Insurance assistant vs insurance coordinator

Differences between insurance assistant and insurance coordinator duties and responsibilities

Insurance assistant example responsibilities.

• Cold-Cal to generate leads for individual life and disability insurance and annuities.
• Analyze Medicaid models, Medicare and HIPAA transaction documents.
• Assign ICD-9 and CPT codes to office visit and inpatient and outpatient procedures.
• Process electronic claims, pre-existing and subrogation investigation, point of service, and PPO and HMO processing.
• Train staff on billing software in regards to CPT codes and pricing, submission procedures, and industry regulations.
• Perform verification of Medicare and Medicaid coverage and limits.
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Insurance coordinator example responsibilities.

• Verify patient dental insurance coverage and limitations with major private and business dental insurance providers as well as Medicaid and Medicare.
• File to record patient demographics in numerous EMR systems and paper charts if applicable.
• Prepare providers and staff for ICD-10 transition.
• Post and reconcile all daily insurance, patient payments and transactions within the EMR system.
• Experience in registration in healthcare, business office and physician billing, with reimbursement and collections.
• Process all Medicare claims, explaining HMO changes to patients in detail and accurately documenting all benefits.
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