Medical Billing Specialist

Billing Specialist Needed
Hourly rate starts at $27.00+ per hour DOE

WORK SCHEDULE: The Billing Specialist typically works 32 - 40 hours Monday - Friday.

Hospice of North Idaho in Coeur d’Alene, ID is looking to hire an experienced full-time Billing Specialist. Are you an experienced Billing Specialist who wants to further your career with a community trusted non-profit hospice? Are you compassionate, highly skilled, and motivated to set the standard for expertise in hospice care?

Are you looking for an organization to call home? Join a team where the average tenure is 5.5 years and 50% of our staff have been with us for 5 years or longer!

Make Hospice of North Idaho your next career move.

This position earns a competitive hourly rate. We also offer excellent benefits, including medical, dental, vision, health reimbursement arrangement (HRA) or Health Spending Account (HSA), FREE telehealth & teletherapy for your whole household, flexible spending account (FSA), 403(b) plan with employer match and no vesting schedule, life and AD&D insurance, long term disability, employee assistance program and very generous paid personal leave time (PLT). If this sounds like the right opportunity to further your skills, apply today!

ABOUT HOSPICE OF NORTH IDAHO

Founded in 1981, HONI is our community’s oldest and largest non-profit hospice. We employ experts in the field of hospice and palliative medicine, and provide our staff and volunteers training and education at every opportunity. As a non-profit, we are constantly reinvesting in our organization, ensuring that we are always enhancing and adding to our programs. We are all about serving the community!

With open hearts and expertise, we serve the seriously ill and those touched by loss. We believe everyone in our community deserves compassionate, high quality end of life care and we want to help them "Live Fully" while providing support and care to their loved ones. We provide a caring and supportive work environment, continuing educational support, commitment to work life balance and employee self-care, and exceptional benefits. Our priority is to hire people with the right aptitudes that share our values and fit into our culture.

ABOUT THE POSITION: Billing Specialist ensures accurate and timely billing for hospice services, focusing on Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance claims, while also managing accounts receivable and collaborating with internal and external teams. Maintains insurance documents, payer contracts, and credentialing for facility and providers. Ensures billing operations are performed in an accurate and timely manner. Monitors the revenue cycle activities and resolves any issues. Requires knowledge of ICD-10, CPT, and/or HCPCS Coding Systems as well as claim forms such as CMS-1500 and UB-04. Requires knowledge of government payer sources, the eligibility requirements for billing, coding, and the process for submitting appeals on denied claims.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: BA/BS degree preferred; medical billing and/or coding experience or certification required; minimum three years’ experience within a healthcare billing role; valid driver’s license, personal vehicle for on-the-job transportation, and evidence of insurance coverage as required by HONI policy required.

READY TO JOIN OUR TEAM? Apply today! We look forward to meeting you!

Learn more about us on our website www.hospiceofnorthidaho.org

Hospice of North Idaho is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, creed, disabled veteran status, marital status, or Vietnam-era veteran status. If you are a person with a disability and you need assistance in applying for a position with Hospice of North Idaho, please contact our Human Resources Department directly and direct assistance will be provided.