Charge Auditor
Advocate Health Care
Date: 2 weeks ago
City: Elgin, IL
Salary:
$23.65
-
$35.5
per hour
Contract type: Full time
Major Responsibilities
- Responsible to the Department, Director, Department Heads and Business Manager in ensuring all appropriate patient charges are accurately processed using a working knowledge of the EMR System
- Ensures that patient billing for all procedures are accurate and processed within three business days.
- Monitors and enters all implant billing to assure accurate patient charges.
- Assist in developing and maintaining all supply charges in coordination with Materials Manager, Business Manager, and the EMR Information Systems.
- Patient chart auditing for correct documentation and charge entry.
- Knowledge and Maintenance of EMR including compliance from a regulatory billing perspective.
- Obtain and maintain an excellent working knowledge of the EMR
- Obtain and maintain knowledge of the systems reporting capabilities for running reports as required and/or requested including the ability to run non-standard reports.
- Provide proactive audits of the EMR.
- Completes audits focusing on charge capture and compliance as well as revenue opportunities.
- Coordinates collaboration with Clinical Managers and Leadership to assure staff compliance with identified patient charting discrepancies.
- Reviews free text items with Clinical Manager and Leadership to increase nursing charting compliance and accurate billing on an ongoing basis.
- Collaborates with Patient Accounts to maintain working knowledge of CPT, APC’s and pass-through codes
- Knowledge is maintained and kept current to any and all changes and/or updates
- Assure compliance with all Medicare policies, procedures and regulations
- Other duties as assigned
- High School Diploma 5 years’ experience in operating room/procedural area or billing experience with procedural product knowledge or substitute relevant experience.
- Self-directed, minimal supervision required.
- Good communication skills.
- Working knowledge of EMR charge capture.
- Computer skills.
- Data entry skills. Knowledge of Microsoft Windows.
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to communicate with surgeons, office personnel, nursing personnel
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to handle multiple tasks and complete work within short timeframes
- Self-motivated – requires minimal supervision
- Ability to transcribe medical information
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