Patient Accounts Auditor| FT| Day

Job Summary: Ensures accurate patient accounts through daily auditing of patient accounts for the Surgery Center and related areas. Maximizes revenue by coordinating proper billing of patient charges including implants, surgical supplies and other payer approved charge items. Communicates with various departments regarding patient accounting issues. Performs the following duties:

Job Criteria: Performs daily audits of patient accounts to ensure proper billing of chargeable surgical items and services. Maximizes revenue by auditing to ensure all surgical implants have been charged. Ensures that any charges that are not processed automatically are entered manually in accordance with hospital policies and procedures into appropriate clinical and financial system. Monitors daily Surginet revenue reports and error reports for any revenue discrepancies. Follows up on and corrects any errors.

Education: Associates Degree in business or nursing preferred. Consideration will be given for a degree in another discipline or substantial experience with patient charge auditing.

Experience: Minimum 2 years experience in auditing, patient financial services or related field required. Clinical experience and knowledge of patient chargeable items preferred.

Certification/License/Registration: None – Prefer Licensed RN/LPN.

 

Atrium Health Navicent was incorporated on November 17, 1994 as a nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to coordinate The Medical Center, Navicent Health and other affiliated entities toward our mission: "Together, we elevate health and well-being through compassionate care."

Today, Atrium Health Navicent has more than 1,000 beds for medical, surgical, rehabilitation and hospice purposes, offers over 53 specialties in more than 50 facilities throughout the region and hosts over 100 medical residents and fellows.

Included within the Atrium Health Navicent system is The Medical Center, Navicent Health, a 637 bed, nationally verified Level I-designated Trauma Center and a four-time Magnet Designated hospital for nursing excellence worldwide.

Atrium Health Navicent provides a broad range of community-based, outpatient diagnostic, primary care, extensive home health and hospice care, and comprehensive cancer and rehabilitation services spanning the full continuum of care. Included within the system are:

·       Five acute care hospitals

·       A rehabilitation hospital

·       A new, state-of-the-art children's hospital

·       Central Georgia's first life plan community

·       An in-patient hospice facility, as well as in-home hospice care

·       Wellness and preventative services

·       Multiple urgent care centers

·       Numerous community-based partnerships that help Atrium Health Navicent deliver on its mission.

Distinguished nationally for its excellence, Atrium Health Navicent is also one of the premier teaching hospitals in the United States and serves as the primary teaching hospital for the Mercer University School of Medicine. Atrium Health Navicent supports residency-training programs in family practice, general surgery, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, and pediatrics along with fellowships in critical care, geriatrics and orthopedic traumatology. Atrium Health Navicent also partners with a number of central Georgia universities and colleges to offer advanced training for nursing students. As a teaching hospital, Atrium Health Navicent attracts the best and the brightest to the area.

In 2019, Navicent Health strategically combined with Charlotte-based Atrium Health. With similar missions and complementary capabilities, we're bringing better care to everyone we serve throughout the Southeast, from the Carolinas to Georgia. Our combination has brought:

·       Access to world-class care - from the top experts to the most advanced treatments in heart, cancer and children's care.

·       The latest and most innovative care options - like real-time virtual care for everything from everyday illnesses to critical care to mental health needs.

·       Care focused on the whole community - through programs that help prevent disease, address social factors impacting health (like access to safe housing or fresh food), and boost health outside our walls.

 

Vision

Partners for life, care you trust.

Mission

Together, we elevate health and well-being through compassionate care.

Values

Integrity, Respect, Ownership & Caring (IROC)