Financial Assessor, Patient Accounting

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🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

💵 $20 - $30 / hour

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

💸 Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

🚫👨‍🎓 No degree required

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Northwestern Medicine

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10,000+ employees

🏥 Healthcare

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

💊 Pharmaceuticals

💰 $25M Grant on 2018-06

Healthcare • Healthcare Insurance • Pharmaceuticals

Northwestern Medicine is a renowned healthcare provider offering a wide range of medical services, including COVID-19 and flu vaccinations, cutting-edge treatments, and pioneering surgical procedures. The organization is deeply involved in clinical research, contributing to significant medical advancements such as exploring the causes of diseases like lupus and breakthroughs in cancer treatment. With a robust network of hospitals and specialized care centers, Northwestern Medicine is dedicated to patient wellness, community impact, and medical education. They emphasize accessibility, patient safety, and convenience through services like telehealth, financial assistance, and multilingual support. Whether it's immediate care, advanced procedures, or multidisciplinary care for complex conditions, Northwestern Medicine is committed to leading the way in healthcare innovation and patient-centered care.

📋 Description

• Resolve claim edits and report candidates for billing • Submit compliant, clean, complete, accurate claims within filing deadlines • Meet productivity, quality, error-ratio, target, and reporting standards • Follow up on and collect third-party payer receivables • Follow up on denials and appeals, perform root-cause analysis, and pursue payment resolution • Correspond compliantly with third-party payers regarding outstanding accounts receivable • Support operations for managed care, commercial, Medicare, Medicaid, replacement plans, workers’ compensation, corporate, research, and specialty accounts receivable • Review work lists daily and complete accounts ready to be worked • Apply government, commercial, and regulatory collection guidelines • Recommend contractual or administrative write-offs with justification and documentation • Maintain HIPAA privacy compliance • Contribute to department accounts-receivable goals • Identify customer, system, and process improvement opportunities • Follow organizational, departmental, emergency preparedness, Joint Commission, and regulatory procedures • Use hospital mainframe, reporting software, external applications, and assigned hardware; report problems appropriately • Participate in software testing and verify field integrity • Assist with special projects and other assigned duties • Attend assigned and approved training and seminars • Provide customer service and expertise to patients, guarantors, and internal/external contacts through oral and written communication

🎯 Requirements

• High School diploma • One year related work experience or college degree • Ability to perform mathematical calculations • Basic knowledge of medical terminology and billing practices • Extensive experience and knowledge of PC applications, including Microsoft Office and Excel • Ability to learn quickly and meet continuous timelines • Behaviors consistent with principles of excellent service • Preferred: Two or more years’ college or college degree • Preferred: Call center, telephone work experience or cash collections experience • Preferred: Knowledge of Epic Systems • Preferred: Two years progressive work experience in a hospital/physician billing or SBO environment • Preferred: Detail-oriented, good organizational skills, and ability to be self-directed • Preferred: Strong time management skills, managing multiple priorities and a heavy workload in a high-stress atmosphere • Preferred: Flexibility to perform other tasks as needed in an active work environment with changing work needs • Preferred: High-level problem solving, analytical, and investigational skills • Preferred: Excellent internal/external customer service skills

🏖️ Benefits

• Tuition reimbursement • Loan forgiveness • 401(k) matching • Lifecycle benefits • Competitive benefits supporting physical, emotional, and financial well-being • Background check and employment processes compliant with local, state, and federal laws