Clinical Billing Manager (Path & Lab)

UTHealth Houston is a leading Texas healthcare education and patient care institution.

As a Clinical Billing Manager on the Path & Lab team, you will manage and optimize the professional fee revenue cycle, ensuring accurate and timely charge capture, coding, billing, and collections.

Responsibilities include:

• Monitor performance metrics: charge activity, submission timeliness, coding patterns, receivables, denials, and collections.
• Establish and oversee processes for capture and reconciliation of physician service charges.
• Serve as liaison with physicians, billing companies, and payors.
• Provide training on charge capture and billing processes.
• Maintain billing compliance and stay current on coding conventions and payer guidelines.
• Generate monthly operational reports and communicate billing policies.

Requirements:

• Superior knowledge of insurance reimbursement.
• Certifications required: Certified Professional Coder (CPC) by AAPC; Certified Coding Specialist - Physician-based (CCS-P), or Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), or Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) by AHIMA; must complete certification within 12 months if not already certified.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Healthcare Administration, Health Information Management or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of five years directly related experience.

Benefits:

• 100% paid medical premiums for full-time employees.
• Generous time off totaling around 37-38 days per year.
• Longevity pay after two years.
• Retirement/pension plan.
• Work/life services including free financial, legal, and mental health counseling.
• Gym membership discounts, wellness programs, and other employee discounts.
• Resources for child and elder care.

Security sensitive position requiring the ability to maintain security and integrity of critical infrastructure.

Employees must reside and work in Texas.