Billing Specialist - Part-Time 20 hours

JSSA has an immediate opening for a part-time (20 hours a week) Patient Accounts/Billing Specialist to join our accounting team. We are one of Washington metropolitan area's most established and fastest-growing child, family and senior social services agencies, with offices in Maryland and Northern Virginia. Our staff serve a nonsectarian, highly diverse clientele struggling with a broad range of emotional, social, physical and developmental challenges as well as home care and hospice services.

This position is responsible for the daily billing and payroll activities in JSSA's Homecare program.

• Ensure accuracy of staff hours entered in the web-based operating platform for billing and staff payroll purposes.
• Evaluate field staff hours to determine proper rate to charge to clients (regular vs. overtime rate).
• Prepare electronic file of staff hours with rates to submit to the Payroll Manager semi-monthly for import into payroll software and review draft payroll report generated by the Payroll Manager.
• Work closely with the Payroll Manager regarding staff inquiries related to staff pay.
• Generate and review monthly client invoices for mailing to clients, guardians, or long-term care insurance companies.
• Post online credit card payments and checks to individual client accounts.
• Monitor and research aging accounts receivables.
• Alert Homecare Director and Director of Patient Accounts of accounts over 60 days.
• Handle patient inquiries and contact clients for purposes of collecting overdue balances.
• Ensure that the fiscal and reporting requirements of all funding sources are met.
• Assist JSSA’s Homecare administrative staff with their accounting-related needs.
• Assist in maintaining accounting policies and procedures.
• Assist in preparing work for auditors in connection with JSSA's annual audit.
• Ensure company and staff information is kept confidential to protect payroll operations

• High School diploma with at least two years of experience performing billing functions with progressively increasing responsibility.
• Highly proficient with MS Office 365 applications and use of web-based operating systems.
• Prior experience with Well Sky highly preferred.
• Proficient skills with Excel (including formulas, pivot tables, VLOOKUP).
• Experience working independently in a fast-paced environment with the ability to work on multiple tasks.
• Great attention to detail, excellent customer service skills, and solution oriented.
• Strong experience of processes involving billing and payroll functions.
• Outstanding communications skills and the ability to work in a fast paced and deadline driven environment.
• Able to handle confidential information and understand HIPAA.

• Hourly rate range $25
  
  Retirement plan with matching contribution
  
  Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
  24/8 Employee Assistance Program to support mental health and a balanced lifestyle
  
  Vacation, sick, personal leave, and holiday pay