Medical Billing Associate

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Lubbock, TX

Location: Lubbock, TX
Categories: Accounting and Finance
Job Type: Full Time
Posted: May 29, 2025

Job Description:

Medical Billing Associate

Description

Medical Billing Associate
41194BR
41194BR

Position Description
Employees in this position are responsible for the maintenance of patient billing accounts and performing numerous related functions to accomplish this task, such as patient registration, insurance follow-up, financial screening of unfunded patients, answering patient billing inquiries, collection of unpaid balances and posting of payments in the Regional Campus Business Office. Maintains confidentiality in accordance with HIPAA standards and complies with all federal, state, and institutional guidelines.

Major/Essential Functions

Work and maintain assigned ETM(Electronic Task Management) and enter detailed documentation in Task Notes, and in General Comments or Financial Comments.
Maintain rejection and No Activity work flows to <6 days view age; CAR(Claim Acknowledge Rejection) and CE(Claim Edit) workflows should be kept to <2 days view age.
Contact the patient or employer via phone and follow up with a formal request letter to attain current billing information. Update CPM(Cerner's Patient Management system) and Athena IDX with the correct information and bill it as appropriate.
Appeal and redirect claims.
Ensure all batches have all the required documents and ensure the batch is not out of balance, daily.
Post or verify rejections and/or payments from the Explanation of Benefits (EOB) or the Remittance and Status (R&S).
Electronically bill all claims, initial or rebills, unless not possible.
Respond to email requests and correct claim requests.
Analyze, research and work on the UMC Rescue Report.
Research and report any billing issues or updates through the SharePoint sites, as well as report them to management.
Work refund requests.
Collect insurance updates and notifications and inform the appropriate stakeholders.
Attend department meetings

Required Qualifications
A minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent. Two years of medical or general office experience OR Completion of related education or training and one year of experience.

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All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to sex, race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.

The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act is a federal statute requiring colleges and universities participating in federal financial aid programs to maintain and disclose campus crime statistics and security information. By October 1 of each year, institutions must publish and distribute their Annual Campus Security Policy & Crime Statistics Report (ASR) to current and prospective students and employees. You can locate this report through our website at: https://www.ttuhsc.edu/emergency/clery-report.aspx.

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Medical Billing Associate