Reimbursement Assistant

Shift
:
Monday - Friday

Department
:
Therapy Services, Jefferson City

Base Pay Range
: $19.15 - $30.23/hour, based on experience

MU Health Care is seeking a dedicated Reimbursement Assistant for its Therapy Services team. The role involves meticulously extracting data, applying ICD-9 CM and CPT procedures for accurate billing, coordinating billing and collections with external agencies, auditing potential issues, and acting as a liaison between departments and payers. Strong interpretation of healthcare documentation is essential to ensure accurate claims.

MU Health Care offers an inspired, collaborative environment driven by the mission to save and improve lives. Located in mid‑Missouri, the academic health system includes a Level 1 Trauma Center, a Children’s Hospital, and over 90 specialty clinics, providing growth and support across many clinical and non‑clinical positions.

• Health, vision and dental insurance coverage starting day one
• Generous paid leave and paid time off, including nine holidays
• Multiple retirement options, including 100% matching up to 8% and full vesting in three years
• Tuition assistance for employees (75%) and immediate family members (50%)
• Discounts on cell phone plans, rental cars, gyms, hotels and more
• See a comprehensive list of benefits here.

• Assist in training sessions for residents and staff on Medicare billing, federal laws, regulations, and clinical documentation standards.
• Coordinate all aspects of professional and technical billings/collections with appropriate departments within the university system and outside agencies.
• Screen medical records for possible claims related liability issues and assist in auditing medical records to document and identify potential problems with the billing and reimbursement process.
• Act as a liaison between third party payers and assigned departments to resolve audit discrepancies.
• Screen medical records for all diagnoses and procedures; assign codes according to the appropriate classification system for inpatient, outpatient and professional encounters to assure appropriate reimbursement is billed.
• Interpret healthcare documentation to determine principal diagnosis and procedure.

Knowledge of medical terminology.

Associate’s degree (or equivalent credit hours) in medical coding, medical office technology, or another medical related area, or an equivalent combination of education and experience that provides comparable knowledge, skills and abilities.

• Two (2) years of medical related experience including one (1) year of medical coding experience.
• Additional license/certification requirements as determined by the hiring department.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met with or without reasonable accommodation. The performance of these physical demands is an essential function of the job. The employee may be required to ambulate, remain in a stationary position and position self to reach and/or move objects above the shoulders and below the knees. The employee may be required to move objects up to 10 lbs.

The University of Missouri is an Equal Opportunity Employer.