Job Description
Insurance verification and authorization, payment receipt, posting and adjustment processing. Hospital business office experience required.
Verifies insurance coverage using online tools and telephone contact with third parties, assists patients and families with insurance questions. Verifies and obtains prior authorizations, scans items, requests price checks, collects payment and gives change as appropriate. Responsible for daily deposit, adjustments to SSC and other audit and compliance activities. Primary job functions require exercising independent judgment. Typically reports to a Director. High school diploma or equivalent and 2 years of experience in hospital business office or insurance billing required. Has knowledge of commonly-used concepts, practices, and procedures within the hospital business office.
Franklin, TN
Community Health Systems is a Fortune 500 company based in Franklin, Tennessee. It was the largest provider of general hospital healthcare services in the United States in terms of number of acute care facilities. As of December 31, 2016, it owns, leases or operates 158 hospitals in 22 states.
In August 2015, the company announced plans to spin off 38 hospitals and its management and consulting subsidiary, Quorum Health Resources, into a new publicly traded company called Quorum Health Corporation. The company completed the spinoff of Quorum Health Corporation on April 29, 2016. Quorum owns or leases hospitals across 16 states, primarily in cities or counties with populations of 50,000 or less. It is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol: QHC.
On October 3, 2016, CHS was removed from the S&P Midcap 400 and added to the S&P Smallcap 600. Under CEO Wayne T. Smith, the Company's stock has lost over 76% of its value since the year 2000.