• Scheduling & Billing Specialist, OR

    BJC HealthCare (Belleville, IL)


    **City/State:** Belleville, Illinois

    **Categories:** Financial Services

    **Job Status:** Full-Time

    **Req ID** : 99385

    **Pay Range:** $18.00 – $27.35 / hour (Salary or hourly rate is based on job qualifications and relevant work experience)

     

    Additional Information About the Role

     

    Memorial Hospital- Belleville is seeking a Scheduling/Billing Specialist to support the operating room!

     

    Schedule M-F, starting at 7:30 AM or 8:30 AM

    Overview

    **Memorial Hospital Belleville** is an acute care hospital offering medical and surgical services plus critical and emergency care including Children’s at Memorial for pediatric emergency care. It provides patients a full complement of diagnostic and treatment services as well as heart and vascular care. Memorial, offering medical and surgical services plus critical care, is an accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI by the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care and is designated as an Acute Stroke Ready Hospital by the Illinois Department of Public Health. In addition, Memorial Belleville recently was accredited by the American College of Radiology as a designated Lung Cancer Screening Center. Since 2008, it has been designated as a Magnet®-recognized organization for nursing excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

    **Memorial Hospital Shiloh** , a 94-bed, all-private suite hospital was recognized with Magnet status in 2018 and provides emergency care, labor & delivery, nursery, medical and surgical services plus critical care.

    Preferred Qualifications

    Role Purpose

     

    Responsible for all aspects of the surgical billing cycle, including charge entry, error resolution and reporting. Partners with Revenue Cycle Management and Patient Accounts teams to ensure accurate revenue capture. Responsible for cost containment for specific surgical services inventory and product selection including implants, lenses and robotics. Serves as the department level subject matter expert on surgical services IT systems. Assists with surgery scheduling duties as needed.

    Responsibilities

    + Maintains chargemasters with emphasis on description, coding, revenue stream posting and charge methodology.

    + Performs complete and accurate billing and related follow-up procedures including charge entry, charge interface actions, payment posting, daily audits, analysis and reporting and provision of information regarding contractuals and collections when needed. Responsible for the tracking and resolution of billing errors by maintaining and operating databases and identifying opportunities for improvement.

    + Collaborates with local and system Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) partners to ensure timely and accurate billing. Supports RCM projects and information requests.

    + Assists as needed with scheduling surgeries. Acts as the subject matter expert for IT systems within the surgical services department.

    + Assesses departmental cost containment as it relates to specific inventory and product selections including implants, lenses and robotics. Assists with monitoring contract compliance and tracks and documents return of items.

    Minimum Requirements

    Education

    + High School Diploma or GED

    Experience

    + 2-5 years

    Preferred Requirements

    Education

    + Associate's Degree - Business/HC Admin/related

    Experience

    + 5-10 years

     

    Benefits and Legal Statement

     

    BJC Total Rewards

     

    At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

     

    + Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date

    + Disability insurance* paid for by BJC

    + Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution

    + 401(k) plan with BJC match

    + Tuition Assistance available on first day

    + BJC Institute for Learning and Development

    + Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

    + Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time

    + Adoption assistance

     

    To learn more, go to our** **Benefits Summary** **.

     

    *Not all benefits apply to all jobs

     

    The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer