Billing Specialist

PharMerica

Join our PharMerica team! PharMerica is a closed-door pharmacy where you can focus on fulfilling the pharmaceutical needs of our long-term care and senior living clients. We offer a non-retail pharmacy environment. Our organization is in high growth mode, which means advancement opportunities for individuals who are looking for career progression!

We offer:

DailyPay

Flexible schedules

Competitive pay

Shift differential

Health, dental, vision and life insurance benefits

Company paid STD and LTD

Tuition Assistance

Employee Discount Program

401k

Paid-time off

Tuition reimbursement

Non-retail/Closed-door environment

Our Pharmacy group focuses on providing exceptional customer service and meeting the pharmacy needs for hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals, and other specialized care centers nationwide. If your passion is service excellence and top-quality care come join our team and apply today!

The Billing Specialist is responsible for ensuring that charges are entered timely and accurately, ensuring that all necessary procedures are completed prior to invoicing, and statements are finalized, in accordance with contract.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

Interprets contract documents to insure billing is performed in compliance with all contract terms
• Processes changes in information systems to support accurate and efficient billing process and financial close
• Facilitates and insures accurately and timely billing of services and fees to facility clients
• Completes interim statement review to ensure charges are accurate
• Participates in month-end closing and audits as necessary
• Provides customer support via phone or electronic communications
• Supports other departments, such as Census, when volumes or needs dictate
• Works under general supervision
• Performs other tasks as assigned
• Conducts job responsibilities in accordance with the standards set out in the Company's Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, its policies and procedures, the Corporate Compliance Agreement, applicable federal and state laws, and applicable professional standards
• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Each essential function is required, although reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

Education/Learning Experience

• Required: High School graduate, GED or equivalent experience
• Desired: Associate's degree

Work Experience

• Required: Customer Service, Financial Service, Accounting, Technical, or other experience in which the ability to problem solve, work under strict deadlines, and produce quality outputs are displayed
• Desired: Third Party Billing or collections/billing experience in the healthcare industry; AS400 computer experience

Skills/Knowledge

• Required: Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within discipline

Behavior Competencies

• Required: Flexibility, decisiveness, tenacity, problem solving, practical learning, detail conscious, communicates effectively, dependability, responsible, builds trust, resolves conflicts constructively
• Desired: Innovator, analytical

This is an excellent opportunity to move from a retail to office environment for those who are willing to learn claims, billing and insurance processing.

Pharmacy Technician experience and/or knowledge of pharmaceuticals is a strong preference.