Senior Payment Researcher - RCO Operations

REQUIRED

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

High school or equivalent and two years of experience.

To provide advanced research skills and payment posting to patient accounts as well as serve in a training capacity within the physician's billing system for all monies deposited to the MSRDP account for professional fees.

• Records log status on log control sheet.
• Prepares daily research and posts productivity reports on each employee.
• Researches and posts all payments.
• Researches and posts accounts according to specified productivity levels.
• Phones insurance companies when necessary to obtain information.
• Verifies and authorizes all payment and adjustment transaction corrections.
• Identifies checks which need physician charges loaded in order to process payments to the accounts.
• Authorizes the physician's charges in order for payments to be applied.
• Monitors all specified time frames.
• Trains new employees.
• Assists subordinate employees with difficult checks and answers questions.
• Adheres to internal controls established for department.
• Performs related duties as required.

• Standard hospital, clinical, and/or office environment.
• Standard office equipment.

Actual salary commensurate with experience.

UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.