Financial Counselor-1

Financial Counselor

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center : Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt's mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

Organization : VIS Financial Counseling

Job Summary : The Financial Counselor performs the insurance quality control function for outpatient radiology, ensuring all pertinent information is available and accurately documented, allowing for timely and efficient billing. These activities include monitoring accounts for proper documentation, authorizations, insurance verifications, collection of deposits and self-pay balances, securing reimbursement methods of non-insured patients, computer update of accounts and the collection of verification of relevant patient data.

Key Responsibilities :

• Establishing health insurance benefits, conditions, and requirements by making phone inquiries, and by using eligibility systems and the internet.
• Furnishing patients and health care providers with estimates (electronic, mail or phone.)
• Collecting estimated liabilities from patients.
• Verifying patients' employment details and other particulars for worker's comp accounts.
• Manage work que accounts for coverage and registration errors, ensuring all pertinent information is available and accurately documented, allowing for timely and efficient billing.
• Assisting patients with financial applications and transfer information to the billing office for processing.
• Monitoring accounts for proper documentation of third-party review notification (research & transplant.)

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Vanderbilt Health is committed to fostering an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and is committed to the principles of equal opportunity. EOE / Vets / Disabled.