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ACU-Serve delivers billing solutions to DME, (Durable Medical Equipment) HME (Home Medical Equipment) and Home Infusion providers, giving them the freedom to grow their business while collecting more, faster. ACU-Serve has helped many businesses cut through the complexity of an ever-transitioning billing process while becoming a trusted partner for continued growth. Clients routinely show faster collections, higher revenue and dramatically reduced management and staffing problems. ACU-Serve incorporates HME workflow, Medicare, Medicaid and Private Payer knowledge, and billing and collections experts into a single service on an Internet-based technology platform. The result is faster payments, higher revenue collection rates, and less management and staffing headaches, results matter! Unlike traditional billing service models, ACU-Serve provides our clients with a new level of control, flexibility, information access, and billing expertise. ACU-Serve functions as an integral part of the HME office staff, not a remote third party billing vendor.

The Infusion Billing Specialist is responsible for managing the billing process for infusion services in a healthcare setting. These professionals ensure that all infusion-related treatments, procedures, and medications are accurately billed to patients, insurance providers, or other payers.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain a working knowledge of billing, documentation, and reimbursement guidelines including Medicare, Medicaid, third party and contracted payers.
• Gather all necessary documentation, as it relates to payer requirements, standard operating procedures, and compliance programs.
• Request appropriate medical records from clients and providers and verify all necessary documentation is received.
• Review and process claims for infusion therapy services, ensuring accurate coding and adherence to healthcare regulations.
• Utilize medical coding systems (CPT, ICD-10, HCPCS) to assign appropriate codes for infusion treatments, medications and procedures.
• Ensure correct billing for drugs administered during infusion therapy and any additional charges related to the procedure.
• Ensure that all billing practices comply with local, state, and federal regulations.
• Participate in quality reviews and achieve performance results at or above the threshold established by leadership.
• Maintain confidentiality of patient health information and adhere to HIPAA guidelines.
• Conduct self in a manner reflecting credit on the company and actively promote and foster relationships.
• Provide exceptional customer service to clients, patients, and providers through friendly, caring, informative and professional interactions.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management.

Education:

• High School diploma or GED

Experience:

• Possess in-depth knowledge of the infusion industry, including documentation, billing, compliance, performance management and medical terminology.
• Ability to perform with a high degree of independent judgement, discretion, and confidentiality; and make complex decisions within a short period of time.
• Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written, as well as excellent organizational skills.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Able to adapt to and work effectively in a fast paced and changing environment with multiple priorities.
• Must be able to work independently with minimal supervision and produce timely and accurate work.
• Strong knowledge of computer functions and basic Microsoft Office applications.

Skills:

• Personal Accountability – Accepts responsibility for one’s actions, decisions, performance, and behaviors as well as ensuing consequences.
• Critical Thinking and Decision Making – Utilizes tools and techniques critical to the decision-making process and possesses the ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
• Effective Communication – Ability to exchange ideas, thoughts, opinions, knowledge, and data so that the message is received and understood with clarity and purpose.
• Initiative – Ability to assess a situation and independently take action to address it; willingness to seek out work and the drive to accomplish goals.
• Interpersonal Relationships – Understanding of techniques used to develop and maintain effective relationships with others and work in a constructive and collaborative manner.
• Active Listening – Listens attentively with genuine interest to a speaker, understands what they’re saying, responds and reflects on what is being said, and retains the information.
• Planning and Organizing – Proactively plans and establishes priorities and effectively utilize both time and resources to achieve important goals and objectives.
• Teamwork – Ability to collaborate with others to achieve a common goal or complete a task in the most effective and efficient way.

ACU-Serve is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing a workplace that is free of discrimination of all types and promotes diversity, inclusion, and respect. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, gender, religion, creed, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization. ACU-Serve makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.