Insurance biller vs billing and insurance coordinator

Differences between insurance biller and billing and insurance coordinator duties and responsibilities

Insurance biller example responsibilities.

• Use EMR software to manage patient records and files; reinforce and uphold patient confidentiality as required by HIPAA and clinic.
• Utilize ICD-9 and CPT codes, enter charges, and send statements for billing purposes.
• Process monetary transactions, insurance payments and enter into bookkeeping ledgers and monthly statements to patients.
• Submit medical claims for reimbursement on medical services provide to patients by medical provider for reimbursement.
• Code and post hospital and office charges using ICD-9, CPT-4.
• Look up ICD-9 codes to verify if a code has been change and enter.
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Billing and insurance coordinator example responsibilities.

• Develop a database to maintain/update all manage care, Medicare and Medicaid fee schedules for accessibility by physicians and administrators.
• Look up for ICD-9 codes charges on a daily basic to verify that physicians post charges.
• Enter new and verify insurance information, putting in ICD-9 codes, correcting location and too late to bill.
• Instruct and supervise support staff in accurate CPT and ICD9 coding for the oncology department of a large medical clinic.
• Research and resubmitted reject claims with correct diagnosis, CPT codes and erroneous demographics for deny charges to insurances for reprocessing.
• Maintain strict patient confidentiality and adhere to HIPAA guidelines/regulations.
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