At Kindred Healthcare, our mission is to promote healing, provide hope, preserve dignity and produce value for each patient, resident, family member, customer, employee and shareholder we serve. Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:KND) is a healthcare services company, based in Louisville, Kentucky, with annual revenues of over $4 billion. At March 31, 2008, Kindred through its subsidiaries provided healthcare services in 646 locations in 40 states. Kindred’s 52,900 employees are committed to providing high quality patient care and outstanding customer service to become the most trusted and respected provider of healthcare services in every community we serve. For more information, go to www.kindredhealthcare.com. An Equal Opportunity Employer. Drug Free Workplace.
Job Duties:
Communication with Area Case Managers and Insurance Collections Specialists to address billing issues.
Reviews UB billing across multiple districts to ensure appropriate billing being completed for insurance patients.
Completing ancillary billing charges for insurance payers, including pharmacy items and other ancillary items as needed.
Completing billing corrections, using appropriate revenue and HCPCS codes to ensure proper reimbursement.
Review of insurance contracts related to use of correct billing practices for medical stays, pharmacy items, outpatient therapy, etc.
Assists in processing insurance claims: simple corrections, processing and tracking of claims, following through until payment.
Follow correct procedures for billing and corrected claims processing across multiple insurance payers.
Job Requirement
Familiarity with insurance companies and fluent with conversations with insurance representatives
Preferable insurance billing experience
Computer Skills-fluent with Outlook, Word, Excel-use of spreadsheets
Highly organized individual
Excellent communication skills
Eager to learn new tasks, flexible
Excellent time management skills