Commercial collector vs collections specialist

Differences between commercial collector and collections specialist duties and responsibilities

Commercial collector example responsibilities.

• Interpret manage care contracts and/or Medicare and Medicaid rules and regulations to ensure proper reimbursement/collection.
• Prevent impeding loss and increasing profitability through negotiation and enforcement of schedule collection campaigns, consistently achieving high success standards.
• Follow the guidelines set by FDCPA
• Adhere to FDCPA, state, and federal commercial laws.
• Escalate issues with internal business partners for quick resolution to ensure customer satisfaction to maintain health of portfolio against assign metrics.
• Collect and record deposits and initiate and/or approve ACH distributions.
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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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