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Billing and Coding (surgical)

Billing and Coding (surgical)

Sports Medicine Associates of San AntonioSan Antonio, TX, US
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Billing And Coding (Surgical)

Orthopedic sports medicine physician practice looking for a highly motivated individual to join our team as a certified medical biller and coder (surgical).

Duties include, but are not limited to :

  • Extracts relevant information from patient records and acts as liaison with providers and other parties to clarify information
  • Examines documents for missing information; corrects information as needed
  • Assigns CPT, HCPCS, ICD-10-CM codes
  • Performs patient chart audits and provides coding feedback and education to clinical team as needed
  • Answers questions, advises, and trains providers and staff on medical coding
  • Ensures compliance with medical coding policies and guidelines; understands the application of each code set
  • Maintains current knowledge regarding coding and diagnostic procedures
  • Works towards compliance in all aspects of coding, participates in compliance activities as requested, and conducts / participates in provider coding reviews and education, as requested

Medical billing responsibilities :

  • Maintains practice management system by entering accurate data, verifying and updating insurance, and claims information
  • Key / collect, post and manage patient account payments
  • Investigate rejected claims to see why denials were issued and correct claims.
  • Completes claims center daily tasks including charge review and claims inspector; creates and maintains custom claim edits and works the client action worklist
  • Reviews and provides RCM weekly and monthly reports including productivity and financial reports as directed and completes action steps as necessary
  • Follows HIPAA guidelines when accessing and sharing patient information
  • Maintains patient and business confidentiality
  • Provides timely and professional customer service, verify discrepancies by and resolve patient billing issues, answer questions from patients, facility staff, and third-party vendors
  • Supports additional coding, billing, and practice management projects as needed
  • Regular attendance required
  • Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.

    • Education : High school diploma or GED required. Experience with electronic scheduling system and electronic medical records (EMR) - required. Certified professional coder (CPC) - preferred.

    Experience : Minimum of 1+ year experience as a medical biller / coder, surgical, orthopedics.

    Must demonstrate strong leadership and effective communication skills. Excellent planning, organization and management skills. Ability to multi-task, works in a fast-paced work environment, and demonstrates team cooperation.

    Job type : Full-time - Monday through Friday. Dependable transportation required. Travel between locations may be required.

    Great benefits : medical, dental, vision, short term disability, long term disability, life insurance and 401K.

    Medical specialty : medical-surgical.

    Schedule : 8 hour shift. Day shift. Monday to Friday. Weekend availability.

    Work location : multiple locations.

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