Billing Associate

Job DetailsJob Location: SPRING VALLEY, NY 10977Position Type: RegularSalary Range: $25.00 - $26.00 HourlyJob Shift: Full TimeJob Summary: Responsible for the day-to-day billing process that includes insurance verification, prior authorizations, data entry, billing of various insurances and follow-up on accounts. Duties and Responsibilities: Assists the receptionists in verifying insurances and charging self-pay patients. Scrub Claims, and all other related to billing department tasks. Always maintains confidentiality of patient information. Complies with applicable policies and procedures and supports the Compliance Program. Contributes to organizational operations by performing other duties as may be required. QualificationsJob Requirements: High School Diploma (preferred). Adherence to laws and confidentiality guidelines. Proven experience as a billing clerk or general accounting experience (preferred). Excellent communication skills. Proficient in MS Office (especially Excel); Working knowledge of relevant software will be appreciated. Ability to establish and maintain courteous and professional relationships with staff, patients and others. Working Conditions and Physical Efforts: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles. Reaching. Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction. Standing. Particularly for sustained periods of time. Walking. Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another. Pushing. Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force to thrust forward, downward or outward. Pulling. Using upper extremities to exert force to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion. Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make out distinctions in sound. Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.