Collector, Associate
Posted on: 24 Oct 2021
Salt Lake City, UT
Job Description
Our mission is to empower our customers to advance healthcare, and our success starts with our teammates.
Owens & Minor teammate benefits include:
Medical, dental, and vision insurance, available on first working day
401(k), eligibility after 30 days of employment
Employee stock purchase plan
Tuition reimbursement
Development opportunities to grow your career with a global company
POSITION SUMMARY
The primary purpose of a collector is to pursue reimbursement of services rendered and achieve accounts receivable resolution. The Collector performs collection follow up steps with insurance carriers regarding open accounts receivables to result in maximum cash collections. Specific tasks include resolving insurance carrier’s denials, appealing claims, contacting payers on open accounts and responding to insurance carrier correspondence and/or inquiries.
ESSENTIAL TASKS
Contacting payers/patients on open accounts about billing discrepancies and/or questions.
Process and bill claims to insurance carriers by following billing rules and payer guidelines
Analyze denials and submit corrected claims and/or appeals.
Submit revenue adjustments based on payer explanation of benefits (EOB).
Process incoming correspondence by contacting payers/patients.
Follow up on claims submissions.
Expedite special billing situations such as date span, retro authorizations and appended authorizations.
Contacting physicians to secure clinical documentation to support medical necessity for supplies.
Participate in payer and internal audits.
Actively work with other departments to advise and assist in facilitating customer service.
Owens & Minor
Mechanicsville, VA
Owens & Minor, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a healthcare solutions company in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments, Global Solutions and Global Products. The Global Solutions segment offers a portfolio of products and services to healthcare providers and manufacturers. Its portfolio of medical and surgical supplies includes branded products and its proprietary products. This segment also offers services to healthcare providers, which include supplier management, analytics, inventory management, and clinical supply management; various programs to provide logistics and marketing solutions to its suppliers; and contract logistics services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries offering a range of supply chain logistics services to manufacturers.
In addition, it offers business services comprising order-to-cash, re-labeling, customer service, and returns management; and warehousing and transportation services consisting of storage, controlled-substance handling, cold-chain, emergency and export delivery, inventory management, and pick and pack services. The Global Products segment manufactures and sources medical supplies and solutions for the prevention of healthcare-associated infections across the acute and alternate site channels. Its products portfolio includes sterilization wraps, surgical drapes and gowns, facial protection products, protective apparel, medical exam gloves, custom and minor procedure kits, and other medical products.
The company provides its products and services to multi-facility networks of healthcare providers, independent hospitals, surgery centers, physicians’ practices, and networks of hospitals directly, as well as indirectly through third-party distributors. Owens & Minor, Inc. was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in Mechanicsville, Virginia.
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IndustryHealthcare
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No. of Employees17, 900
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