Billing Clerk Medicaid Job Responsibilities UAS &Canada

Billing Clerk Medicaid Job Responsibilities: Collects Medicaid reimbursements by gathering, coding, and transmitting patient care information; resolving discrepancies; adjusting patient bills; preparing reports. Billing Clerk Medicaid Job Duties: Gathers medicaid billing information by reviewing patient hospital records; checking for completeness. Ensures payments by verifying accuracy of medicaid coding. Bills medicaid carrier by inputting billing information to database; initiating electronic transmissions. Resolves disputed claims by gathering, verifying, and providing additional information; following-up on claims. Resolves discrepancies by examining and evaluating data; selecting corrective steps. Adjusts patient bills by reviewing remittance advice; consulting with medicaid office. Prepares monthly reports of medicaid billing by summarizing billings, adjustments, and revenues received. Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; keeping current on medicaid billing and reimbursement procedures.. Serves and protects the hospital community by adhering to professional standards, hospital policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements, and jcaho standards. Accomplishes billing department and hospital mission by completing related results as needed.