Key skills
Communication
About this role
Role Overview
- Initiates and facilitates pre-determination process
- Contacts insurance companies for benefit verification and pre-certification
- Notifies financial counselor for pre-payment of un-coded services
- Maintains daily surgery/procedure schedule for department faculty
- Maintains communication with physicians regarding their schedules
- Keeps a written log of all pre-certifications in process
- Notifies hospital utilization/billing department of pre-certification
- Documents when pre-certification is received from insurance companies
- Performs other duties as assigned
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent high school certification or combination of education and/or experience
- 2 years of medical office setting experience
- Communication, External Customers, Insurance, Internal Customers, Interpersonal Communication, Managed Care, Medical Insurance Coding, Organizing, and Third Party Payers skills
Benefits
- Up to 22 days of vacation
- 10 recognized holidays
- Sick time
- Competitive health insurance packages with priority appointments and lower copays/coinsurance
- Free Metro transit U-Pass for eligible employees
- Defined contribution (403(b)) Retirement Savings Plan with university contributions starting at 7%
- Wellness challenges, annual health screenings, mental health resources, mindfulness programs, employee assistance program, financial resources, access to dietitians, and more
- 4 weeks of caregiver leave to bond with your new child
- Family care resources for continued childcare needs
- Coverage of tuition for you and your family, including dependent undergraduate-level college tuition up to 100% at WashU and 40% elsewhere after seven years with us