Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Day Shift

Description:

Job Title: 

Financial Counselor

Employment Type: 

Full-time 

Shift: 

Day 

 

(SUMMARY) Position Highlights:  

• Competitive salary 

• Benefits – Medical, Dental & Vision, PTO, Free Parking, Metro Access, Tuition Reimbursement, 403(b) 

• Quality of Life: Flexible work schedules 

• Advancement: Career growth opportunities 

• Location: Holy Cross Health has two hospitals and four healthcare centers all a short driving distance from Washington DC and Baltimore, MD 

 

Description: 

• Serve as a patient advocate on billing issues by assisting the patients in finding the best way to finance their healthcare.  Steward the hospitals limited community benefit resources by implementing the financial assistance policy with fairness and accuracy.   

Responsibilities:  

• Provide HCH financial assistance application with good explanation of how to complete it. Receive applications and check for completeness.  Request additional documents from patients when necessary.  Follow up with patient regarding what’s pending.  

• Resolve patient’s billing concerns via the telephone, correspondence, or in-person  

• Investigate problems and complaints, and initiate resolution in a professional and efficient manner. 

• Process credit card payments for various hospital departments and record transactions as indicated by accounting department procedures. 

• Able to interpret clinical data sufficiently to determine eligibility for various programs. 

• Must possess excellent auditing and analytical skills for reconciliation of accounts. 

• Able to interpret, read, and work from computer reports, and spread sheets. 

What you will need: 

 

• High school graduate possessing three (3) years experience in accounting and medical claims management, preferably in a hospital or physician’s office setting. 

• Must be bilingual English and Spanish. 

• Knowledge of basic medical terminology.  

• Thorough understanding of Medicaid, Medicare and other programs that can assist the uninsured in paying for their healthcare services.  Interact with the uninsured and acts as a liaison for the hospital. 

• Proficiency