Charge Entry Specialist

Position Overview

Are you passionate about the patient experience? At HCA Healthcare, we care like family! Jump-start your career as a Charge Entry Specialist at HCA FL Endocrine Institute. Schedule: Full time (Monday - Friday, day shift), no nights, no on-call, no weekends, no holidays. Join our team to ensure high quality, efficient care for our patients.

Key Responsibilities

• Receive and review charge documents for accuracy and coordinate with front office staff on all payment/billing issues.
• Enter charges into the practice management system.
• Balance Charge Summary to tickets keyed before finalizing/updating charges in the system.
• Extract information from medical records, operative notes, hospital admissions, consults, progress notes, and discharges to ensure completeness and accuracy.
• Assist with identifying quality issues with registration and scheduling activities.
• Initiate appeals when necessary.
• Identify and correct medical billing errors.
• Send appropriate appeals with accurate requesting information, supporting documentation, and effective communication to complete the recovery process.
• Perform special projects and other duties as needed, including utilizing Excel spreadsheets and communicating results.
• Use, protect, and disclose patients’ protected health information (PHI) only in accordance with HIPAA standards.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year of coding, billing, and/or charge entry experience in the healthcare field is required.
• Knowledge of the denied claims and appeals process is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of medical terminology and coding is highly preferred.
• Familiarity with third party billing requirements and payment policies is highly preferred.
• 2 years experience in insurance collections, including submitting and following up on claims for a Medical Practice, Medical Facility/Medical Billing Company, Ambulatory Surgical Center, and/or Hospital is preferred.
• Knowledge of Medical Terminology, CPT Codes, Modifiers and Diagnosis Codes is preferred.

Benefits & Perks

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Includes prescription drug, behavioral health coverage, free telemedicine services, and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing.
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service).
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock.
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more.
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts.
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships.
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships).
• Colleague recognition program.
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence).
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.