Collections Associate

About the Role

At Charlie Health, we take great care in estimating out-of-pocket costs associated with the care we deliver and one of our top priorities is to minimize costs to our patients and their families. This role is an important piece of this process as this person will be the direct line of communication regarding outstanding balances for care received. It’s important that people in this role have great attention to financial account details and care for our patients as much as we do.

Our team is comprised of passionate, forward-thinking professionals eager to take on the challenge of the mental health crisis and play a formative role in providing life-saving solutions. We are looking for a candidate who is inspired by our mission and excited by the opportunity to build a business that will impact millions of lives in a profound way.

Responsibilities

• Manage patient balances ensuing account is clean and ready for self-pay collections post all insurance processes are completed
• Work closely with admissions teams to understand patient responsibility and expectations of collections are in line with financial agreements
• Initiate collection calls to patients or their families to collect outstanding balances
• Handle large volume of inbound calls regarding outstanding balances and invoices
• Arranging payments, or setting up payment plans, of outstanding balances
• Provide daily/weekly updates to leadership on collections status
• Manage large volumes of patient accounts each week
• Processing invoice and credit requests in accordance with collections guidelines
• Timely response to inquiries received from other departments associated with patients care
• Navigate and gather data from various internal sources to ensure proper balances collected
• Works closely with all departments in the revenue cycle to ensure balances are correct and ready for collections to take place
• Investigate escalated insurance billing inquiries and inaccuracies and take appropriate action to resolve the account

Requirements

• Able to work a hybrid schedule of 4 days/week in our Nashville office and located within 75 minutes' commuting distance of the office
• Knowledge of medical billing practices, office policies and procedures. 
• Understanding of “No Surprises Collections Act”
• Knowledge of all confidentially requirements regarding patients and strict maintenance of proper confidentiality on all such information
• Mathematics skills 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 
• Organizational skills 
• Strict attention to details 
• 2+ years related work experience in health care administrative, financial, insurance, customer services, claims, billing, call center, or management

Benefits

Please note that this role is not available to candidates in Alaska, Maine, Washington DC, New Jersey, California, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Colorado, Washington State, Oregon, or Minnesota. 

Charlie Health is pleased to offer comprehensive benefits to all full-time, exempt employees. Read more about our benefits here.#LI-HYBRID