Billing Specialist

About the Role

The purpose of this position is to ensure all services delivered at Charlie Health are entered timely into the billing system and accurately submitted to insurance payers for reimbursement. This role is the first step in receiving reimbursement from payers so this candidate should possess a keen attention to detail, strong data review and analytics skills, and experience in finding root cause issues that will improve overall reimbursement from payers. 

Our team is composed 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 

• Enter patient demographics, insurance information, and charges into the billing system for all services performed with a high level of accuracy
• Quickly identify and resolve account errors, claim rejections, and system issues that may cause reimbursement complications
• Identify trends and root causes related to inaccurate insurance billing, and report to leadership
• Collaboration across teams, contributing specialized billing knowledge to help minimize errors and increase clean claims percentages, accurate reimbursement from payers, and increase revenue
• Reconciling various billing reports and make appropriate claim corrections, identify system gaps in reporting, and audit submitted claims for potential errors
• Investigate escalated insurance billing inquiries and inaccuracies and take appropriate action to resolve the account

Requirements

• 3+ years of charge entry and billing experience, preferably in behavioral health
• Strict attention to details 
• Knowledge of payer specific billing requirements
• Organizational skills 
• Experience in navigating clearinghouses
• Highly organized and able to track workflows through various tools
• Proficiency in Microsoft office required
• Knowledge of medical billing practices, office policies and procedures
• Familiar with CPT, ICD-9, and ICD-10
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 
• Ability to maintain a high level of integrity and confidentiality of medical information
• Able to work a hybrid schedule of 4 days per week in our Nashville office and located within 75 minutes' commuting distance of the office

Benefits

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

Additional Information

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.

The expected base pay for this role will be between $45,000 and $52,500 per year at th