Job Title Billing Specialist
Location: Hyderabad/Bangalore(Remote, but open for occasional office visits)
Job Type : Fulltime
**Immediate joiners or within 15 days**
Working Hours: EST (6:00PM - 3:00 AM IST)
Job Description:
LifeLab Kids helps students of all abilities to discover their unique true potential through a blend of evidence-based interventions, therapeutic activities, and innovative use of technology. We build collaborative partnerships between students, families, and therapists to engage students passions and increase their health, happiness, and quality of life.
We are looking for an experienced Billing Specialist to join our team part-time. Must be local and able to come into the office for meetings when needed.
Responsibilities:
- Understands the entire billing lifecycle invoicing, claims submissions, post payments and collections using the Central Reach platform.
- Provide administrative support to internal employees.
- Identify billing inconsistencies and provide claims guidance
- Process payments and make adjustments accordingly working with insurance companies to make sure claims get approved
- Process denied claims through working with insurance companies and resubmit claims
- Understand how to interpret EDI files
- Knowledge of Behavioral Health type of billing codes is mandatory.
- Maintains and updates fee schedules in software accordingly
- Follows up on aging receivables
- Contacts families regarding nonpayment of invoices which may include any of the following avenues: email, text, and phone call
- Verify eligibility of insurance coverage, determine insurance coverage periods, update changes in the electronic record.
- Provide reports on billing and collection activities as requested
- Understands remittance posting and claim reviewing process
Requirements:
- 5+ years billing experience
- Experience with Central Reach System is preferred
- Knowledge of CPT and ICD-9/ICD-10 coding systems
- Bachelor's Degree preferred
- Experience with Microsoft Excel & Word
