Billing assistant vs finance assistant

Differences between billing assistant and finance assistant duties and responsibilities

Billing assistant example responsibilities.

• Manage all billing accounts including Medicare/Medicaid, HMO and individual accounts.
• Post insurance payments, explain patient what the EOB is about, collect payments from patients.
• Communicate annual contracting, CPT, and ICD-9 yearly changes to doctor's offices by creation of formal notification.
• Experience with billing systems and practices with CPT coding, ICD-9, and usages of coding for productive billing.
• Bill insurance companies using ICD-9 coding.
• Used denial reason codes on paper & electronic EOB in EMR/EHR software to examine denials.
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Finance assistant example responsibilities.

• Manage finance operations of assign USPS location.
• Manage patient and insurance account receivables, perform patient account reconciliations, account audits, process insurance billing/correspondence.
• Maintain cash receipts and disbursement records using QuickBooks and prepare bank reconciliations.
• Provide emergency Medicaid screening for undocument patients, and perform necessary follow-up calls pertaining to NYC Medicaid applications.
• Interpret information requests and correspond with patients and agencies in accordance with hospital, state and HIPAA regulations.
• Schedule appointments, request prior authorization with appropriate CPT and ICD-9 codes, coordinate surgeries, procedures, etc.
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