Financial Counselor

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Job description

Responsibilities

Hours are 8:00am-4:30pm Monday thru Friday

We offer a competitive pay and comprehensive benefits package which includes:

* Paid time off
* Extended leave bank
* Kaiser or United Health Medical Insurance
* Dental and Vision Insurance
* Basic life and Supplemental Life Insurance
* Short and Long Term Disability
* Dependent Life Insurance
* Flexible Spending Account/Health Savings Account
* 401K matching
* Tuition Assistance
* Student Loan Repayment

The Financial Counselor provides financial counseling to patients, explaining their insurance benefits, collecting deductibles and coinsurance amounts. Follows up and collects on all patient accounts with a self pay balance. Monitors and reviews past due bills and follow up documents. Contacts patients and/or third party payer organizations to secure payments or arrange alternative settlement plans. Identifies problem delinquencies and recommends their disposition. Prepares and maintains collection rated accounts. Monitor the accuracy of third party payments and determine the amount of the patient's responsibility.

Centennial Peaks Hospital is a 104 bed behavioral health facility located in beautiful Louisville, CO. We are dedicated to providing a full range of mental health and chemical dependency services to the state of Colorado. We strive to enhance the mental health, safety and well-being of our patients, their families, and the community at large by providing ethical, compassionate, medically and psychologically integrated inpatient and intensive outpatient treatment for psychiatric and addiction disorders

Qualifications

JOB SPECIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to demonstrate competency in the criteria listed in this job description. The specifications listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and ability to meet the minimum requirements for this position. The Financial Counselor must demonstrate flexibility and adaptability to meet the needs of the department and hospital.

Education: Bachelors Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business preferred.

Experience: Previous experience in collections and follow up with insurance companies as required. Prior healthcare experience strongly preferred.

Knowledge: A working knowledge of insurance terms, reimbursement procedures, medical terminology and hospital services. Previous experience in working insurance accounts and collecting from patients, must be able to perform assignments with minimal supervision, must be able to perform concentrated and/or complex mental activity with frequent involvement in complex and/or highly technical situations, must be able to work successfully under highly stressful conditions must be able to make sound, independent judgments based on scientific and/or ethical principles, must be able to comprehend and perform oral and written instructions and procedures, must be able to collaborate with other multidisciplinary members in an appropriate fashion, must be capable of adapting to varying workloads and work assignments on a constant basis, must have effective comprehensive reading skills and strong communication skills both written and verbal and prefer knowledge of general accounting, accounts receivable, and collections. Knowledge and skills working with computerized accounting systems required.

Supervision Received: Business Office Manager

Pay Range: $18.00-$20.00/hr.

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