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Nevada Center for Reproductive Medicine

Financial Counselor

Nevada Center for Reproductive Medicine, Reno, Nevada, United States, 89550

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Do you have a passion for providing exceptional patient support and helping families navigate their fertility journey? Nevada Center for Reproductive Medicine is seeking a

Financial Counselor

to join their team and support patients with financial guidance and services. Please note, this position is full time, Monday-Friday from 7:00am-4:00pm.

Position Overview: The Financial Counselor is responsible for all aspects of patient service regarding financial issues and Nevada Center for Reproductive Medicine financial products. This includes referral intake, insurance benefits, authorization processing, financial counseling appointments, writing financial letters, and collecting fees.

Essential Functions:

Maintain patient accounts by obtaining, recording, and updating personal, financial, benefit, and insurance information

Provide courteous and professional customer service to patients, coworkers, and management

Document accounts appropriately (Current EMR: nAble)

Meet with patients for financial consults:

Review fees, financial programs, financial packets, and insurance information

Answer all financial questions including payment deadlines

Provide consults for IVF/FET treatment cycle patients, some new patients, IUI, and general financial consults

Obtain and enter referrals, authorizations, and predeterminations for patients

Verify accurate benefits/eligibility, scan benefit pages, and notify patients

Conduct insurance benefit verification for all new patients within 3 days and for patients in treatment cycles; obtain necessary authorizations for surgeries and treatment cycles

Determine deposits and fees for procedures and treatment cycles; collect fees

Review financial history prior to cycle start and collect outstanding balances; elevate unresolved balances to Billing Manager/Supervisor and Physician

Provide financial letters for treatment cycles outlining fees

Obtain waivers for patients who choose not to use benefits or lack proper authorization

Communicate with patients and staff using Kennect, phones, voicemails, emails, Outlook, portal messaging, and EMR system tasks

Review loan programs with patients and communicate deposit or cycle fee requirements

Serve as a patient liaison to resolve billing issues and collaborate with billing, management, and front desk

Update master finance files with assistance from Administrator and Billing Manager

Work within a team setting: assist colleagues, communicate effectively, share knowledge

Work with assigned insurance carriers to resolve referrals, authorizations, and predeterminations

Review and interpret patient accounts

Follow policies, procedures, and credit/insurance legislation; advise management on required actions or changes

Contribute to team effort by maintaining rapport with front desk and other departments

Collaborate with clinical team to determine and communicate correct financial obligations

Assist front desk with scheduling, filing, scanning, patient portal setup, education, and phone calls; act as back-up as needed

Assist with administrative duties, projects, and support billing department

Perform other duties as assigned

Confidential and Sensitive Information:

Maintain patient confidence and protect operations by keeping information confidential

Scope of Financial Responsibility:

Obtain benefits, authorizations, referrals, and predeterminations for all services

Determine deposits and collect fees

Ensure accurate account setup for deposits and billing

Conduct financial consultations, insurance benefits verification, and financial letter preparation in EMR

Professional Development:

Maintain professional and technical knowledge via workshops, professional publications, and networking

Participate in professional societies if applicable

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

Occasional standing, walking, sitting, reaching, climbing stairs, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling

Talk, hear, taste, smell; occasionally lift/move up to 15 lbs

Vision: close, distance, color, peripheral, depth perception, adjust focus

Exposure to typical office and weather conditions

Noise level usually minimal

Education/Experience Requirements:

High School Diploma required; Associate Degree in accounting or business preferred

Minimum 2 years’ experience in a medical office managing patient accounts

Ability to access, input, and retrieve information from a computer; medical software experience preferred

BLS required or willingness to obtain prior to start

Strong judgment, communication, and interpersonal skills

Ability to remain calm and poised under stress

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