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Billing Specialist 

Schedule: Monday-Friday, 40hrs a week. 8am-5pm in your time zone. 

Job Location Type: Remote

Your experience matters 

At Lifepoint Health, we are committed to empowering and supporting a diverse and determined workforce who can drive quality, scalability, and significant impact across our hospitals and communities. As a member of the Health Support Center (HSC) team, you'll support those that are in our facilities who are interfacing and providing care to our patients and community members to positively impact our mission of making communities healthier .

More about our team 

The Physician Services Revenue Integrity team at Lifepoint Health is a nationwide revenue cycle management services provider that has been offering high quality medical billing services since 2004. We offer a rewarding work environment with career advancement opportunities while maintaining a small company, employee-focused atmosphere. 

How you'll contribute 

A Billing Specialist who excels in this role:

• Responsible for maintaining Revenue Cycle Services, and other departments with resolution of billing issues and/or denials requiring clinical expertise.
• Responsible for researching, working, and resolving claim denials and rejections in your assigned client.
• Assume ownership over your assigned clients for all aspects of the billing cycle, including Charges, Payments, and AR metrics and performance.
• Keep on task to meet all required deadlines and timeframes for customer and company needs.
• Assist in the development of processes and procedures for each assigned account.
• Monitors and analyzes current industry trends and issues for potential organizational impact.
• Communicate regularly with your assigned clients to alert them of trends identified and recommended resolutions.
• Collaborate with all departments to ensure billing accuracy and efficiency.
• Deliver timely required reports to the management team; initiates and communicates the resolution of issues, such as payer denial trends, collections accounts, inaccurate or incorrect charges.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant regulations, standards, and laws.
• Assist with any other projects as assigned by the Operations leadership.

Why join us 

We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers: 

• Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage - with medical plans starting at just $10 per pay period - tailored benefit options for part-time and PRN employees, and more.

• Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.

• Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.

• Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).

• Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What we're looking for 

Education: High-School Graduate or Equivalent

Experience:1-2 Years Medical Accounts Receivable Experience. Athena experience is highly preferred 

Preferred Skills:

• ICD10 and CPT knowledge
• Computer Skills: Excel, Word, Outlook, Medical Billing Software Systems
• Knowledge of full cycle revenue model
• Thorough knowledge of ICD and CPT application, correct practices, and tools utilized within the healthcare industry, as well as audits
• Ability to interpret documents, medical records, and other documentation related to medical claims
• Strong technical and computer skills (PM/EHR Software, Excel, Outlook, MS Office, Web)
• Ability to identify and resolve trends within your workflow

• Behavioral Health experience preferred

Pay Range: $18-$22 per hour depending on experience. The final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location.

EEOC Statement

"Lifepoint Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Lifepoint Health is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment."

Employment Sponsorship Statement

"You must be work authorized in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship"

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.