Entry Level Accountant, Billing & Collections
Location: Danville, Illinois
Description: Walgreens is presently looking of Entry Level Accountant, Billing & Collections right now, this career will be designated in Illinois. For complete informations about this career opportunity please read the description below. There's a way. As America's most convenient provider of consumer goods and services, and pharmacy, health and wellness services, Walgreens has somet! hing for everyone who wants to build a successful career. With over 7,500 locations in all 50 states and Puerto Rico, we1re much more than your neighborhood drug store. We're a company of e-commerce professionals, analysts, nurses, pharmacists, retail store staff and more who are focused on serving our customers as much as finding better ways to run our business. Here, you'll find supportive co-workers, an innovative environment and the tools you need to grow your skills, help build healthy communities and advance your career. Job Summary: The Entry Level Accountant is responsible for performing a variety of Walgreens healthcare accounts receivable processes for billing and collections related to a specific payor segment (e.g. commercial Rx Card Payors, Government Payors, Employer / Institutional Payors, and Medical) across all Walgreens' business units. Applies WAG policies and procedures and SOX-related compliance policies. Job Responsibilities (listed in order of importa! nce and/or time spent): Monitors billing requirements and rece! ivables pursuant to contracts with third party payors or government programs. Verifies third party audit request is in compliance with government regulations and contract terms, and reviews third party audit findings and interacts with service provider and affected stores to address issues / claims and correct error root-cause and implement remedial projects. Recommends billing forms according to WAG procedures and policies. Monitors cash flow, days sales outstanding (DSO) and bad debt losses for payor segment by business to ensure profitability measures are met and maintained. Prepares account summaries of outstanding receivable balances for negotiations or settlements. Reviews and advises service provider regarding billing and accounting related contract matters. Serves as first point of escalation from service provider for billing and collections issues/claims. Performs business specific billing and collections processes (e.g. Product coding and data validation, employee! client, among others). Monitors the centralized identification, correction, and research of third party exceptions, and recommends operational changes necessary to reduce rejects, audit losses and overpayments from Third Party loans. Reviews and ensures correct processing by service provider of retroactive eligibility requests and requests where the wrong plan was billed. Determines whether payor request for audit is in compliance with government regulations and contract terms and provide recommendation to supervisor. Recommends and interacts with Pharmacy Services, Specialty Pharmacy Operations, and Take Care Clinic Operations to drive solutions to reduce losses. Approves disbursement adjustments to claim balances, delinquent account transfers to collection agency, edits to claim billing record, and payments and accounting adjustments per audit results according to WAG procedures and policies.
Basic Qualifications & Interests Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Bu! siness. Analytical and reporting skills and attention to detail. Experi! ence providing customer service to internal and external customers, including meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using SUM function, setting borders, setting column width, inserting charts, using text wrap, sorting, setting headers and footers and/or print scaling). Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: inserting headers, page breaks, page numbers and tables and/or adjusting table columns). Preferred Qualifications & Interests: At least 2 years of experience in Accounting. Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Access (for example: designing and creating simple queries, modifying data types, adding dates, working with required fields and/or creating labels). Knowledge of financial accounting, HIPAA guidelines, federal, state and local regulations related to healthcare providers, billing and collections is a plus. Experience in developing process document! ation / user manuals.
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This career will be started on: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 09:40:33 GMT
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