Financial Counselor - Healthcare jobs in Kansas City, KS

Overview

Financial Counselor - Weekends Only

Friday and Saturday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Members of our team Enjoy:

• Working with a highly engaged staff
• Healthy staffing levels
• Flexible scheduling
• Career growth
• Competitive compensation
• Health, Vision, Dental, 401k, and Paid Time Off
• Daily Pay - We’ve partnered with DailyPay, a voluntary benefit to offer employees access to their

Cottonwood Springs is a 72-bed behavioral hospital located in Olathe, Kansas. The hospital offers inpatient and outpatient mental health and addiction treatment to adults, adolescents and their families. At Cottonwood Springs we are dedicated to Changing People’s Lives®.

The Financial Counselor provides guidance to patients in all aspects of their financial responsibilities that result from acceptance of the facility’s services. Counselor assesses patients’ financial ability, determines ability to pay, advises patients on insurance benefits, explains financial liability, collects payment, negotiates payment arrangement, secures financing, identifies funding sources and resolves any confusion the patient may have about their financial obligations to the facility. Counselor is responsible for the accurate and timely verification of insurance benefits, to include: contacting patients and/or guardians to obtain additional insurance information, researching and maintaining an ongoing collective knowledge of HMO, PPO, Medicaid, Medicare, and commercial insurance reimbursement rates and criteria, evaluating plans to calculate and estimate of the patient’s out of pocket charges, collecting any co-pays, co-insurance, deductibles, etc. and exploring patient’s financial circumstances to ensure fair and reasonable repayment terms.

Position Details

• Provide guidance to patients in all aspects of their financial responsibilities that result from acceptance of the facility’s services.  
• Counselor assesses patients financial ability, determines ability to pay, advises patients on insurance benefits, and explains financial liability.
• Accurate and timely verification of insurance benefits.
• Collects payment, negotiates payment arrangement, secures financing, and identifies funding sources.
• Resolves any confusion the patient may have about their financial obligations to the facility.
• Accurate and timely verification of insurance benefits.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalent, 2 year degree preferred
• Valid driver's license
• Availabile for weekends 
• Previous experience in healthcare collections or a related field, or any combination of education, training, or experience in a healthcare business office preferred.