Billing Support Specialist - Anesthesiology

The Billing Support Specialist will work with the Stony Brook Anesthesiology department to capture missing charges, clear claims in holding, assist Central Billing Office in resolving denials, and review unprocessed/unpaid claims. Responsibilities include reviewing charts using EMR and communicating with physicians for chart completion, capturing missing charges in Patient Keeper, maintaining work files for coding and billing errors, identifying reimbursement issues via Explanation of Benefit documentation, preparing billing error corrections, reconciling visits and coding, entering coding data into Patient Keeper billing interface, providing data for patient inquiries, analyzing and coding diagnoses and procedures for reimbursement, resolving coding discrepancies, maintaining validity error files, monitoring TES Open Encounter file, and completing special projects.

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Minimum of three years medical billing experience in a physician’s office
• Computer literate with knowledge of medical insurance policies, reimbursement and medical terminology
• Experience with Electronic Medical Record systems
• Working knowledge of coding requirements
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel
• Healthcare experience

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Medical Billing & Coding Certificate