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Insurance Claims Processor

Role overview

Qualifications

  • High School diploma/GED
  • One (1) year of experience working with medical or institutional claim data entry or customer service
  • Associate Degree in related healthcare field
  • Two plus years of medical or institutional claims processing and customer service experience

Responsibilities

  • Determines accuracy and completion of claim information; entry/verifies claims data.
  • Resolves claim edits, reviews history records, and determines benefit eligibility for service.
  • Reviews payment levels to arrive at final payment determination.
  • Meets all production and quality standards, maintaining work queues according to department standards.

Key facts

  • Remote from: United States
  • Full time
  • Junior (1-2 years)
  • English

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Critical Thinking
  • Customer Service
  • Quality Control
  • Communication
  • Problem Solving
  • Detail Oriented

About the company

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WVU Medicine

Hospitals & Health Care

The WVU Health System, which operates under the brand name WVU Medicine, is comprised of 22 member, managed, and affiliated hospitals in West Virginia, Maryland, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. It is West Virginia’s largest healthcare system and largest private employer with more than 2,500 licensed beds, 4,900 providers, approximately 30,000 employees, and more than $5 billion in total operating revenues. It includes: • J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown (flagship), including WVU Medicine Children’s in Morgantown and Fairmont Medical Center in Fairmont; • United Hospital Center in Bridgeport; • Camden Clark Medical Center in Parkersburg; • Berkeley Medical Center in Martinsburg; • Barnesville Hospital in Barnesville, Ohio; • Braxton County Memorial Hospital in Gassaway; • Garrett Regional Medical Center in Oakland, Maryland; • Harrison Community Hospital in Cadiz, Ohio; • Jackson General Hospital in Ripley; • Jefferson Medical Center in Ranson; • Potomac Valley Hospital in Keyser; • Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, including The Behavioral Health Pavilion in Bluefield; • Reynolds Memorial Hospital in Glen Dale; • Saint Francis Hospital in Charleston; • St. Joseph’s Hospital in Buckhannon; • Summersville Regional Medical Center in Summersville; • Thomas Memorial Hospital in South Charleston; • Uniontown Hospital in Uniontown, Pennsylvania; • Wetzel County Hospital in New Martinsville; • Wheeling Hospital in Wheeling; • And five institutes – the WVU Cancer Institute, the WVU Critical Care and Trauma Institute, the WVU Eye Institute, the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute, and the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute. The WVU Health System also provides management services to Grant Memorial Hospital in Petersburg. For more information, visit WVUMedicine.org.

Company details

Company typeXLarge
IndustryHospitals & Health Care
Company size10001

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Job description

Welcome! We’re excited you’re considering an opportunity with us! To apply to this position and be considered, click the Apply button located above this message and complete the application in full.  Below, you’ll find other important information about this position. 

This position will report to the Claims Manager, playing a unique and important role in our mission to change healthcare for the better. Experience in the healthcare industry and critical thinking skills will help the organization build an effective and efficient claims team. The claims team will review and oversee the adjudication of claims ranging from the simple data entry to complex specialty claim research. The Claims Team will analyze and process insurance claims, checking for validity. Ability to determine whether to return, deny, or pay claims while following organizational policies and procedures is a must. This job screens, reviews, evaluate online entry, error correction, and quality control for final adjudication of paper/electronic claims.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:

1. High School diploma/GED

EXPERIENCE:

1. One (1) year of experience working with medical or institutional claim data entry OR One (1) year of customer service experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:

1. Associate Degree in related healthcare field.

EXPERIENCE:

1. Two plus years of medical or institutional claims processing and customer service experience.

CORE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The statements described here are intended to describe the general nature of work being performed by people assigned to this position.  They are not intended to be constructed as an all-inclusive list of all responsibilities and duties.  Other duties may be assigned.

1. Determines accuracy and completions of claim information. Entry/verifies claims data.

2. Resolves claim edits, review history records, and determine benefit eligibility for service. 

3. Reviews payment levels to arrive at final payment determination.

4. Meets all production and quality standards, maintaining workques according to department standards.

5. Effectively communicates with internal and external staff.

6. Elevates issues to next level of supervision, as appropriate.

7. Ensures accuracy of data entered and record maintenance.

8. Attends all required training classes, demonstrating proficiency and ability to learn.

9. Other duties as deemed appropriate by the Claims Manager.  

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Ability to sit for extended periods of time.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Standard office environment with electrical equipment (i.e., telephone, personal computer, copier, fax machines, etc.)

2. Computer Software/Systems include but not limited to Microsoft Office Professional Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, Access) Internet Explorer and EPIC

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

1. Working Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing and managing files and records.

2. Ability to take direction and to navigate through multiple systems simultaneously.

3. Excellent written and oral communication, customer service, interpersonal skills, and telephone etiquette

4. Ability to solve problems with predefined methods and guidelines to drive improved efficiencies and customer satisfaction.

5. Ability to use mathematics to adjudicate claims

6. Requires the ability to understand medical insurance requirements for payment and basic knowledge of covered services.

7. Knowledge and understanding of medical terminology, third party payors and insurance preferred.

8. Requires attention to detail, the ability to be organized and to be able to perform multiple tasks simultaneously.

Additional Job Description:

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Shift:

Day (United States of America)

Exempt/Non-Exempt:

United States of America (Non-Exempt)

Company:

PHH Peak Health Holdings

Cost Center:

2902 PHH Claims Operations

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