Medical Billing Specialist
The Family Focus is seeking a Medical Billing Specialist to join our team in Dartmouth, NS.
Responsibilities:
- Manage and maintain accurate patient records and health plan information
- Review all medical billings in a timely manner
- Review and analyze the accuracy of claims made by other billing services
- Work with other billing staff to resolve billing issues and discrepancies
- Become the go to person for medical billing and provide follow up and training for the team
- Data Entry – input billing information into Med Access EMR system (i.e. creating billing templates)
- Authorization review
- Prepare and submit electronic and hard copy billing for assigned facilities
- Document preparation for appeals
- Claims payment research and follow-up
- MSI billing inquiries/entries/training
- Clear up-to-date notes entry on the progress of all outstanding balances
- Posting patient and insurance payments to patient accounts with a high degree of accuracy
- Identifies, researches, and ensures timely processing of payments and error corrections
- Onboarding of new Physicians and Nurse Practitioners
- Audit of claims to ensure accuracy
- Provide assistance to Medical Office Assistants with claim inquires
- Perform other related duties as assigned by Management
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in business, accounting, medical billing, or related field preferred.
- Minimum of 1 year experience in medical billing and coding preferred.
- Working knowledge of the MSI billing system
- Time management and multi tasking skills highly required
- Knowledge of medical terminology and procedures.
- Knowledge of payment cycle analysis.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and work as a collaborative part of a team
- Ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Vision care
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Dartmouth, NS B2W 6L4: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
- Do you have a working knowledge of the MSI billing system?
Work Location: In person
