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University Health KC · 10 hours ago

Associate Director of Professional Billing

University Health 4 (UH4)

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

5+ years exp

University Health KC is seeking an Associate Director of Professional Billing to manage daily operations in the Corporate Professional Billing department. This role involves overseeing patient billing processes, developing best practices, and enhancing automated systems within the patient accounting framework.

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Responsibilities

Managing the daily operations which includes oversight of patient billing, follow up, payment processing/posting, OMFS prior-authorization, denials management, underpayment recoveries

Develop best practices and ensure departments standards are being met and develops policies and procedures to improve services and operations

Works with Information Technology to enhance and implement new automated processes within the patient accounting system

Monitors, trains and evaluates the performance of staff members

Qualification

Hospital administrationPatient billing managementDenials managementExcel proficiencyWord proficiencyCerner systems experienceStaff trainingWritten communicationVerbal communication

Required

Bachelor's degree in business management or hospital administration or the equivalent through a combination of education and work experience

Five years of experience in a hospital, including at least three years supervision above the first supervisory level

Awareness of trends in utilization review and governmental third party payer reimbursement policies, standards and procedures

Knowledge of standard problem solving, management information systems and governmental and third party payer billing information requirements

Written and verbal communication skills to maintain effective working relationships with patients and the hospital staff

Ability to communicate effectively with individuals of all age groups

Knowledge and ability to create Excel and Word documents, as well as skills in using such documents to analyze patient accounting data and to manage projects