68034405 - ACCOUNTANT IV

Requisition No: 850318 

Agency: Agency for Health Care Administration

Working Title: 68034405 - ACCOUNTANT IV

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 68034405 

Salary:  $1,433.23 - $2,413.74 Biweekly 

Posting Closing Date: 04/17/2025 

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Agency Overview:

The Agency for Health Care Administration is Florida's chief health policy and planning entity. The Agency is responsible for administering the Florida Medicaid program, the licensure and regulation of nearly 50,000 health care facilities, and empowering consumers through health care transparency initiatives.

 

Under the direction of Agency Secretary Shevaun L. Harris, the Agency is focused on advancing Governor DeSantis’ vision for Florida’s health care system to be the most cost-effective, transparent, and high-quality health care system in the nation. 

 

Agency Objectives:

HIGH QUALITY

Emphasizing quality in all that we do to improve health outcomes, always putting the individual first.

 

TRANSPARENT

Supporting initiatives that promote transparency and empower consumers in making well informed healthcare decisions.

 

COST-EFFECTIVE

Leveraging Florida’s buying power in delivering high quality care at the lowest cost to taxpayers.

 

Position Overview:

This is not a remote worker (teleworker) position.

 

SALARY RANGE

$1,433.23 - $2,413.74 Biweekly

$37,263.98 - $62,757.24 Annually     

Salary is negotiable based on experience.

 

This position is highly ·responsible for accounting activities in the Medicaid Accounts Receivable (MAR) Unit, Recoupment Team of the Bureau of Financial Services.

The incumbent in this position performs semi-independent accounting tasks related to the receiving and depositing of funds recouped for the Agency due to fraud, abuse, and/or overpayments to Medicaid Providers.

This position must have knowledge of the rules and regulations of the State Chief Financial Officer (CFO), the State Treasury, the Florida Accounting Information Resource (FLAIR), and the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) accounting procedures. All accounting activities must comply with the rules, regulations, and accounting procedures set by the AHCA and the CFO. The incumbent in this position performs a variety of duties and is under the direct supervision of the Accounting Service Supervisor II.

 

The duties and responsibilities of this Accountant IV position include, but are not limited to, the following.

 

Lead and ensure payments are applied into the accounts receivable system and other accounting subsystems based upon daily batches received from the Bureau's Cash Room and case details related to the Medicaid recoupment. Ensure the reconciliations, to include confirming and entering deposit bank dates and amounts, verifying any reconciling differences between the deposits and FLAIR records.

 

Assist Unit Manager monitor, manage and work with collections staff to ensure timeliness, efficiency and effectiveness of processes used in the recoupment of fraud, abuse, overpayment collections, and past due Revenue accounts. 

Lead monitoring, while ensuring timeliness, efficiency and effectiveness of processes used in the collection of past due or unpaid fees, assessments and fines. 

As needed, assist with the generation of Agency Action Letters, Final Orders, Settlement Agreements and update applicable management