Billing Coordinator – Laboratory

JOB SUMMARY: 

UT Southwestern Medical Center has an open position available within the Laboratory Department team for a Billing Coordinator. The responsibilities for the position will include

JOB SUMMARY:

UT Southwestern Medical Center has an open position available within the Laboratory Department team for a Billing Coordinator. The responsibilities for the position will include:

• Conduct ongoing research and review of all regulatory issues related to laboratory billing.
• Follow-up with each department to ensure appropriate actions are taken.
• Research manual claims revisions and claims errors related to CDM in billing process to identify issues and ensures continued accuracy of CDM data.
• Capable of building EPIC reports and identifying trends.
• Work queue inventory to include Coding errors, Account errors and Claim Edit Billing errors
• Provides denial reports and trends from EPIC
• Coordinator will handle calendar management as designated by the Supervisor. 

Work From Home (WFH): This is a hybrid position with the ability to WFH. Additional details shall be discussed as part of the interview process. Candidates must live in Texas and the DFW area is preferred.  

Shift: 0800AM-5:00PM, Monday thru Friday during the first 6 months. The future shift can be discussed with management at the conclusion of probation.      

EXPERIENCE | EDUCATION: 

• High School diploma or GED
• And four (4) years medical billing or collections experience.
• Certified Professional Coder (CPC), Advanced Records Technician (ART), or Registered Records Administrator (RRA) preferred. 

JOB DUTIES: 

• Participates in development and maintenance of departmental fee schedule to ensure compliance with new billing regulations and policy changes. 
• Responsible for daily billing on IDX system; ensures charges are entered accurately and in timely manner; ensures charges are consistent with services rendered.
• Receives, researches, and resolves billing discrepancies from patients, insurance carriers, and MSP representatives.
• Functions as liaison between departmental administration and MSP. Analyzes monthly reports; reviews all reports for errors and inconsistencies.
• Analyzes variations in collection forecasts and actual collections; determines reasons for variances; develops recommendations for improving collections; presents findings to supervisor.
• Requests charts needed to complete charge entry, including attachments necessary for prompt claim payment.
• Verifies Medicaid DRG charts to ensure procedures have been billed; if not, creates list of patients whose services rendered form will need to be generated and bill; returns charts to physician if internal documentation criteria is not met.
• Completes special projects which require defining problems, determining work sequence, and summarizing findings.
• Performs other duties as assigned. 

SECURITY:

This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information 

UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. In accordance with federal and state law, the University prohibits unlawful discrimination, including harassment, on the basis of: race; color; religion; national origin; sex; including sexual harassment; age; disability; genetic information; citizenship status; and protected veteran status. In addition, it is UT Southwestern policy to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.