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Tenet Healthcare

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Healthcare • Biotechnology • Wellness

Tenet Healthcare is a leading healthcare services company that owns and operates hospitals, outpatient centers, and other healthcare facilities. With a focus on providing high-quality and accessible medical care to communities across the United States, Tenet Healthcare is committed to improving patient outcomes and enhancing the healthcare experience. They also offer innovative treatment options and invest in health technology to support their mission of delivering exceptional care.

10,000+ employees

🧬 Biotechnology

🧘 Wellness

💰 $2G Post-IPO Debt on 2022-05

📋 Description

• The Patient Account Representative is responsible for working accounts to ensure they are resolved in a timely manner. • Effectively follow-up on claim submission, remittance review for insurance collections, create and pursue disputed balances. • Perform duties as assigned in a professional demeanor, which includes interacting with insurance plans, patients, physicians, attorneys and team members as needed. • Researches each account using company patient accounting applications and internet resources that are made available. • Problem solves issues and creates resolution that will bring in revenue eliminating re-work. • Update plan IDs, adjust patient or payor demographic/insurance information, notate account in detail, identify payor issues and trends. • Requests additional information from patients, medical records, and other needed documentation upon request from payors. • Review contracts and identify billing or coding issues and request re-bills, secondary billing, or corrected bills as needed. • Ensures compliance with State and Federal Laws Regulations for Managed Care and other Third Party Payors.

🎯 Requirements

• High School diploma or equivalent. • Some college coursework in business administration or accounting preferred • 1-4 years medical claims and/or hospital collections experience • Minimum typing requirement of 45 wpm • Thorough understanding of the revenue cycle process, from patient access (authorization, admissions) through Patient Financial Services (billing, insurance appeals, collections) procedures and policies • Intermediate skill in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel) • Ability to learn hospital systems – ACE, VI Web, IMaCS, OnDemand quickly and fluently • Ability to communicate in a clear and professional manner • Must have good oral and written skills • Strong interpersonal skills • Above average analytical and critical thinking skills • Ability to make sound decisions • Has a full understanding of the Commercial, Managed Care, Medicare and Medicaid collections.

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance • Paid time off (vacation & sick leave) – min of 12 days per year, accrue at a rate of approximately 1.84 hours per 40 hours worked. • 401k with up to 6% employer match • 10 paid holidays per year • Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts • Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program • Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, AD&D, auto & home insurance. • For Colorado employees, Conifer offers paid leave in accordance with Colorado’s Healthy Families and Workplaces Act.