Collector vs collections specialist

Differences between collector and collections specialist duties and responsibilities

Collector example responsibilities.

• Manage patient focuse reports, collection modules, provider/facility A/R, collections, patient discharge letters.
• Monitor all assign accounts by reviewing the client's aging, manage all potential bad debit, DSO, aging.
• Prevent impeding loss and increasing profitability through negotiation and enforcement of schedule collection campaigns, consistently achieving high success standards.
• Provide customer service via telephone and correspondence for patients and authorize representatives regarding outstanding patient accounts in accordance with facility protocol.
• Verify and run eligibility on the following insurance, Medi-Cal, Medi-Cal HMO, Medicare, Medicare HMO.
• Provide excellent customer service while following HIPPA confidentiality laws.
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Collections specialist example responsibilities.

• Manage university A/R processes and enforce tuition payment policy.
• Manage accounts for healthcare clients, review detailed patient information for payment resolution while abiding HIPPA privacy and security regulations.
• Review denied Medicare and Maine Medicaid insurance claims for accuracy.
• Analyze hospital insurance claims of individual patients for errors and contact major insurance carriers for claims dispute resolution.
• Analyze accounts for patients ineligible for private insurance, Medicare or Medicaid and indicating inability to pay balance.
• Possess effective persuasion and negotiation skills, excellent interpersonal and communications skills with the ability to deliver quality customer service.
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