
committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and
complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in
employment.”
Employment Sponsorship Statement
“You must be work authorized in the United States without the need for employer
sponsorship”
Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of
Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans
29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and
behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across
the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers
and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through
talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with
opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a
difference in communities across the country.
We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to
promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with
an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and
reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.