Job Detail

Watts Health Center is looking for a competent Cashier/Billing specialist to undertake a variety of financial and non-financial tasks in order to help guarantee the company’s revenues. You will handle the processing of incoming payments along with verifying eligibility for Medi-Cal patients.

POSITION SUMMARY: Under the general direction of the Revenue Cycle Manager, collects fees from paying patients, issues receipts for all payments, verifies eligibility for Medi-Cal patients, posts all transactions on cash boards, performs reconciliation of cash boards and prepares deposit slips.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:

• Collects fees from paying patients according to assigned financial class.
• Issue all receipts for all payments.
• Provide patients with routing cards.
• Verifies eligibility for Medi-Cal patients.
• Posts all transactions to cash boards.
• Tallies daily receipts and reconciles them with cash boards.
• Processes request f or reimbursements.
• Prepares deposit slips and records totals on cashier’s daily cash form.

Other Responsibilities

• Know ICD-10 and CPT Codes.
• Submit claims.
• Follow up on denied claims, make corrections as necessary and rebill.
• Submit claims to insurance.

EDUCATION REQUIRED:

High School Diploma or equivalent.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• One (1) year office/clerical experience and six (6) months experience as a cashier is preferred.
• Knowledge of general office equipment.
• Bilingual – English/Spanish is preferred.

OTHER SKILLS and ABILITIES:

• Ability to add, subtract, divide, and multiply.
• Must have good verbal and written communication skills.
• Must be CRT literate.
• Must be able to use 10-key adding machine.
• Excellent customer relations skills are a plus.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The noise level in the wok environment is usually moderate.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $19.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:
All WHCC healthcare workers and administrative staff must be fully vaccinated.

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Preferred)

Experience:

• office clerical: 1 year (Required)
• Medical billing: 1 year (Preferred)
• Cashiering: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: One location