Elderwood is seeking a Business Office Assistant!
The ideal candidate will have experience in a healthcare business office-related setting, with working knowledge of third-party payers, census, private pay collections, and the Medicaid application process.
The Business Office Assistant supports the Business Office Coordinator and the daily operations of the business office by establishing and maintaining resident accounts, billing and collection of private pay accounts, and processing daily transactions such as petty cash and accounts receivable. This individual also processes physician and pharmacy billing, assesses the status of Medicaid applications, answers phones and prepares and maintains departmental correspondence and reports.
Responsibilities
Business Office Assistant:
- Enters new admits
- Attends morning report
- Updates admission record with any contact changes
- Prepares cut letters
- Attends weekly rehab meeting
- Manages RFMS , reviews resident banking statements , reconciles RFMS
- Enters ancillary charges for month end
- Completes Insurance Verification forms for Part B
- Filing , scanning
- Runs reoccurring transaction report before room and board statements and before end of month and applies tax receipt assessment on any accounts that have been missed
- Facility banking
- Replenishes resident cash box and petty cash box
- Meets with residents/ families for short-term admission paperwork
- Counts cash boxes weekly with Business office Coordinator
- Opens and sorts Business office Mail
- Supports the Business office Coordinator with special projects and overflow
- Scans room and board checks and resident trust checks
Business office Assistant:
- Minimum of one year previous Accounts Receivable experience required.
- Working knowledge of Medicare A and B, Medicaid and third party insurance required.
- High school diploma with business training, including typing and book keeping. Proficient in Excel is a plus.
- Experience in a Long Term Care setting highly preferred.
- This position requires regular interaction with residents, coworkers, visitors, and/or supervisors. In order to ensure a safe work environment for residents, coworkers, visitors, and/or supervisors of the Company, and to permit unfettered communication between the employee and those residents, coworkers, visitors, and supervisors, this position requires that the employee be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language at an intermediate or more advanced level.
Skills Required
- At least one year of previous accounts receivable experience
- Working knowledge of Medicare Part A and B, Medicaid, and third-party insurance
- High school diploma with business training, including typing and bookkeeping
- Intermediate or advanced ability to read, write, speak, and understand English
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Experience in a long-term care setting
What We Do
Elderwood is a senior-care provider serving older adults across the Northeast. Its continuum of care includes independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing, subacute rehabilitation, memory care, orthopedic and cardiac rehabilitation, wound therapy, ventilator care, and oncology care. Affiliates also offer home care, pharmacy and prescription delivery, medical transportation, and managed long-term-care services, with a person-centered focus on residents’ health, wellness, and families.
