Medical Billing Specialist at Dialysis Clinic, Inc.
Nashville, TN 37203
About the Job
Founded in 1971, Dialysis Clinic, Inc. (DCI) remains the nation’s largest non-profit dialysis provider. With a team of approximately 5,000 talented and caring employees serving across the United States, DCI provides care to nearly 15,000 patients on dialysis and 3,500 patients with chronic kidney disease. We offer a variety of services including in-center hemodialysis, home hemodialysis, and peritoneal dialysis (PD). Each position within DCI, from billers to administrators to nursing staff, contributes toward the goal of providing excellent patient care. Our staff has helped DCI achieve the lowest mortality and hospitalization rates among large dialysis providers for the past 13 years in a row.
The Billing Specialist must have effective communications skills. This position requires a large degree of interfacing with coworkers, clinic personnel, patients, and insurance representatives. Needs to be highly self-motivated and career minded.
Each Billing Specialist is assigned the responsibility of working accounts and keeping the account receivables within department standards. The Billing Specialist needs to have the ability to multi-task effectively in a fast paced environment. This position is for the Middle Tennessee region.
Benefits:
- Comprehensive medical, dental and vision benefits
- Life and long-term care insurance provided at no additional expense to employee
- Paid time off (PTO) including holidays
- Extended Sick Bank (ESB) in addition to PTO – paid time for doctor appointments, sickness or medical leave
- Retirement plans with $.50 of each contributed dollar matched for eligible employees, up to 8 percent
- Education reimbursement
- Employee assistance program
- Wellness program
- Among others
Responsibilities
The following is a summary of what makes our team successful. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Monthly creation of billable charges for designated patients
Monthly claims billing; follow-up, re-billing, secondary billing and correction billing of claims
Collection process for account balances
Updating patients file records
Complete adjustment transaction forms
Maintain good communication link with each patient’s home-clinic personnel
Account aging balances; insurance verifications, referrals and authorization
Aging balances must be kept within acceptable collection standards.
Competencies
Interpersonal skills/expectations include: Excellent communication skills.
Organization skills/expectations include: Attention to detail is a must.
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Office software, particularly Microsoft Word and Excel.