Job #9236545, 'Director of Credit and Collections'

Job Number: 9236545 - 'Director of Credit and Collections'

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Contact Name: Stephen Peek
Contact Title: Not Shown
Organization: Witt/Kieffer
4550 Montgomery Ave., Suite 615N, Bethesda, MD, 20814
Phone: Not Shown
Fax: 301/654-1318

Category:

Credit / Collections

Job Description: DIRECTOR OF CREDIT AND COLLECTION
Howard University Hospital
Washington, DC

Under the direction of the general director of patient accounting, the director of credit and collection is primarily concerned with the coordination and supervision of a fully integrated credit and collection process, so that the healthcare organization can collect outstanding balances for which the patient is directly responsible. He/she coordinates the activities of his/her section with admitting and other directors of patient accounting and is responsible for the admission deposit policy, patient financial counseling, referrals of accounts to outside agencies, and reconciliation to the general ledger control accounts.
Responsibilities
• Develops and supervises a systematic and fully integrated credit and collection process. This requires an ongoing procedure for securing and analyzing information concerning the patient’s insurance coverage and/or ability to meet healthcare expenses.
• Supervises appropriate follow-up procedure with responsibility party to achieve collection of outstanding patient responsibility.
• Recommends and supervises procedure for the referral of accounts to outside agencies.
• Maintains documented file on all collection steps taken. Collection steps must be defined for all slow and delinquent accounts. This involves schedules for collection letters and follow-up procedures.
• Reconciles detail patient receivable trial balance to general ledger control accounts.
• Implements procedures for writing off bad accounts, secures written approval from the general director of patient accounting and, when appropriate, the chief financial officer.
• Keeps abreast of all regulations and standards to ensure compliance with orders or directives issued by duly constituted governmental/regulatory agencies or third-party payers. This covers such areas as billing, reporting procedures, and development of data to meet the requirements of PPS billing and cost reporting.
• Keeps general director of patient accounting informed on the status of credit and collection operation.

Qualifications/Comments: QUALIFICATIONS
• Requires eight to twelve years of credit and collection experience of which four years should be in supervisory positions. Three to four years of recent directly related experience in the healthcare credit and collection/billing field strongly preferred.
EDUCATION
• Bachelors of business administration degree required, with a major in accounting preferred. A high school graduate with broad, proven, practical experience in credit and collection, preferably in healthcare field may be acceptable. Certified manager of patient accounts as designated by the Healthcare Financial Management Association is desirable, but not required.

Please send resume or nominations with a cover letter by email (preferred), regular mail or fax to:

Howard Jessamy or Stephen C. Peek
Witt/Kieffer
4550 Montgomery Ave., Suite 615N
Bethesda, MD 20814
Fax: 301/654-1318
N05327@wittkieffer.com

Job Location:
Washington DC

Job Location:
5327

Project Length:
perm

Positions:
1 opening

Travel Required:
none

Compensation:
Negotiable

Last Updated: 10/5/2004

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