Collector vs debt collector

Differences between collector and debt collector 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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Debt collector example responsibilities.

• Prevent impeding loss and increasing profitability through negotiation and enforcement of schedule collection campaigns, consistently achieving high success standards.
• Work with FHA, obama programs at the time.
• Educate customers on ways to get medical assistance such as Medicaid, Medicare etc.
• Prevent foreclosure by putting people on repayment plans, submitting requests for modifications, or deed in lieu.
• File Medicaid, Medicare and commercial claims consisting of PPO discounts, nurse practitioner discounts, humanitarian discounts, etc.
• Maintain security and confidentiality of company and client information, following FDCPA regulations.
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