Duke University Health System hiring Financial Care Counselor-100% Remote (NC Residents Only) in Durham, NC | LinkedIn (2024)

At Duke Health, we're driven by a commitment to compassionate care that changes the lives of patients, their loved ones, and the greater community. No matter where your talents lie, join us and discover how we can advance health together.

About Duke Health's Patient Revenue Management OrganizationPursue your passion for caring with the Patient Revenue Management Organization, which is Duke Health's fully integrated, centralized revenue cycle organization that supports the entire health system in streamlining the revenue cycle. This includes scheduling, registration, coding, billing, and other essential revenue functions.

100% Remote (will have to attend on-site team meetings from time to time)

• Now offering a $5,000 commitment bonus that will pay out in 2 equal installments over 12 months in 6-month increments.

FINANCIAL CARE COUNSELOR: PRE-VISIT COLLECTIONS

Duke University Health System's Patient Revenue Management Office (PRMO) seeks to hire a Financial Care Counselor for the Pre-visit Collections team who will embrace our mission of Advancing Health Together. The Financial Care Counselor is an integral part of the patient care team and is responsible for the revenue cycle patient access activities related to but not limited to financial counseling, creation of patient estimates, analyzing and validating patient estimates, verifying benefits, and being actively engaged for inbound and outbound phone calls. Financial Care Counselors enhance the patient experience by providing insight to patients regarding the requirements of their insurance plans and are responsible for identifying and correcting insurance registration errors and contributing to registration quality improvement.Duties and Responsibilities:

• Researches to ensure patient information is complete and to identify services being rendered to create an accurate estimate.
• Verifies and completes insurance benefit collection using current eligibility vendors or other available online tools; verifies by telephone when online resources are exhausted.
• Updates patient registration information when demographics, new insurance, or insurance changes are identified.
• Creates an estimate for identified services using the approved estimation tool.
• Populates estimated patient liability information in Maestro Care, under Pre-Visit Estimate Inflation in the patient’s account.
• Accurately complete patient accounts based on departmental protocol, policies and procedures, and compliance with regulatory agencies.
• Makes outbound calls to contact patients regarding estimates for upcoming visits or appointments using the approved scripting.
• Receives inbound calls from prospective patients who are price shopping and provides an estimate for potential services.
• Collects estimated patient liability and provides financial counseling, including explaining coverage and insurance benefits and how benefits relate to estimated patient liability; informing patients of all account balances; collecting patie nt liabilities; or indicating patients require follow-up at the point of service.
• Provides education about financial assistance and payment options available to Duke patients.
• Documents all patient conversations in Epic under Pre-Visit Estimate I/Pre-Payment notes and Updates Estimate the call result field with an appropriate response to alert POS staff if/when follow-up at arrival is required.
• Participates in team meetings and work culture initiatives.
• Reviews and maintains compliance with PRMO and departmental policy and procedure.
• Iden identifies and communicates opportunities for team process improvement.
• Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Strong verbal and written communication skills are mandatory.
• Basic PC skills and data entry experience.
• Medical terminology knowledge.
• Ability to organize and prioritize.
• Ability to interact tactfully and courteously with the public.
• Ability to apply specific departmental policies, rules, and regulations relating to verifying patient information, collecting payments, and maintaining records and forms.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with other personnel.
• General accounting principles.
• Ability to understand and interpret insurance carrier guidelines and plans.

Minimum QualificationsEducation

Work requires knowledge of basic grammar and mathematical principles normally required through a high school education, with some postsecondary education preferred. Additional training or working knowledge of related business.

ExperienceTwo years of experience working in hospital service access, clinical service access, the physician's office, or billing and collections. Or an associate's degree in a healthcare-related field and one year of experience working with the public. Or a bachelor's degree and one year of experience working with the public.

Degrees, licenses, and certifications

None required

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