Biller II, Commercial Collections - HB Patient Financial Services - FT Days

Who We Are

UCI Health is the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine, and the only academic health system based in Orange County. UCI Health is comprised of its main campus, UCI Medical Center, a 459-bed, acute care hospital in in Orange, Calif., four hospitals and affiliated physicians of the UCI Health Community Network in Orange and Los Angeles counties and ambulatory care centers across the region. Listed among America's Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for 23 consecutive years, UCI Medical Center provides tertiary and quaternary care and is home to Orange County's only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, high-risk perinatal/neonatal program and American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, gold level 1 geriatric emergency department and regional burn center. UCI Health serves a region of nearly 4 million people in Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County.

To learn more about UCI Health, visit www.ucihealth.org.

Your Role on the Team

Position Summary:

The Biller II is an entry level collection position performing routine patient accounting functions such as updating patient demographics, insurance information, verification of insurance eligibility, and various activities in support of the Commercial Insurance collection team. The Biller II will also perform related clerical functions, filing/updating/submission of source documents via on-line insurance portal or mail, compiling insurance dispute packages for submission to the health plans or compliance agencies, confirmation of receipt of submitted documents, review of explanation of benefit, scanning, and other duties as assigned. The identification of essential functions below is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties that may be assigned to this position, nor does it restrict the duties which may be assigned to this position if such duties reasonably relate to the position.

What It Takes to be Successful

Required Qualifications:

• Previous patient accounting experience
• Knowledge of non-governmental and governmental payers
• Knowledge of authorization requirements of non-governmental and governmental payers
• Good communication skills to interact with customers and other staff in PFS
• Effective data and numerical data entry skills
• Demonstrated experience using computers and related programs and applications
• Ability to resolve routine errors and complete missing data by following file review procedures consistently and completely through to conclusion
• Ability to perform basic math calculations requiring addition, subtraction, multiplication or division and to determine the reasonableness of calculation results

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous patient accounting experience in a medical setting
• Knowledge of medical terminology
• Knowledge of CPT, ICD and HCPC billing codes, authorization requirements and related documentation
• Bilingual skills in English and Spanish and/or Vietnamese